I have ptsd pretty bad; I don't really let people touch me.

I deny the "pushing on my stomach" part of a physical. I do okay with the blood pressure cuff, and listening to my heart, but that even took a while to build that trust with my dr.

All of my friends know I don't do hugs or anything.

I don't get my hair cut, its halfway down my back.


I don't ever have someone guide me by my arm, instead they can take my service dog's longer leash and walk ahead and I give shay the "follow behind" command and I hold his traffic leash. He isn't a guide dog, he's a PTSD and migraine dog. I can see walls and people well enough to not run into them, but because I can't make out features well its hard to make out specific things to know which person I'm supposed to follow in settings where I'm following them, if that explanation makes sense. That's his only command related to vision and we rarely need it, it only really matters in a situation like a new drs office or something. We live in a small rural town so I'm familiar with most places in it already. I get around okay without a cane. In fact, my main form of transportation is biking, my only big issue is depth perception with it. I had to learn to look ahead for the colored patches that designate the slopes on the sidewalk. But for small details like street signs, I don't see those. I had to memorize my used routes and use verbal GPS.

So for small details like nails I run into the same issue. I just can't make it out. I can tell my foot is there but not the small details.

But a salon or something like that isn't an option for me honestly due to the touch thing.

Do you have no podiatrists local or is it expensive?

I'm lucky in the UK I can get it on the NHS. I'd be screwed otherwise.

Would that ship to the US?