Mum is scared of peas

A Cheltenham mum is to undergo therapy to help her overcome her fear of peas.

Louise Arnold flees restaurants if she spots peas on a plate and gets anxious if she sees them in a supermarket.

Now Louise, 35, is to undergo therapy as part of an ITV show called Phobias in a bid to cure her irrational fear.

She will see counsellors, hypnotherapists and acupuncturists to tackle the phobia which began after the birth of daughter Chloe, five.

She said: "I've got to stop this because I can't bear to be in the same room as peas.

"There have been occasions where I've been out for a meal and asked the waiter for no peas and had to rush out of the restaurant when they forget.

"I can't even go to my local pub because they serve peas on the menu. I'd love to lead a normal life and be able to go into the pub and have a drink."

But she gets little sympathy from her friends, who bought her a T-shirt saying: "Give peas a chance".



^ its a pea AHHHHHHHHHH! This lady should read the fairytale princess and the pea

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I heard of a person just like that, but they were scared of Jello . .

"I live on the 40th floor. I walk my dog on the ledge outside. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths." - Stephen Wright

Treated? A new anti-pea fear drug? Lock her in a room full of peas for a week?


Lapi'che

Reminds me of the lady who was afraid of aluminum foil.

wow. And I thought that my fear of mimes was weird

It is.

Its just less wierd.

poor woman...

HAHA! Aww i love peas!

I have an irrational fear of cotton wool and also of those plastic flowers that dance and move if u put them near music...i have been TERRIFIED of them from a very early age. I was very traumatised the other week when my friend chased me round a store with one... *shudders*

Nice friends .

I love how her friends made the shirt "Give Peas a Chance". Thats funny

lol, imagine being like this....i have an absurd fear......im scared of clowns, i mean, you make people laugh, but your sad? W T H

lol is this the one u mean

When I was little, I was afraid of carrots....have no idea why....

i was afraid of the count on Sesame street cause i had a nightmare where he killed my family and just started doing that laugh he does i was very disturbed when i was young