I just spent about an hour reading that whole post and all the stuff it links to. I learned a whole lot about my own sweating 'Dis-Ease' and also how some other people react to it differently.
I'm not like Dan. I sweat my A*S off, like all the time. But I'm learning to just start to deal with it, I guess.
Maybe I'll pick up some of that hypnosis to stop the sweating. But the thing is, I heard that that stuff doesn't really work and it's just a waste of $12. But if you say it works, I guess I'll try it.
Keep up the good work, man!
Robby
Minnesota
Jul 03, 2008 Rating
Situational Sweating, Brotha' by: Chris Mechanic
Hi Dan, how's it goin' brotha'?
Thanks for the question and all the nice compliments. I'm glad you're enjoying the site. I know I certainly enjoy writing it.
This sounds like a classic case of 'Situational Sweating'. It's DEFinitely not full-blown hyperhidrosis. BUT, nevertheless, I know it's still annoying as hell.
Most hyperhidrosis sufferers have a situational component to their sweating. They may not be completely dry like you when they're at home, but sweat-levels are certainly higher at some points than at others.
There have been a couple of similar questions on this board that I have answered which I want you to take a look, like this one:
Katya Sweats Only at School (http://www.bye-bye-excessive-armpit-sweat.com/i-sweat-only-at-school.html)
Also there's a newsletter article I wrote for Excessive Sweating Anonymous called "Breaking the Vicious Sweat-Cycle." (http://www.bye-bye-excessive-armpit-sweat.com/ExcessiveSweatingAnonymous-excessive-sweating-8.html)
Other than what you read in those two articles--and SERiously, take the time to read them, you'll like them a lot--you should try some hypnosis to boost your confidence.
It works really well. Almost kinda' magical if you stick with it consistently. Plus, you can use hypnosis to do a whole lot more stuff than stop sweat. You can use it to increase confidence, overcome anxiety, love yourself more, achieve goals, develop certain personality traits, there's a ton of stuff you can do with it.
I got into it about 5 years ago, and I've been addicted ever since. When I got started we used to go to hypnotist's office and pay her 50 bucks an hour, like old-school style. These days, you can download hypnosis mp3s for $12 (go to 'Your Mind' at the top left ---> Hypnosis) and they get the job done.