I never go outside barefoot, due to childhood gash in my foot in a lake and the local scorpions. I go barefoot on the chaise lounge when it's warm. Warm in Arizona means at least 85 deg. F, preferably more
Being a person who has frequented nude beaches and similar places, you can’t be truly naked without being barefoot. And when naked my bare feet are the last things I’m likely to be embarrassed about.
I feel like I am on the spot as the one who always promotes going barefoot. My story years and years ago clicked on something promoting barefoot running how shoes screw up your feet... OK I get it we were all designed by nature we don't need shoes... lets see if i can Started going on walks further and further from the house. Barefooting is a sport IMO the challenge getting good at it. I did get good at it and after I did I just hated wearing shoes after that and rebelled against the idea you had too wear them. The embarrassment was a part of it and looking back I definitely got over it because I physically was good at going barefoot. I am really thinking about this and that's it because after I got good at it physically the self awareness of not having shoes on was massively diminished. Like one thing I really noticed is if I did not put shoes on in the morning I did not notice I was barefoot but if I wore them for a wile then took them off I was missing something ad felt 'bare' again. I really think that was it , once I got over shoe dependency and could physically navigate the world without shoes my self awareness about not having shoes on was so diminished I did not think of the social part. It difficult to put into words.
There is probably a direct link between barefoot embarrassment and shoe dependency. "It’s like wearing earmuffs your whole life and then suddenly taking them off. You’ve become so used to blocking out sensorysounds input that when it’s suddenly removed, everything feels overwhelming. Similarly, when you take off shoes after years of wearing them, your feet become hyper-aware of textures, temperatures, and pressure they’ve been cut off from. This sensory overload can make you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, especially since being barefoot exposes you to vulnerability in a way that shoes usually shield." I have "hat dependency." I hate not wearing a hat. I really should take my own advice about the shoes and work on it, go out without a hat and deal with it. The barefoot thing was a huge breakthrough for me, my main mission was the sport of going barefoot, it was bullshit was helpless to go more then a block from my house without shoes because my feet hurt because of shoe dependency wile people in other parts of the world do their whole lives barefoot walking or running over almost anything I knew it could be done. Looking back I got over the embarrassment cause I spent time barefoot. I really should get over hat dependency the same way, just force myself to go out without a hat on. Going barefoot is fun; going hatless is going to suck, but I guess the same thing should happen: I’ll get used to it. I really, really should try because about once a week I can’t find my hat in the morning and then I get really pissed off spending time looking for it because I can’t go out without it.
I was offended by feet when I was a child. I was at my friend's house once and I demanded he cover his bare feet. Finally I had his mother make him do it. Now I find feet rather sexy, on a man. Legs too and that general area. My 2022 therapist old me attraction to the legs and that general area is seen a fertility thing in psychology.
There's something about being without shoes and socks on when I have pants on. It feels so different than if I'm not wearing pants. I think I know what caused it although I'm not completely sure. I never went around barefoot openly growing up. Back in 2010-2011 I convinced myself to start going barefoot at home openly. I was in a habit of being barefoot at least one day a week. Plus some evenings. For me, barefoot is defined as not wearing shoes and socks while dressed. I always wear pants or jeans. Then I stopped going barefoot openly. Now it's hard to get back into that mindset and feel the same way I did about it back then.
