What Are the Things That Make Your Palms Sweat?

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seoulsearch

OutWrite Trouble
May 23, 2009
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Hey Everyone,

For the good or for the bad, whether silly or serious, what are some things make your palms sweat with either anticipation, or anxiety?

* For example -- How do you feel about heights?

THIS gets my heart racing (in a very good way!)



I LOVE roller coasters and pictures like this get my engines running! I love the incredible speeds, the rushing of the wind, the loops and turns -- and I don't seem to mind heights if I'm strapped into a giant coaster. I figure, if God's going to call me home on that ride, it's going to be in a big way! (But hopefully He'll spare everyone else on the train.)

HOWEVER, things like this -- make my palms sweat!! -- and leaves my knees knocking in fear:



I do NOT like the idea of "open" heights with no railings, boundaries, or restrictions, and scenes like this drive me crazy. I just want to snatch the person back from the edge and put up all kinds of barriers so that people can't do this!

And when I hear stories of people falling of ledges like this, I physically curl up in reaction.

* Some other things that make my palms sweat and my skin crawl:



I don't care how cute the shoes are, I can't stand anything that goes between my toes! And just the thought of having to wear something like this makes me flinch (I wish I could, as I have to pass on a lot of really neat options.)

* And just the sight of certain fabrics and styles make me squirm, because I do NOT like rough textures or anything around my neck. Turtlenecks look GREAT on other people and I'm sure they can be cozy, but the thought of me wearing one makes me feel like I'm being choked:




What about you?

* What things make your pulse race with excitement -- or repulsion?

* What are the foods, textures, sounds, etc. that come to mind?

* What about situations like flying, small spaces, being alone in the dark, or in a large crowd?

I'm really interested in hearing about things that automatically cause you to have a reaction -- and the story behind why.
 

Lynx

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For me it's tight, constricting things. I'm probably mildly claustrophobic. A shirt that is too tight, any kind of small caves, crawling underneath the house to fish something out from under it...

Also standing on things that can move. Once I'm on a roof I can go all over any kind of angle like a mountain goat. But the ladder going up to the roof gives me the shakes.
 

RodB651

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I do NOT do heights!

I have nearly lost two jobs because of my fear of heights.

There have been a few times on those jobs where I had to go up high to repair stuff. I have resurrected extinct languages on those occasions and created a few new expletives. 🤷
 

Lynx

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I do NOT do heights!

I have nearly lost two jobs because of my fear of heights.

There have been a few times on those jobs where I had to go up high to repair stuff. I have resurrected extinct languages on those occasions and created a few new expletives. 🤷
Yeah... I have a good friend who used to be maintenance at a factory. He would suppress his fear and climb ladders anyway. He started getting crippling anxiety attacks, apparently out of the blue.

He went to a different job at a different factory where he runs a machine that makes parts. He's a lot happier now.
 

Susanna

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I did parachuting in the navy, but I didn’t go to that high building in Dubai, I don’t remember the name of it, because it was too high.

I think being in an aircraft or being parachuting makes you think you’re safer than inside a high building or on a steep mountain even if it’s not necessarily true.
 

Subhumanoidal

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Heights, claustrophobia, needles, I have tryhoponia, fortunately not too bad on that one, but it gets me sometimes. I know someone who has it way worse than I do.
 

Shaloma

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Rollercoasters, for sure... heck, I can't even go sledding down a hill without applying foot-brakes all the way, snow flying everywhere, LOL! :ROFL:
Heights are ok, as long as I don't have to jump. Could not do parachuting. Kudos to you, Susanna! o_O
I also, get "stage anxiety" if alone ie. speaking, singing, piano solos, but as soon as there is someone else, that all suddenly vanishes...go figure. :rolleyes:
 

Lynx

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Aug 13, 2014
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Rollercoasters, for sure... heck, I can't even go sledding down a hill without applying foot-brakes all the way, snow flying everywhere, LOL! :ROFL:
Heights are ok, as long as I don't have to jump. Could not do parachuting. Kudos to you, Susanna! o_O
I also, get "stage anxiety" if alone ie. speaking, singing, piano solos, but as soon as there is someone else, that all suddenly vanishes...go figure. :rolleyes:
Howdy Shaloma and welcome to the forum.

Best way I know to get over stage fright, at least for singing, is to go out in the woods and really let 'er fly. You can get comfortable with your voice at full volume with nobody else around to hear you. Then you'll have more confidence in your voice and it will come out in your singing.

Singing is a tricky thing. The less confidence you have, the less confident you sound, and the less confident you sound, the less confidence you have. But the reverse is also true.
 

Magenta

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Rollercoasters, for sure... heck, I can't even go sledding down a hill without applying foot-brakes all the way, snow flying everywhere, LOL! :ROFL:
Heights are ok, as long as I don't have to jump. Could not do parachuting. Kudos to you, Susanna! o_O
I also, get "stage anxiety" if alone ie. speaking, singing, piano solos, but as soon as there is someone else, that all suddenly vanishes...go figure. :rolleyes:

Welcome!
:)
 

Karlon

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Mar 8, 2023
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Hey Everyone,

For the good or for the bad, whether silly or serious, what are some things make your palms sweat with either anticipation, or anxiety?

* For example -- How do you feel about heights?

THIS gets my heart racing (in a very good way!)



I LOVE roller coasters and pictures like this get my engines running! I love the incredible speeds, the rushing of the wind, the loops and turns -- and I don't seem to mind heights if I'm strapped into a giant coaster. I figure, if God's going to call me home on that ride, it's going to be in a big way! (But hopefully He'll spare everyone else on the train.)

HOWEVER, things like this -- make my palms sweat!! -- and leaves my knees knocking in fear:



I do NOT like the idea of "open" heights with no railings, boundaries, or restrictions, and scenes like this drive me crazy. I just want to snatch the person back from the edge and put up all kinds of barriers so that people can't do this!

And when I hear stories of people falling of ledges like this, I physically curl up in reaction.

* Some other things that make my palms sweat and my skin crawl:



I don't care how cute the shoes are, I can't stand anything that goes between my toes! And just the thought of having to wear something like this makes me flinch (I wish I could, as I have to pass on a lot of really neat options.)

* And just the sight of certain fabrics and styles make me squirm, because I do NOT like rough textures or anything around my neck. Turtlenecks look GREAT on other people and I'm sure they can be cozy, but the thought of me wearing one makes me feel like I'm being choked:




What about you?

* What things make your pulse race with excitement -- or repulsion?

* What are the foods, textures, sounds, etc. that come to mind?

* What about situations like flying, small spaces, being alone in the dark, or in a large crowd?

I'm really interested in hearing about things that automatically cause you to have a reaction -- and the story behind why.
nothing gets my palms sweaty. i'm not a worrier. i love heights as i am involved in tree work. nothing really makes me race with excitement. i'm mostly a calm person. in fact, just last week, i scored my biggest antique deal ever & b4 the deal, i noticed myself getting overly excited so i recognized it immediately & quelled the overexcitement. i did skydive b4 & it's 1 of my greatest memories. i don't mind large crowds at all. i used to socialize in Manhattan 4 decades & the crowds didn't bother me.
 
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Texan18

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I'm not crazy about heights especially if I am standing on something flimsy. Slid off a roof once but got caught up in some scaffolding and hung upside down. That was a sweaty palm moment LOL
 

seoulsearch

OutWrite Trouble
May 23, 2009
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I'm not crazy about heights especially if I am standing on something flimsy. Slid off a roof once but got caught up in some scaffolding and hung upside down. That was a sweaty palm moment LOL
HOLY CHAMOLY.

How did you get down??? I'm glad you got through it safely but yeah...

Just thinking about hanging upside-down while being tangled in scaffolding while falling off a roof is making MY palms sweat! :oops:
 
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Texan18

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HOLY CHAMOLY.

How did you get down??? I'm glad you got through it safely but yeah...

Just thinking about hanging upside-down while being tangled in scaffolding while falling off a roof is making MY palms sweat! :oops:
I was on a roofing job , A couple guys helped me up onto a stable platform . I think I was 19 or 20 . I'm very thankful that im not dead or paralized we were 3 stories up and I was headed for the ground head first.

But like I said I'm really only squemish when i know that what I have underneath me is flimsy.
 

seoulsearch

OutWrite Trouble
May 23, 2009
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I was on a roofing job , A couple guys helped me up onto a stable platform . I think I was 19 or 20 . I'm very thankful that im not dead or paralized we were 3 stories up and I was headed for the ground head first.

But like I said I'm really only squemish when i know that what I have underneath me is flimsy.

3 stories up?!!! :oops:

God was looking over you, for sure! :giggle:
 

Shaloma

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Jul 8, 2024
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Howdy Shaloma and welcome to the forum.

Best way I know to get over stage fright, at least for singing, is to go out in the woods and really let 'er fly. You can get comfortable with your voice at full volume with nobody else around to hear you. Then you'll have more confidence in your voice and it will come out in your singing.

Singing is a tricky thing. The less confidence you have, the less confident you sound, and the less confident you sound, the less confidence you have. But the reverse is also true.
 

Shaloma

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Jul 8, 2024
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What a great idea of going into a forest and letting it rip?! I need to try that sometime, lol! Thank you!