neuroses are my achilles heel
I cannot walk up stairs barefoot. I have vivid fears of my Achilles tendon snapping and rolling up my calve like a window shade. I feel if I wear shoes, its less likely to happen, and I keep slippers by all the staircases in my home.
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even thinking about it makes me nauseated. i always, always sit with my feet up on my chair (cross-legged usually), i can’t have my feet over the side of my bed, and i can’t touch them. once, i went out on a limb and told a friend about my fear. he thought it was funny to crawl under my chair and grab it. i’ve barely spoken to him since. glad that i’m not alone in this.