The Not So Funny Circus Act

There are several things I am afraid of, but my worst fear is clowns (a.k.a. Coulrophobia). I am deathly afraid of clowns; everytime I see one my heart starts racing and I feel like I can't breathe. I think my fear started when I was younger. My godfather and his family decided to take my sister and me to the circus for the day. Just before we got there, the car behind us rear-ended us, causing glass to shatter and the ambulance to come. I wasn't seriously injured enough to have to go to the hospital, but I did hurt my hip and being that young, it's a scary thing to be in an accident and not really know what's going on. Since then, all I can remember is that happening right before the circus, and when someone says circus the first thing to pop into my head is clowns. My fear grew stronger and stronger every since the accident. At first it was just scary clowns that frightened me, but now it's every clown, including even Ronald McDonald. Luckily, I do not run into clowns in my every day life; only when my guy friends or dad decide that it'd be funny to scare me.