Today, let's talk about something flavorful: Do you (friends) have some special habits?
For example, spending a lot of money to buy someone else's second-hand stinky socks sucks...
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Why are you addicted to special smells?
The truth is, fate!
Of course, this may also be related to family education, and may even be a manifestation of sexual and psychological disorders.
First, 40 dollars to buy 3 pairs of stinky socks, what is the picture?
Yes, just figure him/her not washing his feet!
Here's the thing, Poppy Reid, a foreign columnist, once sold his own second-hand clothes on an e-commerce site.
One day, he received a private inquiry letter, and someone actually wanted to buy the kind of sports socks that he had worn and had not been washed for several days.
Although it felt strange, he sold 3 pairs of stinky socks to the male customer for a high price of 40 US dollars (about 280 yuan) ...
(Suddenly found a way to get rich ~)
(Reid's second-hand stinky socks products found on an e-commerce site.) Image credit: TheBrag)
What can a worn-out stinky sock do?
You may not believe it when you say it, but it is to smell a refreshing mind, a long stretch of muscles, smelly socks in hand, racing over the living gods. Here's a real-world example.
From the age of 14, he was almost crazy about the smelly socks of men
In the era of chatting about Q friends, 14-year-old boy Qin Xiang (pseudonym) especially likes to add strange male netizens on the Internet.
If the photos in the QQ space are particularly handsome, then you have successfully attracted his attention. It wasn't really to make friends, Qin Lu was coming for the stinky socks they hadn't washed...
In the eyes of others, the white stinky socks and sneakers that smell steaming after the boy's exercise will always stink the entire dormitory, making it difficult for people to cover their noses. But for Qin Cavity, this is welfare!
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Since the age of 14, Qin Lu has been fascinated by the smell of men's sports socks and sneakers, and sometimes even licks them, especially the shoes and socks of handsome people. Although he was embarrassed and scared, he was more excited and fell deeper and deeper into it.
In the era of the gradual rise of the Internet, in order to get more "collectibles", he thought of a way: add unfamiliar netizens, by giving money or items, private transactions. This brought him convenience and made him more aware of what others thought about fetishes.
Once, he asked a male netizen if he had white stinky socks, and the other party replied: "Neurosis!" ”
Although the sun was thick that day, Qin Lu felt that the air pressure was low and heavy, and he was breathless.
Carrying this secret, Qin Lu also knew that "he was very abnormal", he usually loved to be clean, but he just couldn't resist the fatal attraction of this damn stinky sock.
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Third, love to smell odors, may be related to these factors
What is the matter with people like Qin Lu who like odors?
The perception of odors is mostly determined by genes
Thanks to the assistance of the nose's 400 different olfactory receptors, humans can smell at least 1 trillion odors[1] controlled by the expression of genes. Studies have shown that there are 30% differences in human olfactory receptors, and each person has a unique set of genetic variants that lead to changes in olfactory perception [2].
That's why, in the face of durian, stinky tofu, gasoline, etc., some people avoid it, and some people feel that it heals the body and mind. This is all destined for heaven (genes)!
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(You said that incense is not incense, what is smelly and what is smelly)
It could be looking for a safe or happy experience
Have you noticed that this is quite common in the meow master: you are sucking the cat, and the meow master is sucking smelly shoes and stinky feet.
This is because smell and memory are closely related [3]. When the meow master smelled our stinky feet, the special smell gave it a sense of security.
Some people, on the other hand, unconsciously lock in certain smells and happy experiences. These odors can be floral or certain odors.
In order to repeat this happy experience, he will constantly look for socks. Under repeated reinforcement, a special habit will be formed, not satisfied, and even make the act of spending money to "reward".
Benign masochism
Well, that sounds perverted.
Benign masochism is when some negative experiences you experience make the brain mistakenly think you are in danger, but then the brain realizes that you have been deceived and the danger does not exist. But at this point, the differences in the brain's cognition and physical response lead to a pleasurable sense of excitement[4].
Not easy to understand?
Let's put it this way, just like smelling socks, this olfactory stimulation makes the brain think that it is a threat, but it does not cause harm to the body, this gap makes the spirit to the extreme, so... You can't help yourself from stinky socks.
But stinky socks this thing, or don't be addicted to it, otherwise it is possible to be like the following dude, accidentally bring yourself a lung fungal infection. (Not the cause of beriberi, because dermatophytes cannot survive in the lungs.) But if the socks are moldy, it is really possible to cause lung infection. ）
Once out of control, it may be a fetish
Smell is a relatively subjective sensory judgment. Give you a durian, can you tell if it smells good or stinks? There is no standard answer.
But once you become addicted to something, it is possible to rise to fetishism. Liking smelly socks, a branch of fetishism, is to associate sexual desire with smelly socks, and repeatedly collect such items to achieve psychological comfort.
This addictive behavior affects people's psychology and physiology.
According to studies, fetish patients are closely related to family education, with 97.6% of loving mothers and strict fathers and doting protection [5].
The mechanism of fetish formation may be a conditioned reflex.
For example, on the way home, the boy accidentally saw the bra dried by the upstairs neighbor falling on his body, he suddenly had sexual arousal, and produced sexual pleasure, then in the future, he may be obsessed with the woman's bra.
Because sexual pleasure and bra establish conditioned reflexes, the bra becomes a signal of sexual arousal. If such sexual arousal is the boy's first sexual experience, it is easier to establish a strong connection.
In the same way, if someone has sexual excitement and just happens to have the smell of socks next to them, a connection will be established between sexual pleasure and the smell of smelly socks, and the socks will become a signal of sexual arousal.
Many people who are obsessed with smelly socks are actually not just smelling, it is more likely to smell while smelling... (You get the idea)
If in the process of children's growth, parents lack correct guidance on sex education, it is easy to make children have a sense of mystery about sex and indulge in sexual fantasies.
After entering puberty, the rapid development of physiology and the repression of sexual psychology make him/her only able to strengthen the connection between "things" and sex caused by early adverse sexual experiences through excessive sexual fantasies and masturbation [5].
If your "petty fetishes" are clearly affecting your normal life, it is recommended to seek the help of a professional psychologist or psychiatrist. Because these are sexual and psychological disorders that can be corrected, the younger the age, the easier it is to correct.
If your habits do not affect the health of others and yourself, it is also your freedom to keep a small world of secrecy. After all, "oranges aren't the only fruit", and not all dark places need light.
What are your little fetishes? Welcome to share in the message area~
I came first, I like to smell the money.
Review expert: Song Chongsheng | Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Psychiatry, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital
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