Social Anxiety: The smell of sweat has always been a cause of embarrassment. The one whose sweat smells, he is laughed at in gatherings. And on top of that, now the summer season has come, in such a situation, whoever has the problem of this smell, is already engaged in its remedy. But let us tell you that the disease can now be treated with the smell of sweat. Don't be surprised, research has revealed this about body odour. Human odour collected from sweat can be used to address mental health problems. According to a European researcher, people with social anxiety when exposed to the smell of other people's sweat, it can be dangerous for them. It's like therapy.
Samples of such people were taken in the research
According to Alice Vigna of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who led the research, preliminary study results suggest that combining chemosignals with mindfulness therapy has better results in the treatment of social anxiety. The study involved collecting sweat samples from people and then exposing them to chemo signals to treat patients' social anxiety. Samples were collected from people who experienced specific emotional states such as fear or happiness. Watching clips from the movies chosen to take away. They included horror films such as Mr Bean, Holiday and Sister Act as well as The Grudge.
Smelling sweat is beneficial for mental health
The team of researchers included 48 women facing social anxiety, whose ages ranged from 15 to 35 years. Researchers made three groups of 16 people. All groups were exposed to different odours obtained from the sweat samples of people who had watched different video clips. These included a group of people who were in contact with clean air. Research revealed that women who were exposed to the smell of a sweat from people watching comedy horror films had a better response. Apart from this, those who had problems were treated by exposing them to the smell, they also had anxiety scores. A decrease of about 39% was observed. The group that received the treatment had a 17% reduction in anxiety scores after one treatment session.