Social situations and sweating

[Guest]

I just had to come home from a social situation after only 45 mins as I couldn't stop sweating. I could feel it prickling on my scalp and then running down my neck - ewwww. Then I thought everyone could tell and was looking at me. I had to down my drink, make an excuse, and leave. And yet these are people I work with all the time and there is no problem normally. Why do I get so worried when its in the bar?


I'm worried that this is the start of a trend and soon I won;t even want to go to the bar with anyone. How can I stop the downward spiral?

 

[Guest]

I would love to know the answer to this question too. I haven't found any solutions to sweating. I used to avoid the gym because I get very sweaty, and I feel gross. Now I'm able to shrug it off because I know I'm doing something good for myself.


I wish I could help you out, but I'm looking for the answer to this too.

 

[joshposh]

It's obvious that you aren't ready for that type of setting just yet. Take it slow. Introduce one person at a time on your circle of friends. Get use to that and slowly add more people. The more you practice it the better you'll get over time. You just need to slowly expose your self in small amounts of new social interaction until you are comfortable.

 

[kelden]

Yes, pal, take it slow. I got shivers and stutter a lot when I suffered anxiety during social situations. I focused to improve that by taking it easy, talking a little to few people and trying not to bring the subject but just leave a generic opinion. I eventually became more daring and started debates and questioned people a lot until the point of be an annoyance in the good way .

 

[lexinonomous]

Everyone deals with various situations, differently. It's not surprising to me that you're only having this problem when attending a bar. This happens to me when I attend different bars in my area, but only if the bar is full of a good amount of people. Our anxiety levels can change, regardless of how we're feeling. I will be having a full blown anxiety attack, yet feel completely fine in some ways. My heart with escalate while in public, regardless of my emotional state. I simply feel "on edge." I would suggest really thinking about your feelings while you're at the bar. Is your heart rate escalating? Do you feel shaky? Are you nervous? Do you have trouble socializing with others? It could be so many different things, but I'm willing to bet you're experiencing some form of anxiety that is beyond your control.

 

[Jemina]

I always sweat a lot in social situations too. It's like I go where there's people, particularly people I have to talk to, and someone turns on the tap and I can't stop sweating. It doesn't help that people have commented on it before and said it looks like I was caught out in the rain. No, that's just sweat. It really gets to me and makes me not want to spend time with people even more. I found that by wearing clothes that don't show the sweat so much it's a little easier, but it can still be difficult.


It sounds as if you're not ready to spend time with those people at the bar. Perhaps it's the bar itself, or perhaps it's the fact that it's a different social setting that's causing it. Is it the same when you've seen them elsewhere socially? Or only at the bar?

 

[rootle]

I don't sweat that much fortunately. But I do start sweating a lot just before I have to give a presentation for a class or something like that. I guess my problem isn't as bad as some people's. But I still wish I had more control over it.