Student lives in fear with bizarre phobia - of KETCHUP
  • 5 years ago
A student lives in constant fear after discovering the sauce of all her problems is a bizarre phobia - of KETCHUP.

Lauren Dodd is left trembling in terror even by the sight of a bottle of the tomato condiment.

The blonde 21-year-old is so terrified of the red stuff she feels sick whenever she sees it - and when a pal accidentally squirted her with some Lauren almost FAINTED.

Lauren, who is in her third year at Newcastle University, suffers from the extremely rare mortuuequusphobia - the extreme fear of ketchup and tomato-based sauces.

She said: "I don't know what's wrong with me, but tomato sauce absolutely terrifies me.