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Woman diagnosed with fear of vegetables
Posted on Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 | 17 comments
A 22-year-old student from Portsmouth suffers from a rare phobia which renders her terrified of vegetables. The condition known as lachanophobia affects only a few thousand people in Britain.
Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student from Portsmouth, claims she is unable to keep to a healthy diet because she is frightened of vegetables. She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.
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#13 Posted by schizoidwoman on 11 November, 2009, 6:18Clearly potatoes are just not vegetably enough to trigger her terror...
#14 Posted by jbondo on 11 November, 2009, 7:56When I was just a youngster I used to make myself cinnamon toast all the time. One day I decided that the more cinnamon I put on the better it would be. Needless to say, I was painfully wrong. This caused me to develop a real fear of cinnamon. After roughly 4 decades I am just now able taste it or a...
#15 Posted by chemical-licker on 11 November, 2009, 8:01brussel sprouts are lovely. their is something wrong with you:yes:
#16 Posted by Metal Angel on 13 November, 2009, 20:58That Veggie Tales cartoon probaly traumatized her.
#17 Posted by Blueguardian on 17 November, 2009, 7:59Let's just hope she isn't vegetarian too.
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