setsunatenshi said:
maybe it's some cultural differences then. i find other stuff gross... like touching bugs or smelly trash or people who don't shower for way too long. i think it's the act of interacting, by touch or smell with something I don't feel comfortable that could potentially gross me out. but even in those cases just the visual representation or mental picture does absolutely nothing to gross me out in any way. if you really feel that extreme disgust then you really might be in the realm of some phobia/s. it kind of reminds of of those type of guys that are actually homophobic (not like the individual in the video describes) and get grossed out by even same sex kissing or holding hands. they probably have some insecurities that make then feel that way.
i'm not criticizing either of you if you really feel that way, it was just interesting to me as I don't think I ever met a person who declared such extreme feelings against a normal human body part |
Whats your culture? Finding something gross isn't an extreme feeling though. It's the equivalent to saying "eww", it's just gross, but not something that makes you avert things. I can sit beside someone with feet out, it doesn't bug me at all, I just realize that they're gross, purely visually. It's really fairly common.
