Indoor and general footwear for plantar fasciitis

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I’m prone to this in one foot it’s not so much painful as annoying and once my foot is affected, it makes my leg feel weird. I’d appreciate suggestions for suitable footwear. I’ve worn fit flops indoors in the past but they only work for a time and then the fit flop loosens and isn’t so supportive.
I don’t like the idea of wearing shoes indoors but have read that shoes are better than slippers. Shoes just seem inconvenient if you want to sit on the floor or just put your feet up on the sofa, plus you have to touch them to remove them etc etc
Then it’s the time of year where socks and shoes indoors just seems uncomfortable.
However, I’d be grateful for any suggestions for suitable indoor shoes/slippers with arch support. I have relatively flat arches and am prone to pronating.

I wore crocs for a while that helped a bit but Birkenstocks did the trick once I got used to them.I had pain all the time that would wake me up at night, I'm now pain free can wear other shoes but wear Birkenstocks at work as I'm on my feet all day.

I wear Fit Flops toe-post flip flops all the time. I have heard that being bare foot is best so that your arches build their own support but I don’t know if that only works when your feet are still growing or if they can be fixed once they’ve already ruined! I also have some little spongy support things on elastic that you wear over your socks to support the arches. They’re quite comfy. I also bought some toe separator socks that are supposed to help but I haven’t worn them much!

The best thing though is getting my DP to give me a foot rub every evening when he’s here. If you don’t have a willing DP, an electric foot massager also helps! We refer to mine as Robo-DP for when he’s not here.

I have this too and wear Birkenstock's Arizona. X

My physio showed me how to tape my foot for PF. That fixed it completely. There are tutorials on YouTube.

Fit Flops don't fit me - too wide and they don't do half sizes ...

I've been getting twinges of PF since lockdown simply because I've been barefoot almost constantly since it started. I do calf stretches on the bottom step every day to help and it's been better this week. I have fitflop slippers which are a godsend and I wear sketchers bobs sandals indoors as well which seems to have alleviated it this week (it was quite painful last weekend)

That's interesting a pp said about Hoka trainers, I discovered them for running as they corrected my knocky-knees and will never wear anything else now, but didn't know they were recommended for PF too.

There ar inexpensive orthopaedic Flipflops on amazon that do a good job. Mine have lasted about six months so far.

Then I wear clerks unstructured shoes out and about. Not handsome, but I can walk.

Can you not get some insoles?
i bought some

Calf stretches are great and they help.
I do massage my foot when it is painful.
I have used insoles but they don’t last forever and if the shoe is poor then the insoles will only do so much. I find that I need a little heel and arch support, plus a strap or something that makes my foot feel snug. I have the half socks from amazon that help but I get really hot when I use them so I don’t wear them all day.
The Strive shoes don’t seem too ugly. I’ve heard that Hotter shoes are also good?

I found Fitflops useless. Crocs worked best for me - I still wear them all the time indoors, although my 2 year plantar fasciitis finally stopped about a year ago. I also did Adriene's yoga for runners stretching every time I'd been for a decent length walk.

Some hotter are good... I like the ones with the thick rubber soles, but they are more available in summer. I looked in the winter sale and nothing- nothing- was bearable.

Fit flops were the only shoes that helped me, the relief was something I can still remember as I was using a walking stick at one point.
My GP said it was probably wearing Birkenstocks that caused it- and being overweight .
Crocs did help a bit but it was high ish fit flops that really helped.

The fit flops have given me instant relief but I don’t know if I just walk funny or am freakishly heavy when I walk (I’m not overweight) but they lose their effectiveness over time. They’re not a cheap shoe. While I don’t mind investing in good shoes for indoors and a good general outdoor shoe, I’d like them to last a while and not be horribly ugly. Mary Jane type shoes are usually comfy and I can wear with dresses and trousers?

Foothugs slippers around the house are an absolute lifesaver - they're available on Amazon. I found doing stuff like ironing or cooking where I needed to stand for a prolonged period on a hard floor was really making my pf worse. Wearing these all the time around the house made a huge difference.

Also look at KT tape - you can get cheap versions on Ebay and there are videos on Youtube on how to use it.

Another vote for Crocs - with socks! - indoors. I have the Mary-Jane version of the Classic Croc, which has an extra strap over the arch of the foot; just makes it a bit more secure, as it's still a loose fit.

And then I have a large assortment of Fitflops for out of the house (tho never with toe-posts, always with some kind of strap over the width of the foot, to avoid toe-scrunching to keep them on).

I live in their winter boots.