Coulrophobia

By definition, an irrational fear of clowns is known as coulrophobia, with the prefix "coulro" coming from the ancient Greek word for "one who goes on stilts." Symptoms of coulrophobia can include sweating, nausea, feelings of dread, fast heartbeat, crying or screaming, and anger at being placed in a situation where a clown is present.

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Cerita Topeng.

Siapa yang rapat dengan I mesti tau I sejenis yang sangat TAKUT dengan topeng. Katalah semanusia badut ka maskot ka atau apa-apa yang bertopeng, yang kita taktau sapa di sebalik topeng tu, dok ada 500 meter dari saya pun saya dah boleh berambu ayaq mata. Memang tahap kritikal punya takut.

Nak dijadikan cerita, ada wiken hari tu my organisatoin buat teambuilding yang I cerita kat SINI. And sebelah malam ada dinner bertemakan "Mask". Jadi, KAU GHASE? I memang langsung tak bergambar dengan sapa-sapa. Tak mingle around pun. Konpom staff kata I eksyen. Hakikatnya lembik lutut nak jalan hoih. Bila lagi ada yang pakai mask Scream, skeleton, etc. I ada termenangis sikit masa naik kat depan ballroom tu. Sumpah takut. Setakat duduk kat meja sendiri and tengok performance kat pentas ja. Nama nak pusing sana  sini tengok orang tu memang idok ler.

It was a great event. Tapi saya tak dapat enjoy dek kerana fobia yang melampau ni dan sakit kepala ya amat (sebab siang tu panaih kot). I was lucky malam tu sakit kepala gilos telan panadol terus tidoq. Kalau tak memang tak tidoq la jawabnya. Baju pun tak vogidevas sebab ikut dan ja ambik. Noah kan was discharged hari Khamis. Jumaat subuh tu dah bertolak pi Bukit Merah. The whole week tu kat hospital mana nak dan nak fikir apa nak pakai. Mask ni pun nasib jumpa masa beli barang kat Tesco.

According to Rami Nader, a psychologist and director of the North Shore Stress and Anxiety Clinic in North Vancouver, B.C., the psychological roots of the phobia may be traced to the fact that clowns are basically wearing disguises (albeit funny ones) while displaying artificial emotions (even silly ones) that perhaps hide their true feelings.

"You can’t really tell who they are," he says. "You can’t really see their face. You don’t really know what that all means behind the mask.”

EXACTLY!