I was wearing another person's socks the other day and it seemed a bit dirty, but I for some reason chose to smell it and held it to my face or a brief amount of time. One week later, I have an irrational fear (I hope) that no contaminants or threads from the sock got into my eye and will make me blind. THere is no way for me to tell my parents this as it sounds so silly, but is my fear exaggerated? I've heard stories about people getting eye infections from contact lense pieces left in the eye, but now I fear potential threads of cotton will be left in my eye and give me an infection. The strange thing is that I've started worrying about this only one week after smelling the guy's sock. Yes I do have a sock fetish. And usually I don't worry, but since this is someone else's sock, my mind gets all jammed and starts worrying Help.
2007-08-10 02:52:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Optical
You did not even mention any irritation in your eyes, so my guess would be that your eyes are fine.
Perhaps you should talk to someone professional about any overwhelming fears or concerns like this. Lots of people like strange or unusual things, so sniff away.
2007-08-10 17:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by Amy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should see a counsellor about your fetish and compulsive worrying.
If you were to get an eye infection, it would be evident within a day or two of exposure and you would have symptoms like a red eye, discharge, soreness, blurred vision.
So given that you smelled the sock a week ago and your eye is not affected yet, you did not get an infection.
2007-08-10 11:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by Judy B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋