Thanks! I don't feel quite so weird now :)

What's odd is that potatoes are one of my favorite foods, just as
loong as they aren't growing roots.

--- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, Cathriona O'Keeffe
<cats_fender@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Rita.
>
> I can also understand this. I found some potatoes in a cupboard a
while ago and the roots were really long and thick. They almost looked
like some strange legged creatures. I didn't scream but they did make
me feel uncomfortable and I had to throw them into the bin as quickly
as possible without touching the roots.
> Isn't it strange why a few roots look so freaky as opposed to
potatoes without?
>
> Cat.
>
> rita_alabama <rita_alabama@...> wrote:
Hi! My name is Rita and I have a very unusual fear: I'm afraid of
> potatoes that are growing. I'm fine with ordinary potatoes, but when
> they get left in a bottom drawer for too long, and start to grow
> roots, then I freak out. The longer the root; the more scared I am of
> them. My boyfriend found some potatoes that had been forgotten for a
> couple of months, and they had roots that were several inches long.
> When he showed them to me, I screamed, cowered in the corner,
> hyperventilated, and made him take them outside to the trash. I have
> no clue why I'm afraid of them, and I'm really curious if any one else
> is afraid of the potato.
>
> Thanks, Rita
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