I have very dry eyes, plus I get absolutely freaked out with anything having to do with eye trauma or the touching of eyes. Strangely, perhaps, I rather like having contacts. I used to have hard contacts, but I switched to soft lenses at my new eye doctor’s advice after suffering a corneal abrasion because of the ineptitude of my now ex-eye doctor (he [1] botched several lens-fittings, which I was trying to get corrected through multiple re-visits and re-fittings, and [2] had told me that my dry eyes and allergies meant I couldn’t use soft lenses, which the new doctor informed me was a load of hooey).
Also, contacts will hurt for a while after you get them. You’ll have to build up how long you can keep them in at a time. At least, that’s how it was when I got my hard contacts. The process may be different for soft ones if you start with them, rather than starting with hard contacts and then an eye injury and multiple weeks with a patch.
So, all that (a personal mortification at the very idea of contacts before ever having them, followed by some actual pain and injury), and I love having contacts. I recommend them.