Stop Underarm Sweat - The Truth About Anxiety Sweating

The fact is, any type of excessive perspiration, no matter what, is inevitably going to have a negative effect on a person's morale and psychological positivity. The thing about anxiety sweating is that not only does the person suffer excessive amounts of sweating, but also high levels of anxiety. This can lead to a back and forth cycle where sweating leads to anxiety and anxiety leads to sweating. This is one of the reasons why anxiety sweating has always been identified as one of the most distressing situations over other kinds of excessive perspiration.

Not all people who suffer anxiety sweating experience this unfortunate cycle however if the cause of the sweating is not as a result of high levels of anxiety. The burden of heavy sweating in a social context is unbearable for most and not only do they have to deal with the psychological aspect of sweating, but also face a risk of going through anxiety attacks.

The bad thing is that although there are many normal treatments for sweating that society has come to know of, the majority of these treatments are ineffective for people suffering from anxiety sweating. Regular deodorants and antiperspirants have little to no effect as they simply sweat a result of anxiety. There are even extreme lengths that people with this condition go to in an attempt to get rid of the effects. Surgery for example, is a known method of reducing sweating however, although it may sound like the ultimate way to get rid of these effects, surgery is also known to have side effects that many people experience after having undertaken the process.

Although I hate to admit it, it's inevitable that people who suffer from this condition will probably find that society has very little understanding of the things they go through and their hardships. The chances of being ridiculed by society are always present which only makes the condition worse for them.

However, in spite of all these negative mindsets towards this condition, people who suffer from this can still turn o therapy which has proved over and over again to be effective in controlling anxiety simply by teaching how to deal with it and how to reduce it through lifestyle changes.

Overall anxiety sweating can be controlled and you should definitely surround yourself with the right people to do this as well as seek out which method of treating this is the best for you. In my previous articles I detail numerous methods of treating anxiety sweating so check them out.

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Stop Underarm Sweat - What Are the Side Effects of Anxiety Sweating?

Although society has singled anxiety sweating to be specific to only a certain amount of people in the world, it's true to say, contrary to popular belief, that the amount of people who suffer from this condition is overly underestimated. Nearly everyone in this world has experienced anxiety perspiration to some degree. Whether it be their hands get slightly wet before a big speech or event, or their forehead starts to drip due to fear of confrontation for example. The bad thing with this condition is that if the extent of the sweating reaches a very high level, it can prove to have extremely embarrassing repercussions in any kind of event. A first date for example is a very common event where a person can experience this.

Now the most known common causes of anxiety sweating are usually due to being nervous, angry, scared and even under high levels of stress. Do not that although anxiety sweating is classified as a condition, it is not a disease as such, but rather a symptom of high levels of emotional or physical dilemma.

Many of the embarrassing side effects of this condition can worsen a person's social experience, whether it is shaking hands with a person due to wet and clammy palms or giving a speech while their clothes have embarrassing sweat patches under their arms. It is true that many people will argue that sweating should not be given such a negative view as it is a natural human function and should be allowed to happen at its own will however, having a person's social life degraded by excessive anxiety perspiration as well as a number of other relational tension it creates is a huge problem that needs to be addressed.

The thing with anxiety sweating is that what leads to it is never the same for every individual. For example, what causes a person to start sweating depending on their situation may not have the same effect on another person. This is why many treatments available are very ineffective to the majority of people who suffer from anxiety sweating.

Overall, the effects of heavy anxiety perspiration can affect both the physical and psychological aspects of a person's social life. This can have a very noticeable negative multiplier affect where it starts to affect other aspects of an individual's life. It is recommended to seek for treatments that work best for you as soon as possible.

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Test Taking Anxiety and EFT: How to Use EFT to Calm Down and Prepare Effectively for Your Test

Are you stressed about taking tests? Do you find that you blank out in the middle of the test because you're so nervous you can't remember anything? You don't have to put up with that. Why not use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to ease your anxiety and regain your ability to focus on what you must do to pass the test, starting with studying effectively.

Test taking anxiety can start a long time before you're even taking the actual exam. Even as you prepare for your exam, self-defeating thoughts might crowd out motivation and make you want to give up before you even started. And they may make it very difficult to even study for the exam.

The thing is that your brain works best when you are feeling calm and confident, so you need to do whatever it takes to feel that way. But that can be easier said than done.

So how can you get yourself to calm down and start feeling more confident?

You can do that by practicing EFT. EFT, also known as Emotional Freedom Technique is particularly good at reducing test taking anxiety and other negative feelings. It's a bit like emotional acupuncture without needles. You simply tap certain parts of your body, primarily parts of your face, while you repeat a series of statements.

Since you're trying to reduce anxiety about studying, you focus on that:

You tap two fingers of one hand against the karate chop area of your other hand, while repeating the following statement (or a similar statement - you can make any adjustments you like to make it fit your situation):

Even though I am afraid I can't study all I need to know to pass the test, I choose to feel calm and confident.

Even though I'm worried that I can't remember it all, I love and accept myself anyway.

Even though I'm nervous about the test, I choose to study anyway and I choose to focus on a good outcome.

Feel free to repeat the same statement three times, or each of them just once.

After that, you tap on 8 key points, one after other, about five to seven times, as you repeat the negative parts of the statement for the first round or two. After that, repeat the positive portion of the statement for another round or two. Then take a deep breath and see if you feel better. Repeat as necessary until you have gotten rid of your test taking anxiety and are able to study effectively for your exam.

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Using EFT for Anxiety

Hurt is the most basic negative (or uncomfortable) emotion we can feel, as Deepak Chopra, states in his book, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. When we don't know or have never learned how to be with, feel and express our hurt, it will build up. When we're full up and can't take any more which can often be precipitated by a life crisis, our buried hurt and pain starts to leak and its effects are often felt as anxiety and depression. States like anxiety and depression are secondary formations once we learned not to feel or express our hurt in the moment. Our body wants to release hurt the moment it occurs but we humans have the power to suspend and freeze painful experiences. Only thing is, we often later forget to feel them or don't want to feel them, just because they were so painful the first time round. So the frozen experiences stay trapped in our nervous system as undischarged stress. Because anxiety is a state of many many experiences of unfelt pain, it overrides the natural release mechanism of the body and mind, so it can and very often does lead to overwhelm.

The effects of anxiety are acutely felt in the body, anxiety can make us feel like we want to climb out of our skin, and go somewhere where the pain doesn't exist or where we can't feel it. Because we can't physically step out of our skins, we'll find all sorts of creative ways to help us numb and sedate our pain while we're in our bodies. Food helps us do it, especially carbohydrates and sweets, cigarettes will do it as will dissociating, racing thoughts will do it in an attempt to regain some control, alcohol, drugs, watching television, anything and everything that you can use to distract yourself from that frozen ball of pain humming away in your nervous system.

This is why using the body, its felt sense and sensations is so effective in helping us to release undischarged stress and hurt that has become anxiety.

Try using the set up statements and reminder phrases below, continue tapping until you feel a shift/release and make sure to customise it for you, locate body sensations, see if they move or change as you tap. Set an intention of helping this frozen energy move, not to try and 'get rid of' the pain or hurt. You know from experience that resisting your hurt only makes it worse. You can't release what you're resisting.

Even though I don't want to be in my body, where all the hurt is, that's the way it is for now

Even though this pain is humming away in my nervous system waiting to erupt, I acknowledge it's there

Even though I just can't feel this pain, it's too painful, maybe I can feel some of it

Top of the Head: These anxious feelings
Eyebrow: They are so hard to live with
Side of Eye: I'd love some peace
Under Eye: From this
Under Nose: I just don't feel safe
Under Chin: Or in control
Collar Bone: I feel overwhelmed
Under Arm: I have to distract myself from that

Top of the Head: I keep thinking
Eyebrow: That I should be over this!
Side of Eye: But I can't release this anxiety
Under Eye: Or overwhelm
Under Nose: And that makes me feel...
Under Chin: What's wrong with me?
Collar Bone: I'm exhausted
Under Arm: I feel...

Top of the Head: Maybe I'll release the pain instead
Eyebrow: The pain that makes up this anxiety
Side of Eye: And tap
Under Eye: On all this pain
Under Nose: This frozen unfelt pain
Under Chin: And hurt
Collar Bone: I never wanted to feel that hurt
Under Arm: And I still don't

Top of the Head: I want to feel safe and comfortable in my own body
Eyebrow: I don't want to keep running away
Side of Eye: From these feelings
Under Eye: And me
Under Nose: And my body
Under Chin: Breathing helps me feel my body
Collar Bone: Breathing helps calm me
Under Arm: And brings me back into my body

Top of the Head: Where I choose to feel safe
Eyebrow: And protected
Side of Eye: I choose to inhabit my body fully
Under Eye: And completely
Under Nose: And feel good
Under Chin: And light
Collar Bone: And joyous
Under Arm: And just be me!

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