Question
Someone has a special obsession with the socks and shoes worn by young girls and wants to know if this behavior is normal and how to overcome it.
Answer
The obsession with young girls’ socks and shoes may be a form of fetishism, which is a mental disorder classified as a sexual psychological disorder, characterized by intense sexual excitement towards items used by the opposite sex. Treatment for fetishism can be achieved through psychological counseling, cognitive therapy, and aversion therapy. Psychological counseling can help patients understand the origins and process of their fetishism, cognitive therapy can make patients aware of the dangers of their obsession, and aversion therapy involves giving patients strong negative stimuli to suppress unhealthy desires. Most importantly, patients need to invest their energy in positive life activities and seek professional psychological treatment to overcome their fetishism.