This Morning fans were stunned to see a guest with a debilitating fear of fruit being cured within minutes.
Show guest Fionn Heavey suffered from fructophobia – a fear of fruit – and she admitted herself that the mere sight of strawberries, bananas and more could leave her hysterically crying and gagging.
The This Morning team connected her with Nik and Eva Speakman, who market themselves as world leading life change experts, who set to work uncovering the source of the guest’s fear.
And while the guest initially couldn’t even look at fruit, Nik and Eva were quickly able to uncover the root of Fionn’s fear.
As they spoke with Fionn, they discovered she became afraid of fruit around the age of three-years-old – which is also when her father walked out on her.
She explained: “The only thing that I can think of would have been my dad leaving me on my third birthday.”
Eva questioned: “How can dad leaving have anything to do with fruit? But we know that if you have a phobia there is always a trauma and it’s just too coincidental that both happened around the same time.”
Nik said: “It’s our theory that when your dad left on your birthday… potentially there was a bowl of fruit on the table.
“When we’re in that situation, we can get transfixed and freeze. So then your mum’s trying to protect you, saying ‘Fionn doesn’t like fruit’.”
The theory struck a chord with Fionn who admitted: “That’s actually really shocked me, in a way.”
The Speakman’s then guided Fionn through some techniques to deal with her fear and then presented her with some fruit – and everyone was relieved to see that the guest did not freak out at the sight of some blueberries.
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