She’s off the sauce for good.
A girl battling mortuusequusphobia — also generally known as a crippling fear of ketchup — is speaking out about her struggle, calling her tomato trouble no laughing matter.
Comparing a confrontation with the so-called creepy condiment to “being held at gunpoint,” Leigh Woodman said she’s not only needed to steer clear for so long as she will be able to remember — the Briton also been forced to endure joking from individuals who don’t take her suffering seriously.
Because an encounter with the dreaded dip can lead the Bristol woman to feel like she’s “having a panic attack,” she’s banned ketchup from her home, avoids taking a look at it if she’s aware it’s somewhere near her and has would definitely toss any “infected” crockery that comes into contact with the apparently vile, viscous stuff.
“I can’t even have a look at a bottle [of ketchup] or have it anywhere near me,” Woodman, 32, confessed to her social media followers, in a video that quickly racked up near one million views, Kennedy News reported.
“I’m fully aware of how dramatic it sounds and I’ve at all times been embarrassed by it. If someone were to carry me at gunpoint, I might freeze and panic and that’s exactly how I’d feel if someone shoved ketchup in my face,” she said.
And she or he’s completely stumped as to how it began, she revealed — though her mother claims that she in truth enjoyed the famed french fry accompaniment as a baby.
“I’ve no idea how this all began since it’s [happened for] so long as I can remember. I just remember being absolutely afraid of it and I’ve just never been capable of even have a look at it. I do know [if there’s ketchup in the room] to not even have a look at it or pay any attention to it.”
“If it’s put in my face, I’ll freeze. It’s more of a panic attack,” she said.
And what exactly is it that she hates a lot in regards to the diner table staple?
“The smell and the feel is de facto bad,” Woodman said, noting that while she generally doesn’t like tomatoes, no other tomato products affect her the identical way ketchup does.
“If someone waved it in my face, I could be sick. The smell of it just makes me feel so sick. My worst fear is it being throughout my dishwasher because I might never have the option to make use of that or any of my plates or cutlery again. It makes me feel panicky,” she expressed.
Some people, Woodman explained, are afraid of ketchup since it reminds them of blood — which just isn’t what it’s about for her, she said.
By speaking up, she hopes that she will be able to break the stigma.
“Since it’s not a widely known phobia and fear, I believe people just see it as a joke and find it funny,” she said.
“I believe people should definitely take it more seriously. “I wouldn’t be considering even trying [exposure therapy]. That is just something I believe I’m going to must live with perpetually.”
Things may very well be worse for Woodman — a fellow mortuusequusphobia fighter previously went viral after revealing on TikTok that the toughest a part of her job as a waitress was refilling ketchup receptacles.
Alexandriah Govan, 23, showed herself gagging and cringing as she fights the urge to purge — while topping up a string of Heinz bottles.
“I developed a fear of ketchup after my sister sprayed a bottle of it on me,” the Glaswegian shared.
She’s off the sauce for good.
A girl battling mortuusequusphobia — also generally known as a crippling fear of ketchup — is speaking out about her struggle, calling her tomato trouble no laughing matter.
Comparing a confrontation with the so-called creepy condiment to “being held at gunpoint,” Leigh Woodman said she’s not only needed to steer clear for so long as she will be able to remember — the Briton also been forced to endure joking from individuals who don’t take her suffering seriously.
Because an encounter with the dreaded dip can lead the Bristol woman to feel like she’s “having a panic attack,” she’s banned ketchup from her home, avoids taking a look at it if she’s aware it’s somewhere near her and has would definitely toss any “infected” crockery that comes into contact with the apparently vile, viscous stuff.
“I can’t even have a look at a bottle [of ketchup] or have it anywhere near me,” Woodman, 32, confessed to her social media followers, in a video that quickly racked up near one million views, Kennedy News reported.
“I’m fully aware of how dramatic it sounds and I’ve at all times been embarrassed by it. If someone were to carry me at gunpoint, I might freeze and panic and that’s exactly how I’d feel if someone shoved ketchup in my face,” she said.
And she or he’s completely stumped as to how it began, she revealed — though her mother claims that she in truth enjoyed the famed french fry accompaniment as a baby.
“I’ve no idea how this all began since it’s [happened for] so long as I can remember. I just remember being absolutely afraid of it and I’ve just never been capable of even have a look at it. I do know [if there’s ketchup in the room] to not even have a look at it or pay any attention to it.”
“If it’s put in my face, I’ll freeze. It’s more of a panic attack,” she said.
And what exactly is it that she hates a lot in regards to the diner table staple?
“The smell and the feel is de facto bad,” Woodman said, noting that while she generally doesn’t like tomatoes, no other tomato products affect her the identical way ketchup does.
“If someone waved it in my face, I could be sick. The smell of it just makes me feel so sick. My worst fear is it being throughout my dishwasher because I might never have the option to make use of that or any of my plates or cutlery again. It makes me feel panicky,” she expressed.
Some people, Woodman explained, are afraid of ketchup since it reminds them of blood — which just isn’t what it’s about for her, she said.
By speaking up, she hopes that she will be able to break the stigma.
“Since it’s not a widely known phobia and fear, I believe people just see it as a joke and find it funny,” she said.
“I believe people should definitely take it more seriously. “I wouldn’t be considering even trying [exposure therapy]. That is just something I believe I’m going to must live with perpetually.”
Things may very well be worse for Woodman — a fellow mortuusequusphobia fighter previously went viral after revealing on TikTok that the toughest a part of her job as a waitress was refilling ketchup receptacles.
Alexandriah Govan, 23, showed herself gagging and cringing as she fights the urge to purge — while topping up a string of Heinz bottles.
“I developed a fear of ketchup after my sister sprayed a bottle of it on me,” the Glaswegian shared.
