I was born with club foot on both feet (had surgeries). During

>>17571487
Easier said than done, but fuck them

>orthotics are giving you an objective statement. Your feet may indeed be a little worse? So what. That's like hearing someone's asthma is getting worse

>Your driving instructor obviously just doesn't know about your issue and I'm sure would be very apologetic about what he said if you explained to him

But yeah, just get on with your life as you have been. Most people really don't care about things like this

Take an example from last week... Got introduced to a colleague's friend. Went to shake his hand... His right was paralysed, so he presented his left. So I swapped hands and shook his left hand... Zero fucks were given and we continued drinking at the bar
He didn't mention it and I had no interest in asking

>>17571503
Oops, first quote was your original thread

>>17571503
They probably are a bit worse, but the part with shoes is pretty fucked up as I like to dress well and she wants me to wear sneakers or similar shoes all the time. Well, perhaps I'll spend the money on custom shoes, I think I could get them to be both good looking and comfortable? I think it would be a good investment.

Yeah I did explained it to him afterwards and he kind of was. I'd just rather it had never had to be brought up as it makes me feel insecure and low. It was just my 3rd lesson so I hope I won't be totally hopeless at it later.

I think I could make use of a therapist about all this shit (not the instructor thing, just my feet/identity issues in general, and perspectives for the future). My dad has been very supportive but I don't want to burden him too much.
Another thing is I hope they would take me to the army if the war broke out. I was deemed able to serve at the physical examination but it was 5 years ago.

Thanks for your answer; yeah I wanted to fix the formatting.

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>>17571491
I admire you OP for living your life and not using your club feet as an excuse. If I were you get a second or third opinion. Countless stories of doctors telling people they will never live a normal life or never walk and they fucking do.

>>17571491
You just need to learn to grow a thicker skin and not let the little shit get to you. If people don't mean to make you feel like shit, then don't.

>>17573851
Yeah I always wanted to be normal... perhaps too much. That's why even things such as described above get to me.
It's not that bad, the last orthopaedist I've been to literally told me to go live a normal life, just to avoid too much walking and running, which I'm pretty fine with (I just hope I can do martial arts without fucking my feet up more... need to ask about it).
He said they can't really be improved though, which worries me as not only are they in worse condition than in my teens but are probably going to get worse still and drag my other joints like knees with them (I already have mild knock knees from them and a weird stabbing knee pain from time to time).
I hope reconstructive surgery can help me if things begin to be too fucked up. I'm still young so I could probably recover from it fine, I just need a few months that I can spend lying in a hospital bed.