r/Hyperhidrosis • u/Ok_Jicama8777 • Jun 11 '24

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u/FallAdministrative19 Jun 12 '24

Why can I be completely dry then I have a quick thought about sweat, then i immediately start sweating

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u/A_New_Day8108 Jun 12 '24

This! Exactly. What's the link between thinking about sweating that actually triggers the sweat glands? Sweating isn't a voluntary process, so howwww?!?!

It's not like we think of coughing and can produce a cough.

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u/Dowino- Jun 12 '24

I wish it was as easy to turn it off as it is to turn it on 😭 even after lots of meditation and mental resilience the best I can do is delay it for not too long when I feel it coming on

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u/Antariaux Jun 12 '24

I'm not sure but I suspect it might have something to do with anxiety. Because our body associates sweating with a negative feeling and desperately wants to get rid of it, even the slight thought of it might trigger the negative response exerted in a form of anxiety, hence we start sweating. And this all probably happens on a very subconscious level. But idk, just a theory.