Firstly, I don’t like the way it feels when different textures touch my feet. Secondly, I have a fear that parasites will somehow enter into my body through the bottoms of my feet and attack my body. I am bare footed right now to air out my feet and it’s triggering me. Why can’t I be normal?
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I have that same fear about parasites entering my body via my bare feet. I wish I knew something to say to help you; just know you’re definitely not alone.
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Could you just die if you had to go on the grass with bare feet? I know there’s parasites there, don’t you?
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Took me years to wear sandals.
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I’ve read the most common parasite to enter your body that way is hookworm, which usually produces no symptoms (just going by a Google search). Still creepy to think about.
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oh god, I knew it, see.
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I usually have socks on even when wearing sandals. 
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I love going barefoot when I’m home in all seasons except winter, but when I’m in public I wear shoes or flip flops
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Hubby is that way, too. You aren’t being weird.
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My husband too. He never goes barefoot except when in shower lol!
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I don’t like to go barefoot, I usually wear socks.
Once in a while I’ll wear slippers and no socks to air out my feet.
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I used to go barefoot all the time. But now I hate how it feels.
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I walk barefoot in the house except in the bathroom (except when showering). I wash my feets many times in a day though. Socks make me feel suffocated. I need to breath lol
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I’ve grown accustomed to sandals in the summer. But I prefer socks and shoes. And I need socks on to get a good night’s sleep
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Wow I never realized so many people were particular.
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You’re definitely not alone
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I spent 90% of my youth barefooted. No parasites, just an occasional bee sting from accidentally stepping on bees or maybe a little cut from a piece of glass. Your fear is real to you but how many cases do you know personally of parasites entering through someone’s feet?
I feel for you, that’s heartfelt. It would be nice for sure.
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I think parasites can get in through your feet. idk. Maybe they can’t. I didn’t think about that. I just get creeped out about it. It’s along the same lines of spiders getting into my coffee cup. That’s never happened but I still always check my cup. Or the locks getting unlocked, that doesn’t happen, but I have to check them. These thoughts get stuck in my head somehow and logic doesn’t seem to enter into the equation. I’m a freak.
After wrecking dozens of socks by walking in the apartment with them I either wear shoes inside or go barefoot. It’s weird because the carpet and the tile floors look so clean but if I wear a pair of socks inside, even just once, they will be permanently stained with dirt. Took me awhile to learn this and. I can’t afford to keep buying 6-packs of socks only to have to throw them away in a few weeks. So it’s shoes on or barefoot.
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I don’t mind being barefeeted in my room but I can’t stand the feeling of being footnaked outside. I don’t like the prickly grass feel. I’ve never liked dirty feet. Actually I hate my cousin’s feet because he used to make me tickle them when I stayed over as a kid.
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