Midget clowns

Everybody has some kind of fear. Some get scared of ice cream loosing its shape, some people get scared of spiders, but some phobias are worse than others... A lot of people have the fear of clowns which is called "Coulrophobia" - an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns (exaggerated? who wouldn't be scared of a guy with a painted face, red hair, huge nose and acts drunk).

What if someone was scared of midgets? This one is a bit harder, seeing as people don't really know what to call it, midget phobia, micro phobia and to me the best, Lollypopguildophobia. There is some kind of comfort in knowing that there are people out there that have the same fears as me. People suffer from midget phobia when you feel awkward and alarmed when you see a little person standing before you. The fear is accompanied by several symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, feeling of sickness, vigorous palpitation of the heart, a fear that you may become mad or lose control (maybe kicking them in the head when they get to close), a sort of inability to utter words or think clearly. I don't really know what it is or the reason for these feelings, all I know is that I'm scared shitless of midget clowns!

I recently read an article about the children in the Gaza strip and how 2 thirds of the Palestinian kids have no safe areas for entertainment. A Palestinian charity group took it amongst themselves to organize entertainment for the kids and came up with midget clowns performing. Haven't these kids suffered enough? Just the thought of having that as entertainment makes my heart beat faster. I'd rather stick my hand in a wood chipper than be entertained by the spawn of satan...

Let's hope that traumatized kids, that get more traumatized, somehow turn out to be "normal" people of the population and let the rest of us suffer the rest of our lives with Coulrolollypopguildophobia.