Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Coulrophobia!!!

"Coulrophobia is an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns. The term is common, but is not commonly used in psychology. The prefix "coulro-" comes from the Ancient Greek κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristēs), “one who goes on stilts”. Coulrophobia can also be said to extend to a fear of covering up one's face with paint—the idea of hiding recognisable features under a layer of face paint can also unsettle coulrophobia sufferers."

-WIKIPEDIA


What would we call the opposite? Why is there a word for every fear but not of everything in the world we can like? Is fear that simple? We can just name all the fears so we feel diagnosed? Is that what it's even about? For the record, I really love clowns. I'm thinking about this because google can't give me an answer. It just directs me to clown-forums where I can find out how to become a clown. In all truth, this is a consuming google search as I've always wanted to be in the circus. However, I couldn't dedicate my life to something that I know scares basically half of the population. It would make me feel depressed. Same reason I decided not to chase after my dentist-dreams... that and I'll never care enough about science (just about teeth).

The point is, I love clowns. I hope someday we can find words for conquered fears.
Meowz.

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