Yeah it can run in families sadly, from what I was told it can really depend on your ankle shape and how your weight is distributed on your foot.

My dad always warned me about wearing unsupported shoes like vans, converse, campers but I never listened, my younger cousin got the same thing only at a much younger age from being in the military hiking with gear all the time

Shoes ruined the connective tissue in your feet. It's the unfortunate way most people end up needing orthotics.

Everyone reading: start stretching and strengthening your feet, go barefoot where you can. Foot pain affects everything above it and you don't want to be the person who can't walk 100ft without their special shoes (which themselves are amazing since they can actually treat these issues at all, before anyone thinks I'm just anti-everything).

Ah, gotcha. I have to agree with the other person that responded to you. The type of recovery I'm talking about happened several years after being barefoot near 24/7. The foot shape actually changes, the muscles get stronger, skin gets thicker, etc.

A week going barefoot in a hostile environment with already damaged feet would just make them worse, like in your case.