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23rd Aug 2010, 3:31 PM #1
Woman With Mildly Amusing Name Says: "I'm Afraid Of Bananas"
A 21-year-old woman with a fear of bananas has been diagnosed as suffering from Bananaphobia.
Fran Dando is so scared of the fruit that even seeing one causes her to shake, sweat and sometimes vomit.
"It began when I was 7 and my brother put a banana in my bed as a joke," Metro quotes her as saying.
"I felt his horrible, slimy thing underneath my body. I was frozen in panic and hyperventilating. Ever since then, if I see one the same feeling comes back."
The children's worker admitted that she is embarrassed by the fear.
"I generally do not explain my fear unless a situation comes up," she said. "Then I will say, 'Sorry I am going to have to leave the room'. It is embarrassing - it is such a nonsensical fear."
However, Dando's 2-year-old son has not developed the phobia and loves bananas, which means she has to come into contact with them.
"I have to use a blanket to pick them up and put them in the trolley and then when I am at home I have to wear rubber gloves and use a tea towel to open one and give it to him," she said.
Si.
A banana. Fran Dando snapping on rubbers, not pictured.
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