sleepysparrow said:
That's what happens to me all the time. I just had to make a phone call and my whole body temperature just shot up. It's so annoying. Add to that the racing heart, and beginnings of a lake of sweat and I just feel like a complete freak by the time I set down the phone. Of course it's about a thousand times worse when I'm speaking to someone in person and they can see me.
I have that exact problem most of the time. I get really tense and my face goes red and my skin feels like it's on fire and I can't calm down. My heart races so much sometimes I feel like i'm going to pass out. Because of my body overheating, really hot summer days are the worst. I just want to stay away from people so I don't have to feel so embarrassed. This is what happens when i'm forced in situations with a lot of people, I just get so nervous my brain won't shut off and I panic. I know they notice me and must think i'm weird and hard to talk to but I can't help it. I get the same feeling going outside in the middle of the day when the most people are out. I usually go outside at night, I feel a little more calm when I can hide in the dark. I hate summer, everyone is outside and looking so happy.
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I'm the same way. I absolutely despise summer. It's so stuffy and hot out there that I break into a sweat the second I set foot outside. I have tortured memories of driving around town in the summer heat in search of a job and feeling so embarrassed whenever I had to speak to someone and my anxiety was causing my body to overheat. It was like hell.
Like you, I often go out at night too. I'll barely set foot outside earlier in the day because it's just too much for me. Every time I do it I come back home so sweaty and disgruntled that I have to change. At least at night I feel like people aren't staring at me. The cover of night is wonderful sometimes, but not an ideal time to try and get things done. To be honest I don't know how I'm going to make it through this summer. These "hot flashes" as I call them are murder.