A woman who has suffered from an irrational fear of bananas has been cured after 20 years of the phobia.

Paula Ross has suffered from the phobia since she was a toddler when she was forced fed the fruit by her parents.  

She also received torment at school as bullies would chase her with bananas.

However now thanks to neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Ross is completely cured and can now bear to be in the same room as the fruit and even regularly eats them.