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...

"People might think it is a bit of a laughable affliction but I have a genuine fear of greens it's not just that I dislike the taste of sprouts or broccoli, but the actual sight of them fills me with dread and I could never touch them."

The unusual fear affects just a few thousand people in Britain...

A 22-year-old student in England is trying to survive on a diet of meat, potatoes, and cereals because she has an irrational fear of vegetables.The fact that she has gone public with her affliction shows that she does not have gelotophobia . You can find your phobia here Link . Image credit to 365 Halloween . For a scarier creation see the " Vegetalien " of digital artist Till Nowak , and for a less frightening one, see Giuseppe Arcimboldo 's work.