BANANA PHOBIA

Yellow peril: A trip to the supermarket is fraught with danger for Fran Dando, who suffers from bananaphobia (Picture: M & Y Media)

My late maternal grandmother was simply afraid of cochroaches.  Whenever she saw one she would scream for my grandpa to get rid of it.  Then there are many out there who are terrified of snakes, scorpions and rats.  But do you know that there are people who are scared of bananas.  Yup!  You read right - BANANAS.  For your information, the fear of bananas is called bananaphobia.
Below is an article about a British woman who suffers from this syndrome.

Banana-hating woman diagnosed with bananaphobia


Fran Dando 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 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 Ms Dando, from Hastings, East Sussex.
‘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, Ms 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: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/838746-woman-lives-in-fear-of-bananas