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Let's imagine every pair of shoes magically disappeared and POOF you're barefoot. Can you still live your life the same way or does this really impact you? How does your life change if everyone was lacking in footwear? (Asking this because my favorite heels just broke at work!)
Last edited by PJSaturn; 04-21-2021 at 08:47 AM..
Reason: Merged 2 threads on same topic.
It is 110 in Sacramento in August. Pavement would burn my feet. I have been at the beach in 90 degree weather and the sand burned my feet. Not medically, but to the point of significant pain. I had to put down towels and hop from towel to towel.
I have no clue how people would go barefoot in snow country. How about in the woods? You would be cutting and scraping your feet constantly. Do you get leathery calluses that act like shoes after a while? No clue. I always wondered how aboriginies could go barefoot all their lives. Even the Native Americans had moccasins.
As a kid, wasn't a problem.
Then as I aged I realized why my Mom would ask 'where are your shoes young lady?!!"
It definitely did its damage.
Now I medically need shoes for the support and the ability to walk semi normal. Someone must have been pulling my leg as a kid because one leg is longer then then other...Everytime I see a Doctors Assistant they comment on the leg malady. Gets tiresome though when they comment and rarely give antidotes on easing the pain. Cuz its starting to effect my hip.
I’ve started to develop foot pain as it is, likely from lack of arch support from being barefoot at home. I also live in an area that gets snow, so going out would be miserable a lot of the year.
It's 32* outside. And winter hasn't really started. I definitely couldn't leave the house without shoes. (Nevermind that I'm tender footed, and every little stick or pebble would have me yelping in pain)
Now indoors is another matter. I grew up in a home where you left your shoes by the door. Shoes were NEVER worn inside. And to this day, when I'm at home I default to barefoot. But since I've been home for 90% of 2020, I've developed a bad case of plantar fasciitis. I begrudgingly had to purchase an expensive pair of slippers with arch support. It does help with the pain, but it still feels so wrong to be wearing something on my feet inside.
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