[Roaming_bird]

I just had a very emotionally intense session with my therapist, and I sweated profusely during most of it -- sweat dripping down my face, my back, my chest.

It wasn't a panic attack or anything like that. Emotional overload is more like it. On rare occasions I've had a bit of sweat on my face, but nothing like this. I asked my therapist if it was normal, and she said no. She's also my psychiatrist and has over 30 years of experience, and I've seen her for 7 years or so.

Has anyone had this happen?

[WrkNPrgress]

Originally Posted by Roaming_bird

I just had a very emotionally intense session with my therapist, and I sweated profusely during most of it -- sweat dripping down my face, my back, my chest.

It wasn't a panic attack or anything like that. Emotional overload is more like it. On rare occasions I've had a bit of sweat on my face, but nothing like this. I asked my therapist if it was normal, and she said no. She's also my psychiatrist and has over 30 years of experience, and I've seen her for 7 years or so.

Has anyone had this happen?

YES. How funny, I almost created a thread for this very thing today.

I've had this happen a couple of times. It doesn't help when the office is even slightly warm and it faces the evening sun.

My T runs cold, physically, so over the winter she always had a heater running in the corner. I'd get warm and when I'm nervous at all, I will sweat under my shirt. The funny part is, I sweat on my belly and back, which is not the usual places when I'm in the sun or working out. I'm not a nervous sweater type in everyday life, either. It's just Therapy that brings it out. LOL.

This past session, I started sweating as soon as I sat down to "work". I had to make a comment this time because I was almost soaking my shirt. My T balmed the the room temperature, kindly trying to cover for me, I think... "It's really warm in here all of sudden, maybe the temp has gone up...(from the evening sun)?"

I said, no it's just me and made a joke about my presence raising the temperature of the room... which in turn lead to 'hot' jokes and I almost blushed and moved on on to stay focused. I knew it was just my nerves, I had some emotional stuff to talk about and I never realized how hard it is for me to get stuff out.

The good news is that where previously i was privately embarrassed about it, this time just being honest and out about it felt really freeing, actually. We hugged afterwards and she didn't care at all.

[Waterbear]

Oh yes, especially seeing as I won't take my coat off. Not sure how I am going to cope when summer really hits us.

[Argonautomobile]

Seems pretty normal to sweat when under stress. Don't know why she'd say it isn't.

[Favorite Jeans]

I'm not normally a very sweaty person but I leave some therapy sessions with my clothes as sweaty as they get at the gym. I often feel like I'm freezing as this is going on and will put on my jacket even though I'm perspiring like crazy. Almost like being feverish. It's so weird. Therapy turns up my anxiety to a degree that it rarely reaches under other circumstances. I try to remember to wear deodorant on therapy days even though I usually don't need it otherwise!

[Cinnamon_Stick]

When I am very anxious I tend to sweat a lot more than normal. My therapy sessions can be when my anxiety is at its worst so I always wear black. I don't sweat that much more but I notice it.

Originally Posted by Roaming_bird

I just had a very emotionally intense session with my therapist, and I sweated profusely during most of it -- sweat dripping down my face, my back, my chest.

It wasn't a panic attack or anything like that. Emotional overload is more like it. On rare occasions I've had a bit of sweat on my face, but nothing like this. I asked my therapist if it was normal, and she said no. She's also my psychiatrist and has over 30 years of experience, and I've seen her for 7 years or so.

Has anyone had this happen?

Yes, I was a sweater before therapy (age 5), and therapy made it worse. I use to sweat profusely in therapy; face, neck, hands, arms, armpits, crotch, back - basically head to toe. My therapist would hold me, and that scared the living daylights out of me, so I would verbally fight her at times, even though I really wanted to be held by her. We worked on my fear of sweating and smelling when I was near other people. Sometime during therapy my sweating became normal. I never sweat like I used to, even when it's over 100 degrees outside. Sometimes when my ire get up on this forum my armpits sweat profusely, but it's been awhile.

[Roaming_bird]

Originally Posted by Walkedthatroad

Y. We worked on my fear of sweating and smelling when I was near other people. Sometime during therapy my sweating became normal. I never sweat like I used to, even when it's over 100 degrees outside. Sometimes when my ire get up on this forum my armpits sweat profusely, but it's been awhile.

That's interesting! I would love my sweating to decrease.

Originally Posted by Roaming_bird

That's interesting! I would love my sweating to decrease.

My excessive sweat was driven by my emotions. And, once I could name them understand them - then I could control the seating more. This is true for my physical ills also. I had lower and upper back pain, neck pain, etc. Emotional issues manifesting themselves physically. I very rarely have any of those physical issues, and when they do come, once or twice a year, I can talk myself out of them, because I know I need to address what's going on emotionally.