Why did that guy sneak into the community and smell the stinking shoes and socks of his master?

Yang Xiao, a national second-level psychological counselor, said that such behavior is a quirk, which may be caused by some important things and problems encountered in adolescence. Such a quirk will make him do it unconsciously. When he smells shoes or socks, he will relieve his anxiety and forget his troubles. For him, this is a brain reward mechanism, and the brain and behavior have formed a conditioned reflex.

Yang Xiao said that people who do such things may have poor social functions, and interpersonal communication, family relations and personal development are not very smooth. If interpersonal communication is smooth and there are many friends, there are many channels to vent when you encounter bad emotions. For normal adults, there are many ways to deal with bad emotions. However, with less interpersonal communication and fewer friends, there will be fewer channels to deal with bad emotions.

People of this age may encounter setbacks, such as family factors, lovelorn and so on. When they encounter negative emotions, the reward mechanism of the brain will come out on its own and continue to produce behavior.

Yang Xiao said that this kind of quirk belongs to the category of mental illness, and suggested that the man go to psychological consultation or go to the psychological department of the hospital for treatment.

Extended data:

Men who have lived for a long time love to smell smelly socks after work, which leads to lung infection.

A man was hospitalized with pulmonary fungal infection in Zhangzhou, Fujian. According to the doctor, it was treated as common pneumonia at first, but later the lung condition did not improve, but it became more serious.

After the doctor asked, he learned that the man came home from work every day, "smelling smelly socks first", often staying up late to take care of the baby at home, and his immunity decreased, which led to fungal infection in the lungs.