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Podophobia (from the Greek word podo meaning "feet") is a fear of feet. Podophobia is often caused by bad experiences involving feet, being trampled by a big crowd. Podophobics will wear socks all the time as to avoid looking at their own feet. They will never wear any footwear that exposes their feet; such as sandals, flip flops, slippers, and some high heels. This is a fear that could end up ruining your life. The symptoms are very rude and harmful that could end up leading to an anxiety problem and mental health issuse and if you have problems with finding feet desusting and weird. You should go to the doctors right away they will take great care of you, they would put you on a type of med, so your anxiety you done "go crazy" and the nicest way for me to say it and at this point if you already have these symptoms:

I ask you, PLEASE go and see some one today. This illness is very harmful. We really need you to think about yourself and what this could effect on your mind and your lover or loved ones.

Do you know what is Podophobia?[]

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) doesn’t list podophobia specifically — but that doesn’t mean this fear of feet isn’t real.

As with other specific phobias, podophobia causes a degree of fear that is intense and out of proportion to any danger posed by the object itself.

For some people with podophobia, the fear is so severe that just thinking about the possibility of exposure to feet — whether bare or with socks or shoes on — can interfere with the ability to function at home, at school, at work, or in social situations.

Plus, avoiding the feared object can take a lot of time and energy. Attempting to avoid exposure to feet may keep you from accomplishing daily tasks.

How is it founded?[]

Researchers don’t know exactly what causes podophobia. One theory is that you may have formed an association between the feared object — in this case, feet — and an experience you found upsetting or terrifying.

The connection between the frightening event and the object might be easy to see, such as being afraid of feet if you experienced a painful or traumatic episode of abuse that involved someone else's feet.

But the connection may not be so clear. The cognitive and biological mechanisms of phobias in relation to trauma aren’t fully understood and can vary for each individual. Another theory is that you may have heard someone else describing a particular danger so often that you internalize the other person’s fears.

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