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British woman suffers from fear of newspapers |
2014-01-29 |
A British woman said her phobia of newspapers is so powerful she finds it difficult even to look at them. Diane Freelove, 49, of Rochester, England, said she has suffered from chloephobia, the fear of newspapers, for about 25 years and she can't stand the look, smell or touch of a newspaper, the Mirror reported Tuesday. "When I visit a shop I walk as far away as I can from the newsstand," Freelove said. "I can't go anywhere near someone who has got one, and if they approach me, I freak out. At one time I could touch a newspaper as long as I knew I could wash my hands thoroughly afterwards. But now I can't even look at them. "I don't like the feel of them -- if I touch a newspaper it feels like my skin is crawling. And I can't stand the smell, which I think is quite strong and distinctive," she said. Freelove said the fear probably started in her childhood. "When I was a child, my mother hit my father over the head with a newspaper. She did it in a playful, friendly way, but it worried me," she said. "I became afraid of newspapers over the past 25 years." |
Posted by:Au Auric |
#5 Can't stand the black and white I gotta go where you aren't If it's wrong or write I gotta go where you aren't I'll squeeze through the tubes and paywalls Fleeing from you 'Cause if I see you, my skin crawls I turn red all over, and blue |
Posted by: Enver Snusotle5630 2014-01-29 20:53 |
#4 She was an only child. |
Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-29 17:17 |
#3 She has a fear of newspapers because her mother used one to housebreak her father? I'd say fear of newspapers was the least of her problems.... |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-01-29 12:03 |
#2 Most of the U.S. MSM has this effect on me too. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-01-29 11:07 |
#1 The British tabloids do the same thing to me... |
Posted by: Incredulous 2014-01-29 10:43 |