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Heat, Hormones & Humidity: Surviving teenage sweat
“Nearly all writers don't know what to write about”.

I don't often write about myself but one of my greatest embarrassing moments is when I sweat. As much as “gross" that sounds, it's true. I always ask my mom why I can't stop but she says " it's because you were born that way, you can't stop a natural cause. You're only 15, it'll pass.” I'm 17 now.
Everyone sweats but I doubt that 60% of people sweat in awkward places other than the head, face, neck and arms. Perhaps it may be that I'm hairy. The average amount of “hairy”, that is.
Everytime I feel embarrassed, nervous or scared, I sweat. For me it's like; my face, arms, legs, feet and palms. Literally every part of me leaks. I don't even do anything most of the time, It just happens.
I thought maybe “it's the weather” or “the room was too hot” but it's neither of those. No matter how scorching the sun was, others still stayed cool but I've been embarrassed that I was the only one constantly with a hand fan.
I've tried so hard to stop or to “control" it, so to say. Classmates, teachers, people I don't know have all mocked me for it one way or the other. I didn't know something so little could make someone feel this bad. At least, not until after I transferred schools because of an “incident".
Of all the traumas I had to put up with because of my constant sweating, I just had to put on a light silk...