Open and honest about HH?

[beckiboo]

I've just got to say that i'm a pretty open person and even though HH makes me embarrased I dont shy away from talking to people about it. This attitude proved to me today that sometimes its better to just tell people. I was discussing the job ive applied for and my concerns about the fact I have HH and if this would interfere with it, and to my surprise I found out one of the nurses I work with has underarm HH and another has palmer HH too!!! (not to the extent that I do I think but she talked about how she dreaded handshakes etc...I was amazed that in my workplace there are other people with the same problems!

which led me to wonder, what if HH is far more common than we think? for example, my mum's boyfriend is Italian and he imo has severe facial HH, but he doesnt care or get too embarrased by it lol! he just says everyone sweats and puts it down to his body ridding him of toxins...maybe if I got less anxious about it all I could just get on with it instead of letting it hold me back?

The more I talk to people about it the more normal I feel, most people take it seriously and do see it as a medical condition..I even let a girl at work touch my clammy hands to show what they were like...she said they didnt even feel that bad which made me feel awesome! and that if I had never have told her she probably wouldnt have noticed - which must mean my hiding skills have got pretty good over the years lol!

sorry for the random thread, ive just got alot of thoughts that I needed to share with you guys..::::

 

[Feathers]

Well, I think you're right to feel normal about it!! honestly I've never heard about it until very recently, it was on TV in a series, an American series about guys in a Vegas casino, there was a guy with HH and they were making such a big deal about it, I was - huh??
I've never heard about it before. And then on this forum. I really didn't see why the obsession about it or why all the fuss..

I just thought some people may sweat more than others, and it might be related to what they eat and how much water they drink and how much they exercise or what they wear and such.. Personally, I think that any iffy smell might bother me more, and that is totally food-related or health-related and can be improved too..

So, way to go, Beckiboo!!

 

[beckiboo]

Thanks! but please dont get me wrong, I dont think its as easy as that, its great to try and be as positive as you can but it is damn hard to get over the mental side of how HH affects you socially..I went through years of thinking I was a freak and noone else was like me..its a total pain in the ass to be close to people-especially in a workplace-I just find it great that there are people out there who probably do have HH but dont let it get to them as much as others and I want to be more like that..it wont make it go away because no matter what you eat or whatever its still going to be there but if you can at least relax and break the cycle of 'sweat=anxiety=more sweat' then this can only be good thing?