Select from the fear In the same way as you scratch an itch, even though you know you should not keep. But picking away at an anxiety actually a good way to fight it.
Prepare your fear into its components - a bit like a model kit - and then literally get on the smallest part first.
Chances are that it is something simple that you get on and disperse in a few minutes. It could be the floppy shoes or maybe it's the water that squirts out of his obviously fake flower. Something that on its own, is pure stupidity.
Once you have cracked part, give him a break for a while or - if you have the bug - go to the next small component of anxiety.
What this does is actually decrease the confidence the fear in it. Automatically reduce exercise picking away at the edges of the coulrophobia power over them is you.
Clowns have feelings too I know it's kind-of hard to believe, but under the layers of makeup, it's actually a real person. They are actually just actors. A bit like the plasticky aliens in low-budget films, but to tweak without the benefit of nerdy special effects artists, movements and words.
Play a game with yourself. See if you look at the outward persona of the next clown who crosses your path and let your imagination run wild.
Mentally she undress (EEK!) so that they no longer protect their clown robes and oversized shoes and obscene grin smile.
If they are dumb - as so often - then give them a silly voice. If they have a silly voice, then use your imagination in order to optimize it further. Might imagine that they have just digested an entire container of helium and squeal their way through their act.
The dumber you is this, the less the fear of clowns have to take on. And the slippier the clown in your imagination, the better. So maybe they have mud wrestling with a lion - and you know that the lion will win because you invent these are. And, who knows, maybe the circus tamer wrong with you and leave secretly wants his lion loose on the clowns in the show!
To breathe info Deep breaths are a good way to learn about the kind of rapid fear that unexpected clowns can bring. Your nervousness will automatically take your breathing shallow as a conscious effort to take some deep breaths. Close your eyes if necessary or avert your gaze. Although saw a clown out of the corner of your eye may be worse, so with that you be careful....
