Office fruit favourite, the banana, is clearly not everyone's cup of tea.
A British woman has just been diagnosed with a fear of the yellow potassium-rich fruit.
Banana-hating 21-year-old Fran Dando officially suffers from bananaphobia.
Her fear's so great that even a glimpse of the curved fruit can leave her shaking, make her sweat profusely and can even make her vomit.
"It began when I was seven and my brother put a banana in my bed as a joke," said Ms Dando.
"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."
From that point onwards, she's had to do everything possible to avoid bananas in shops, and even friends' fruit bowls!
Recently, a man dressed as a banana was arrested in the US after he exposed himself to diners while waving a shotgun around, perhaps showing that some people love the fruit a bit too much.
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