26 March,2014 06:38 AM IST | | Agencies
A 22-year-old student who is so terrified of cheese she is unable to walk past the supermarket counter in case she bursts into tears has spoken of how her phobia blights her everyday life
London: A 22-year-old student who is so terrified of cheese she is unable to walk past the supermarket counter in case she bursts into tears has spoken of how her phobia blights her everyday life.
Student Melissa North revealed that her fear of the dairy product is so bad that she avoids the cheese counter in the supermarket and looking at it is enough to bring her out in a cold sweat.
The 22-year-old, from Herne Bay, Kent, revealed: "Walking past a deli counter in a supermarket is really difficult for me. I get so clammy and start to have a panic attack. It just looks awful - so gooey and disgusting - it makes me feel sick."
Melissa insists her fear blights her everyday life, but her family and friends think it's hilarious and tease her endlessly over it. She said: "My boyfriend is always making fun of me. He will chase me around the house with a block of cheese in his hand but I just go into a state of panic. I just have to lock myself in the bathroom until he gets bored."
Melissa is aware that her fear seems strange, adding, "I'd love not to be able to be so afraid of it, but I'm terrified."
