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How can I stop my hands shaking

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Last Updated: 06/01/2022 at 9:16am
How can I stop my hands shaking
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Anonymous
May 7th, 2022 12:26pm
Shaking your hands is very common when youre stressed. Here are some tips so you can keep your hands under controle! 1) hand patterns, this might sound odd but it works! tapping rythems or patterns can keep you distracted from why you're stressed and can keep your hands busy. 2) find some posses you're okay with, put your hands in your pocket or cross you're arms, if you feel comortable with how your stance is it will help you feel less stressed and help you relax. 3) wear some hand accessories like a bracelet or a ring, playing with those will keep your hands busy and thuss avoid shaking. I hope these tips helped!
Chrissylawrence1983
May 18th, 2022 5:36am
Avoid caffeine. Caffeine and other stimulants can increase tremors. Use alcohol sparingly, if at all. Some people notice that their tremors improve slightly after they drink alcohol, but drinking isn't a good solution. ... Learn to relax. ... Make lifestyle changes. Essential tremor is a nervous system (neurological) disorder that causes involuntary and rhythmic shaking. It can affect almost any part of your body, but the trembling occurs most often in your hands — especially when you do simple tasks, such as drinking from a glass or tying shoelaces. There is no cure for essential tremor, but treatments can provide symptom relief and help improve quality of your life. Certain lifestyle changes and a treatment plan specific to you may help reduce your tremors.
JuneTrips
June 1st, 2022 9:16am
It sounds like your shaking hands are bothering you. Shaky hands can stem from a lot of different external (and internal!) causes, perhaps outlining how you're feeling or what situations you're in when you notice your hands shaking. From there, you can narrow the list of potential 'hand-shaking triggers'. You can then ask yourself these questions: Are my hands shaking because of an emotion that I'm feeling? (Anxiety, anger, fear...) Why am I feeling this emotion? (is it cold? Are there a lot of people around? Is something making me upset?). Once you've narrowed the list of possible reasons down, then you could look into ways of preventing or minimising it :))