A waitress says she has such a severe phobia of KETCHUP - it can leave her in tears and a state of panic if she sees, smells or touches it.<br /><br />Charlie Everett, 18, has no idea where the phobia of the condiment came from but claims it's been a fear for as long as she can remember.<br /><br />Just being near a bottle of the red stuff makes Charlie "feel weird" and she often has to leave an area if someone is eating it.<br /><br />Charlie has admitted she's never actually tried the famous sauce but says she "never will" as the smell alone is enough to put her off.<br /><br />Charlie works in a pub and struggles when customers request ketchup with their meals.<br /><br />One incident left her in tears after she spilt a ramekin of ketchup on her shoes - resulting in her boss having to comfort her.<br /><br />Charlie, a waitress, from Finchley, London, said: "I work in a pub and obviously people are going to want sauces with their food.<br /><br />"We have this massive container of ketchup, and I was trying to squeeze some into a ramekin and it fell on my shoe.<br /><br />"My boss had to comfort me as I was crying.<br /><br />"Since I can remember I've been scared of it, I can't be near a bottle of it.<br /><br />"Even if friends are having chips and there's ketchup near me, I can't touch or go near it.<br /><br />"My mum's quite a big fan and if she leaves it on the plate before washing up it drives me crazy.<br /><br />"It's pretty wild.<br /><br />"I'm quite a picky eater but I don't know where it all stemmed from.<br /><br />"If I'm in the supermarket I'll try and avoid the aisle with ketchup in.<br /><br />"I've never tried it, but I know I never will - that day will never come.<br /><br />"I smell it and I just can't, the thought of it now is making me feel weird."<br /><br />Charlie took to social media to share a video about her phobia and was met with mixed reactions.<br /><br />Some agreed with her completely, whilst others thought her phobia was "insane".<br /><br />After seeing her video on TikTok, one of Charlie's friends took the opportunity to play a prank on her when they went out for some food.<br /><br />Charlie said: "One of my mates saw the TikTok had gone viral and when we went out for food, he started putting the ketchup near me.<br /><br />"I got really angry at him and started shouting at him in the restaurant."<br /><br />Charlie's ketchup phobia is not her only fear. She also suffers from emetophobia - a phobia of vomiting.<br /><br />She also doesn't know where or when her fear of being sick started, but says she's been "scared" of it her whole life.<br /><br />She said: "I seem to have a thing for weird phobias.<br /><br />"I have a crippling phobia of people throwing up that I was thinking of starting therapy for.<br /><br />"Again, my whole life I've just always been scared of it.<br /><br />"Before December I hadn't thrown up for 10 years - so asking me what I would do if I get drunk and thrown up, I wouldn't know what to say.<br /><br />"But being around people throwing up would makes me have a breakdown.<br /><br />"But in December I did get a bit too drunk and threw up and I have to say it wasn't as bad as I thought."
