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Saffron Otter

Woman with rare wrist phobia can't touch or even look at her own arms

A woman has turned to hypnotherapy to overcome her rare phobia of wrists as her fear has worsened with age.

Victoria Tretis, 41, says she can't even bear to look at her wrists or she will flinch if someone touches them, including her own family.

As a teen, she would make sure to cover her wrists with sleeves and now in her forties, she finds it is stopping her from doing more family activities such as Jui-Jitsu - which is her partner Adam's passion.

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