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Woman who fears bananas A trip to the supermarket is fraught with danger for Fran Dando, who suffers from bananaphobia. She is so scared of bananas that all it needs is a glimpse of one to make her shake, sweat profusely and even vomit. The 21-year-old children's worker in Hastings, East Sussex in the UK suffers from bananaphobia, an overwhelming fear of the yellow fruit. "It began when I was seven and my brother put a banana in my bed as a joke," said Dando. Yellow peril...Fran Dando suffers from bananaphobia "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." She has since been forced to dodge bananas in shops and turn a blind eye to them in the fruit bowl at friend's houses. "I generally do not explain my fear unless a situation comes up. "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 two-year-old son, Harrison, loves bananas, which has put her in a tricky situation. "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. Source: Metro.co.uk Image Source: Metro.co.uk/M&Y Media Published Aug 24 2010
