Rare Phobias: Feet Phobia - Fear of Bare Feet

Are you one of the people who nervously enter the shoe shop? Can not you stand for the sight, the feeling or the sound of your feet or someone else? If your answer to any of these questions is "yes," you may suffer from foot phobia, known as podophobia.

Foot phobia is one of the rare phobias, as only 1 in 1000 people have it. However, it may affect your life in quite surprising ways that many without this phobia may not have considered.

To give a few examples, this unusual fear can prevent you from going to a pool, exercising in a gym, buying shoes or wearing flip flops. Foot phobia may be quite harmless, a little annoying and sometimes frustrating. However, it can also lead to life limitations. Therefore, it is important to carefully judge how much your daily or other lives affect.

What is exact foot phobia (or podophobia)?

Foot phobia like any other phobia is an irrational and unexplained fear. People who suffer from podophobia feel very nervous, scared, disturbed or even disturbed by their feet in general. The exact cause of podophobia is not yet fully known. Symptoms include an overwhelming sense of anxiety, sweating, rapid heartbeat, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath and a desire to escape when you look or think of your feet. Some people will experience panic attacks and very uncomfortable feelings when they face the feet. Of course, a person's symptoms may be different and / or more intense than others. This fear may make some feel uncomfortable or irritated. For others it may be so intense that it interferes with their normal lives.

Fear may be related to the feet of the person or another. People who suffer from phobia generally do not like the appearance of their feet or the appearance of someone else or the feeling of feeling their feet when they consider their feet disgusting and ugly. This person may also feel uncomfortable when other people see or touch their feet. He or she will even sleep in socks or shoes and will not even consider buying or wearing open shoes or sandals of any kind. He or she can also hate the smell of your feet and as you think of your feet, imagine fungal infections or a wart, which makes it even worse. Uncomfortable feelings will also occur when talking about feet or problems with the feet. The person suffering from phobia can avoid seeing any kind of TV documentary film in feet or advertisements on television. One of my friends who suffer from foot phobia, to avoid unpleasant emotions introduced a rule in her house. You have to wear shoes at home. If the shoes are very dirty, it allows you to wear stockings or a pair of your own shoes. He did not even get his girlfriend touching the feet or getting rid of the socks.

When should you seek help to cure foot phobia?
Most fears and phobias, including phobia and fear of feet, are not serious, especially if they do not significantly affect your normal daily life. But if your phobia of feet results in avoiding situations at regular intervals that prevent you from working or enjoying life, consider applying for medical attention. No matter how long he has suffered, despite the unpleasant limitations in life he has endured because of his fear, his fear of the feet can be overcome.