Fear of blushing

[Towers]

Hi,

Does anyone else have a problem with blushing when talking to people?

I have panic, anxiety, part agoraphobia, missed beats - but it is the one thing I hate more than anything - I even hate it more than getting missed beats all day!
I try to keep conversations as short as possible or just avoid people if I can - which makes other people think you are ignorant and/or weird!
The older I get the worse I feel about it - as you think that by now you should have grown out of this.
I have always been a shy/quiet person though.

Thank you.

[99% dead inside]

Yeah I do. I have everything you have except missed beats, what is that?

Whenever I talk to someone that isn't my family I feel the burn in my cheeks and they get REALLY red!
It used to really bother me, 'specially in school, but I've learned to just accept it. If people ever ask me why I'm blushing, I'll just say "that's just what happens with me" and shrug my shoulders.

It was annoying though, I know how you feel!

[Towers]

Hi 99% dead inside,

Thanks for your reply.

I do try to accept the blushing but on a bad day it does still get to me.

Missed beats are missed heartbeats / ectopics.

Thanks

[Anxious_gal]

Breath, and train your self to STOP thinkin about blushing and again breath and focus on the conversation!
I used to have this phobia so bad as people at school would tease me, not in a mean way but i got soooooo self conscious!!! it really made school hell for me, the fear of bushing.
I Still get it but I have learned not to be embarrassed about it and that helped me not to blush.
, once you take the fear out of blushing it doesn't affected you so much.
I think CBT would help you.
If I so much as mention the word blushing I still blush, but it goes away much faster now and face doesn't get as red.
I found it helpful just not to care, to make light of it, to joke about it!
I met an old friend n he started to tease me saying oooooo your going red, i just laughed and didn't turn red.
once you stop caring what people think of you they hold no power over you.
sure I still have times where I go red n feel embarrassed but most people just think oh she must be very shy n thinks it sweet.
once you change your thinking about it results will follow CBT.
Avoiding situations and people is the worst thing you can do, i did that all through school!
now if I blush I just say "yeah I blush very easily" so what!!!!

[Towers]

Hi Mishel,

Thanks for your reply aswell.

I will try and start to make a joke/make light of it - I never really thought of that before.

Thanks

[Anxious_gal]

hope I helped some what,, just for years my fear of blushing caused me so much anxiety x

[Haruka]

I can relate, I blush at everything, and it really bothers me. I think it is cute when other people blush, so I don't know why I think people will think I am a freak when i blush, but it scares me anyways.