u/ProfessionalDay9466

Hello!! So, this is going to be a long post. Buckle up! Before I go into my story. Just understand that everyone has their own challenges and situations.

When I was a kid. I loved being barefoot. I would spend days on end without shoes as one does when they are a child. When I was going around in my barefeet around my neighborhood. I kid in the neighborhood that was the known bully called out to me that being barefoot was gross and I should put shoes on. That did something that I never thought would happen. I developed a fear for showing my barefeet in public and to anyone including my self. The anxiety that sparked when I was needing to be barefoot drove me to go majority of my life living in a bubble of fear. I will say however I could go barefoot if I was spending a day with family at a pool, but I once I realized I was barefoot around people I didn’t know I would shake and burst into tears.

When I was going into high school and met some good friends. One in particular would hangout with me and he loved being barefoot. He asked if I wanted to take my socks off so I wouldn’t feel left out. I started to have a major anxiety attack. Once I was calmed down enough by him and his mom. They asked why I have so much anxiety about being barefoot. It was hard for me to tell them, but they told me something I needed to hear. It is normal to be barefoot and I won’t be judged to be barefoot in their house. A few days later I had the courage to go barefoot and it was hard, but I did it.

Now to be very honest, I was going to struggle with this anxiety for years going forward. I started to go barefoot in my house and around my family again. I’m going to skip to adulthood. I met a very caring girl that I would date for over a year and a half. I should mention. I wear toe socks because I find them comfortable and I love the benefits. When I was asked to come to her family dinner on Sunday. I took my shoes off at her front door. I forgot I was wearing toe socks. Thankfully I remembered I had a pair of regular socks in my car. I ran out and put them on. She asked me when I was going home why I ran to my car. I told her I wear toe socks. I wasn’t expecting her to ask in a very curious voice why I wear them. I explained that I love the comfort and the benefits they have over regular socks. I think it was the next day. I told her through text why I didn’t like to be barefoot and I wear toe socks mainly because I don’t like to show my feet. ( it’s hard to explain why I started wearing them) She blew me away with her response. She said in my family we like to be barefoot. We won’t judge you. That was cool to hear. We worked together to get myself to be barefoot at her house. It was a hard process but I was so comfortable being around her family it was easy to be barefoot. Seeing I don’t like to shoe my feet in public. I didn’t like to wear sandals. During last summer I decided to wear sandals in public again and face this anxiety heads on. It was super hard, but I can do it!!

Recently I was talking to a doctor. I was explaining to him about my situation. He explained to me how I could overcome my anxiety more. Now I wasn’t expecting him to help me out more. He showed me a picture of feet shapes. I should explain I also hate to show my feet in public because I don’t like how my feet look. He pointed at a picture of a foot shape called “Egyptian shape feet”. (Reader trust me how I explain why) He asked me if my feet look like those. I said yes. He told me that is the most common foot shape in the world. That sparked something in me that was the coolest feeling ever!! Knowing that I was normal and I had normal looking feet gave me so much courage to go barefoot again.(I know that sounds silly)

Here I am in the present day. A 24 going on 25 guy. I still struggle with this anxiety everyday. I go on night walks because I am still very scared to go barefoot in public during the day. When I do go out I tell myself this. It’s normal to be barefoot. No one will care what my feet looks like. I have normal feet. Anxiety is a hard thing. I thought to tell my story because not everyone can go barefoot so easily. When I tell my story to local barefoot enthusiast. They think it can’t be that hard. Just go barefoot. This is what I want to finish out with. Walk a day in someone’s struggles and you will understand more than you know.

How should i move forward with my anxiety? How could i explain my situation and articulate my words to my family so that can understand my anxiety?

My journey and struggles will continue with me in my life until I can get through it. I want to share this today because this community is great and supportive! Thank you for reading my journey. Have a great day!!

Feel free to ask me questions in the comments!

Hello!! So, this is going to be a long post. Buckle up! Before I go into my story. Just understand that everyone has their own challenges and situations. I also need to have this long post so I can explain my anxiety. The questions are after my story. Please understand that this might seem odd, but everyone has different anxiety.

When I was a kid. I loved being barefoot. I would spend days on end without shoes as one does when they are a child. When I was going around in my barefeet around my neighborhood. I kid in the neighborhood that was the known bully called out to me that being barefoot was gross and I should put shoes on. That did something that I never thought would happen. I developed a fear for showing my barefeet in public and to anyone including my self. The anxiety that sparked when I was needing to be barefoot drove me to go majority of my life living in a bubble of fear. I will say however I could go barefoot if I was spending a day with family at a pool, but I once I realized I was barefoot around people I didn’t know I would shake and burst into tears.

When I was going into high school and met some good friends. One in particular would hangout with me and he loved being barefoot. He asked if I wanted to take my socks off so I wouldn’t feel left out. I started to have a major anxiety attack. Once I was calmed down enough by him and his mom. They asked why I have so much anxiety about being barefoot. It was hard for me to tell them, but they told me something I needed to hear. It is normal to be barefoot and I won’t be judged to be barefoot in their house. A few days later I had the courage to go barefoot and it was hard, but I did it.

Now to be very honest, I was going to struggle with this anxiety for years going forward. I started to go barefoot in my house and around my family again. I’m going to skip to adulthood. I met a very caring girl that I would date for over a year and a half. I should mention. I wear toe socks because I find them comfortable and I love the benefits. When I was asked to come to her family dinner on Sunday. I took my shoes off at her front door. I forgot I was wearing toe socks. Thankfully I remembered I had a pair of regular socks in my car. I ran out and put them on. She asked me when I was going home why I ran to my car. I told her I wear toe socks. I wasn’t expecting her to ask in a very curious voice why I wear them. I explained that I love the comfort and the benefits they have over regular socks. I think it was the next day. I told her through text why I didn’t like to be barefoot and I wear toe socks mainly because I don’t like to show my feet. ( it’s hard to explain why I started wearing them) She blew me away with her response. She said in my family we like to be barefoot. We won’t judge you. That was cool to hear. We worked together to get myself to be barefoot at her house. It was a hard process but I was so comfortable being around her family it was easy to be barefoot. Seeing I don’t like to shoe my feet in public. I didn’t like to wear sandals. During last summer I decided to wear sandals in public again and face this anxiety heads on. It was super hard, but I can do it!!

Recently I was talking to a doctor. I was explaining to him about my situation. He explained to me how I could overcome my anxiety more. Now I wasn’t expecting him to help me out more. He showed me a picture of feet shapes. I should explain I also hate to show my feet in public because I don’t like how my feet look. He pointed at a picture of a foot shape called “Egyptian shape feet”. (Reader trust me how I explain why) He asked me if my feet look like those. I said yes. He told me that is the most common foot shape in the world. That sparked something in me that was the coolest feeling ever!! Knowing that I was normal and I had normal looking feet gave me so much courage to go barefoot again.(I know that sounds silly)

Here I am in the present day. A 24 going on 25 guy. I still struggle with this anxiety everyday. I go on night walks because I am still very scared to go barefoot in public during the day. When I do go out I tell myself this. It’s normal to be barefoot. No one will care what my feet looks like. I have normal feet. Anxiety is a hard thing. I thought to tell my story because not everyone can go barefoot so easily. When I tell my story to local barefoot enthusiast. They think it can’t be that hard. Just go barefoot. This is what I want to finish out with. Walk a day in someone’s struggles and you will understand more than you know.

How should i move forward with my anxiety? How could i explain my situation and articulate my words to my family so that can understand my anxiety?

My journey and struggles will continue with me in my life until I can get through it. I want to share this today because this community is great and supportive! Thank you for reading my journey. Have a great day!!

Feel free to ask me questions in the comments!

Hello!! So, this is going to be a long post. Buckle up! Before I go into my story. Just understand that everyone has their own challenges and situations. I will point out my anxiety is strange, but it’s what I am dealing with sadly.

When I was a kid. I loved being barefoot. I would spend days on end without shoes as one does when they are a child. When I was going around in my barefeet around my neighborhood. I kid in the neighborhood that was the known bully called out to me that being barefoot was gross and I should put shoes on. That did something that I never thought would happen. I developed a fear for showing my barefeet in public and to anyone including my self. The anxiety that sparked when I was needing to be barefoot drove me to go majority of my life living in a bubble of fear. I will say however I could go barefoot if I was spending a day with family at a pool, but I once I realized I was barefoot around people I didn’t know I would shake and burst into tears.

When I was going into high school and met some good friends. One in particular would hangout with me and he loved being barefoot. He asked if I wanted to take my socks off so I wouldn’t feel left out. I started to have a major anxiety attack. Once I was calmed down enough by him and his mom. They asked why I have so much anxiety about being barefoot. It was hard for me to tell them, but they told me something I needed to hear. It is normal to be barefoot and I won’t be judged to be barefoot in their house. A few days later I had the courage to go barefoot and it was hard, but I did it.

Now to be very honest, I was going to struggle with this anxiety for years going forward. I started to go barefoot in my house and around my family again. I’m going to skip to adulthood. I met a very caring girl that I would date for over a year and a half. I should mention. I wear toe socks because I find them comfortable and I love the benefits. When I was asked to come to her family dinner on Sunday. I took my shoes off at her front door. I forgot I was wearing toe socks. Thankfully I remembered I had a pair of regular socks in my car. I ran out and put them on. She asked me when I was going home why I ran to my car. I told her I wear toe socks. I wasn’t expecting her to ask in a very curious voice why I wear them. I explained that I love the comfort and the benefits they have over regular socks. I think it was the next day. I told her through text why I didn’t like to be barefoot and I wear toe socks mainly because I don’t like to show my feet. ( it’s hard to explain why I started wearing them) She blew me away with her response. She said in my family we like to be barefoot. We won’t judge you. That was cool to hear. We worked together to get myself to be barefoot at her house. It was a hard process but I was so comfortable being around her family it was easy to be barefoot. Seeing I don’t like to shoe my feet in public. I didn’t like to wear sandals. During last summer I decided to wear sandals in public again and face this anxiety heads on. It was super hard, but I can do it!!

Recently I was talking to a doctor. I was explaining to him about my situation. He explained to me how I could overcome my anxiety more. Now I wasn’t expecting him to help me out more. He showed me a picture of feet shapes. I should explain I also hate to show my feet in public because I don’t like how my feet look. He pointed at a picture of a foot shape called “Egyptian shape feet”. (Reader trust me how I explain why) He asked me if my feet look like those. I said yes. He told me that is the most common foot shape in the world. That sparked something in me that was the coolest feeling ever!! Knowing that I was normal and I had normal looking feet gave me so much courage to go barefoot again.(I know that sounds silly)

Here I am in the present day. A 24 going on 25 guy. I still struggle with this anxiety everyday. I go on night walks because I am still very scared to go barefoot in public during the day. When I do go out I tell myself this. It’s normal to be barefoot. No one will care what my feet looks like. I have normal feet. Anxiety is a hard thing. I thought to tell my story because not everyone can go barefoot so easily. When I tell my story to local barefoot enthusiast. They think it can’t be that hard. Just go barefoot. This is what I want to finish out with. Walk a day in someone’s struggles and you will understand more than you know.

My question is; with what I already said. How should I keep going about dealing with my anxiety? How can I help people around me understand what I am going through and how can I articulate the words so it makes sense?

My journey and struggles will continue with me in my life until I can get through it. Thank you for reading my journey. Have a great day!!

Hello!! So, this is going to be a long post. Buckle up! Before I go into my story. Just understand that everyone has their own challenges and situations.

When I was a kid. I loved being barefoot. I would spend days on end without shoes as one does when they are a child. When I was going around in my barefeet around my neighborhood. I kid in the neighborhood that was the known bully called out to me that being barefoot was gross and I should put shoes on. That did something that I never thought would happen. I developed a fear for showing my barefeet in public and to anyone including my self. The anxiety that sparked when I was needing to be barefoot drove me to go majority of my life living in a bubble of fear. I will say however I could go barefoot if I was spending a day with family at a pool, but I once I realized I was barefoot around people I didn’t know I would shake and burst into tears.

When I was going into high school and met some good friends. One in particular would hangout with me and he loved being barefoot. He asked if I wanted to take my socks off so I wouldn’t feel left out. I started to have a major anxiety attack. Once I was calmed down enough by him and his mom. They asked why I have so much anxiety about being barefoot. It was hard for me to tell them, but they told me something I needed to hear. It is normal to be barefoot and I won’t be judged to be barefoot in their house. A few days later I had the courage to go barefoot and it was hard, but I did it.

Now to be very honest, I was going to struggle with this anxiety for years going forward. I started to go barefoot in my house and around my family again. I’m going to skip to adulthood. I met a very caring girl that I would date for over a year and a half. I should mention. I wear toe socks because I find them comfortable and I love the benefits. When I was asked to come to her family dinner on Sunday. I took my shoes off at her front door. I forgot I was wearing toe socks. Thankfully I remembered I had a pair of regular socks in my car. I ran out and put them on. She asked me when I was going home why I ran to my car. I told her I wear toe socks. I wasn’t expecting her to ask in a very curious voice why I wear them. I explained that I love the comfort and the benefits they have over regular socks. I think it was the next day. I told her through text why I didn’t like to be barefoot and I wear toe socks mainly because I don’t like to show my feet. ( it’s hard to explain why I started wearing them) She blew me away with her response. She said in my family we like to be barefoot. We won’t judge you. That was cool to hear. We worked together to get myself to be barefoot at her house. It was a hard process but I was so comfortable being around her family it was easy to be barefoot. Seeing I don’t like to shoe my feet in public. I didn’t like to wear sandals. During last summer I decided to wear sandals in public again and face this anxiety heads on. It was super hard, but I can do it!!

Recently I was talking to a doctor. I was explaining to him about my situation. He explained to me how I could overcome my anxiety more. Now I wasn’t expecting him to help me out more. He showed me a picture of feet shapes. I should explain I also hate to show my feet in public because I don’t like how my feet look. He pointed at a picture of a foot shape called “Egyptian shape feet”. (Reader trust me how I explain why) He asked me if my feet look like those. I said yes. He told me that is the most common foot shape in the world. That sparked something in me that was the coolest feeling ever!! Knowing that I was normal and I had normal looking feet gave me so much courage to go barefoot again.(I know that sounds silly)

Here I am in the present day. A 24 going on 25 guy. I still struggle with this anxiety everyday. I go on night walks because I am still very scared to go barefoot in public during the day. When I do go out I tell myself this. It’s normal to be barefoot. No one will care what my feet looks like. I have normal feet. Anxiety is a hard thing. I thought to tell my story because not everyone can go barefoot so easily. When I tell my story to local barefoot enthusiast. They think it can’t be that hard. Just go barefoot. This is what I want to finish out with. Walk a day in someone’s struggles and you will understand more than you know.

My journey and struggles will continue with me in my life until I can get through it. I want to share this today because this community is great and supportive! Thank you for reading my journey. Have a great day!!

Feel free to ask me questions in the comments!