Feeling stressed out? That can make you smell bad...

You smell stressed out!

As if the anxiety isn’t bad enough, scientists say that we start to smell bad when we’re stressed. Regular perspiration from heat or exertion is designed to cool us down. While it might not smell great, it’s a gradual process which our bodies manage to regulate a bit. When we experience nervous excitement or anxiety, we tend to heat up much faster, causing our glands to release a surge of instantaneous pungent sweat. Because there’s no warming up period, that perspiration can hit the surface in record time, producing a stronger fight or flight aroma, designed to warn any predators within smelling range.