need help with my fear

[python_addict]

I have claurophobia, fear of clowns...My fear is so bad I screamed so loud an long I ran out of air and about blacked out...I have punched clowns in the face, I have ran people over trying to get away from clowns, I have ran away and cried over 5 year olds being in clown suits, I have smashed clown pictures trying to smack them away when people shove them in my face, I have ran out of school and got in huge trouble from a clown on a friends shirt, I have sprayed my boyfriend with a hose washing the clown make-up off his face, etc. Anyways Im tired of being afraid of them, I cant hang out with some of my friends because they have clowns at their houses. I went to go to a friends house for a tattoo and almost had a heart attack when her daughter came out in the living room with a clown mask on. Alot of people say they are terrified and have the phobia but not all actually have the phobia they are just scared of them...no I am deathly afraid of clowns. Now I am moving in with my boyfriend and his friend and they are clown freaks, I want ideas on how to get over this phobia if at all possible? By the way I love ZombieLand because the clown gets his face smashed in! Oh the reason Im terrified of these things is because when I was 5 my mother had bought me this clown toy where you turn the key and it would play music and rotate its head......yeah....it was on my dresser across from my bed with a window above my bed, so it would cast a huge shadow across the wall, I would watch that every night till it shut off just so I knew it wouldnt get me...I had dreams about it and never for a year slept with my back to it....the one day it stopped working I went to throw it away without my mom knowing, she found it in the trash, put new batteries in, and stuck it on my dresser while I was with my dad. I came home and it was on my dresser imagine throwing it away and it appearing there again and not knowing how it happened? Sorry this is long...alright Im done lol please help!!

[sho220]

Your fears are justified...

[drama x]

^^^lol not cool

im terrified of gorillas and will never get over that fear, some people just dont.

[decensored]

I have ran people over trying to get away from clowns

what what what?? lol

[satomi325]

I'm a little frightened that your boyfriend and his friend are clown freaks...
Clowns, imo, are a tad creepy. No matter how goofy or innocent they look.

To get over your phobia, maybe you could try a number of things. Things such as exposing yourself to a clowns slowly over time. Whether it be a photo, a toy, or even a full sized live clown. Just a little exposure every day might condition you to get used to them w/o fear. Like start out w/ a minute of looking at a picture. Then to being in the same room w/ it for 5, 10, 15, etc minutes all the way to an hour. Just slowly expose yourself to clown things.

It's key to take things step by step. So something like what I said above, but with physical distance. So maybe start small then work your way up to bigger clown things...
For example:
1) Look at photos of clowns
2) Watch videos with clowns in it
3) Look at a clown person/item in person from a distance
4) Stand 10 feet away from the clown person/item
5) Stand 5 feet away from the clown person/item
6) Stand next to the clown person/item
7) Touch clown person/item


Try relaxation techniques as well. Being relaxed in fearful situations will help immensely.

I hope that helped.

[sho220]

^^^lol not cool

im terrified of gorillas and will never get over that fear, some people just dont.

I'm scared of gorillas too...primarily because one could rip me limb from limb...chimps are even worse...

[therunaway]

this may or may not help, but here ya go c:

[aceman1011]

Find a clown in your area and watch him/her put on makeup so that you can see that they're normal people?

[DooLittle]

I'm a little frightened that your boyfriend and his friend are clown freaks...
Clowns, imo, are a tad creepy. No matter how goofy or innocent they look.

To get over your phobia, maybe you could try a number of things. Things such as exposing yourself to a clowns slowly over time. Whether it be a photo, a toy, or even a full sized live clown. Just a little exposure every day might condition you to get used to them w/o fear. Like start out w/ a minute of looking at a picture. Then to being in the same room w/ it for 5, 10, 15, etc minutes all the way to an hour. Just slowly expose yourself to clown things.

It's key to take things step by step. So something like what I said above, but with physical distance. So maybe start small then work your way up to bigger clown things...
For example
1) Look at photos of clowns
2) Watch videos with clowns in it
3) Look at a clown person/item in person from a distance
4) Stand 10 feet away from the clown person/item
5) Stand 5 feet away from the clown person/item
6) Stand next to the clown person/item
7) Touch clown person/item


Try relaxation techniques as well. Being relaxed in fearful situations will help immensely.

I hope that helped.

X2. Exposure therapy. Just like they did on the animal planet show about people with extreme animal phobias. It really works.

[hongkongluna]

Take the plunge, youre a snake owner on bp.net!

I was scared of the dark still when i was 12 or 13. So to gget over it i stood on the basement stairs w the lights off as long as i could, with my back to the basement. After that, no more fear of the dark. After about 10 min your breathing and heart rate will slow down again and you can talk yourself off the ledge. So...take a nice creepy clown doll, put it up on the dresser where it casts a nice creepy shadow and sit in a darkened room w it for a while. You'll be fine after that once you realize youre still alive and its just a doll