I have a generalised anxiety disorder and was seeing a therapist who asked if I'd ever tried grounding. He suggested that during a panic attack I...
I had a boyfriend once who liked it when my feet were dirty after walking barefoot but I don't recall him ever licking them...
Am I strange in the fact that i much prefer cold pavement to warm? For me, nothing beats early autumn pavement when it's raining.
I'm just so wary of students knowing. There are only a handful of staff who know. The principal, my department head, the school nurse and the...
Thankfully no students saw this time. But a colleague who already has issues with me and didn't know about my epilepsy witnessed it. From what...
Feeling sorry for myself. I'm stuck in hospital over the bank holiday weekend. I have epilepsy and had a seizure at work today. I'm a teacher....
Haha yes, I did a very brief grounding exercise on the days we had snow. Give me rain, mud etc but I just don't do well with the snow!
Yeah, as an adult, I can kind of understand it more. And also wish that I had appreciated the freedom at the time!
I don't have any kind of rule but generally my shoes come off as soon as I'm in through the door. My socks come off some time afterwards if I'm...
When I was in High School in the late 90s, bare feet were compulsory for all indoor sports as well as dance classes and occasionally for drama as...
I went barefoot last week (november). I was walking home in the evening and it was raining really heavy. I'd had a bad day at work and felt...
I'm Roman apparently.
At the end of the school day. As soon as my work day is over and I'm home I just can't wait to get my shoes off. I usually head straight into the...
I'd agree with this. I've done it occasionally and it's one of the most intense yet calming experiences.
Maybe the first time I walked barefoot in the wood. It was one of those moments where I just decided I wanted to feel the ground. I did it without...
I'm in the UK. I go barefoot outside for a short period each day without fail as a grounding anxiety that helps me with anxiety. But I have...
Indoor PE such as gymnastics, volleyball, dance etc were all done in bare feet, no options. And school plays etc were usually a no shoes situation...
I definitely focus better when I'm barefoot. I just feel more relaxed and grounded. When I was a student, taking my shoes off under the desk in...
I've dated people who don't go barefoot and people who do but it doesn't bother me either way. My current girlfriend who I've been with for five...
The only memories I have of being barefoot at school were involuntary times. We generally had to have bare feet for any PE or dance class that...
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