Comments on: Hyperhidrosis – genetic or imaginary?

By: thinkMoult - Another year awaits.

thinkMoult - Another year awaits. — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:41:39 +0000

[...] and a very rough-textured nipple and touchpad, which are like heaven to my sensitive hands which suffer from hyperhidrosis. Even when my hands do act up, the keyboard has a drainage system. Software-wise it runs [...]

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:01:46 +0000

Hi, my name is Alex and I have hyperhidrosis as well, except I have it under my arms. I’m sixteen and I wear black cardigans EVERYDAY in order to conceal my excess sweating. I just wanted to comment because people with hyperhidrosis are NOT alone. About 2.8% of people in the USA have this condition, although only half of these people seek help. There are many treatment options. Dehydration pills, therapies, topical anti-persperants (like drysol and certain dri), botox injections, along with many other options. You can try any of these methods! If these don’t work, there’s even a surgery that works for many people.

By: AnneMarie

AnneMarie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:47:48 +0000

This year, I discovered what has plagued me all of my Life… Craniofacial Hyperhidrosis.

I am now in my 40′s and am severely impacted by the Symptoms.

I sweat profusely from my head and scalp. This can happen at anytime.
I am the only freak I know, who has this condition.

Hyperhidrosis won’t kill me, unless I die from embarassment.

By: p.

p. — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:03:51 +0000

The mind is the most powerful tool.Yet to control it,is a mastery art itself.Try meditating.

By: Dion Moult

Dion Moult — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:03:50 +0000

Nevertheless, it was an excellent excuse to use that sentence in a blog post :P

By: hari

hari — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:13:47 +0000

“Death is probably quite extreme an example and probably one of the very rare possibilities – but nevertheless it is no question that the mind can have great influence on what we feel and our reactions to it.”

Maybe an extreme case of fright in the case of the condemned man? Also the fellow in the freezer… could it be that he was actually suffocating from lack of fresh air?

I don’t know. The psychological profession has an interest in inventing new terms to describe what most people already know pretty well about human behaviour.

By: Josh Wilkinson

Josh Wilkinson — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:20:08 +0000

I had no idea it was that powerful. I knew it could do amazing things, but to convince yourself that you’re dead is amazing. I don’t know whether they were incredibly clever, but still :p

By: Dion Moult

Dion Moult — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:16:54 +0000

Yes. There have been a few cases where this has happened already.

There was once a prisoner that was condemned to death. On the day of his execution he was blindfolded and tied to a chair. This was actually a test being carried out – not a real execution, but the prisoner did not know that. A person took a wet knife and pressed the blunt end to his throat, he then dripped water down the end of the knife. The prisoner felt the tip of the knife and assumed the water was his own blood – he soon died.

Another case was when a person accidentally locked himself in a freezer (warehouse freezer). Knowing he would die he gave a summary of his thoughts- recounting as his body parts slowly froze. The next day he was found dead due to the cold. The thing is that the freezer had been turned off that night – it wasn’t cold at all.

Death is probably quite extreme an example and probably one of the very rare possibilities – but nevertheless it is no question that the mind can have great influence on what we feel and our reactions to it.

By: Josh Wilkinson

Josh Wilkinson — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:56:41 +0000

I am interested in ‘the mind convincing itself of death’. Care to elaborate?

By: Dion Moult

Dion Moult — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:54:46 +0000

Though others with the same condition seem to find that social issues is the main complaint, I personally don’t care. If such a situation does arise throwing a medical term at them is enough to make them not want to shake hands with you anyway.