Steams of electrical current are coursing over your skin, increasing in power under periods of stress.  Like measurements of cortisol in your bloodstream, electrical currents over skin reflect the level of stress in your mind and body.

You can now buy a device, to measure the electrical activity flowing over your skin.  But rather than purchasing a galvanic skin response instrument for $200, why not just use this observation to realize that high stress impacts on your body and do something about it?

You don’t need a new high-tech gadget to tell you to lower your skin electricity and relax.  Use common sense and know that the human body needs time to rest and unwind.  Too much stress as reflected by increased sweating and skin electricity is not good for your heart, your brain, or your emotional balance.  Be deliberate about making some time for exercise and meditation, two behaviors proven to lower stress.

For the spiritually-minded person, find a quiet space to relax, take some slow deep breaths, and reach out to the Comforter in prayer.  Your blood pressure will ease and the electrical currents passing over your body will diminish.

See Popular Science (March, 2015) for nice discussion of the biology of stress and relaxation.