Blushing

emerald_eyes · Newbie User Joined: Nov 14, 2007 Posts: 6

ALL of you are not alone. I find that all it takes for me to blush, is for someone I know to come up to me in the mall and say hi and talk for a few minutes. Why is that? I think that anytime we feel a focus on us, we become so aware that we may blush, that we actually do.It's not an attractive blush either, it's all "patchy" and un-even. Does anyone get this same blotchiness?Please let me know. Hang in there!

Leese · Newbie User Joined: Oct 17, 2007 Posts: 5

Yeah I get the same kind of blushing as you. I don't really blush on my face. I get a red blotchy rash on my neck & chest when I'm anxious, it's like a nerve rash as I don't get it from being embarassed but from stress/anxiety & in social situations (even just bumping into someone at the shops). And fearing it's going to happen makes it usually happen. Now I take beta blockers & don't get the rash. I had some friends visit me that I haven't seen for over a year (was feeling a bit stressed about it) & usually I would have had the rash but it didn't appear once. The rash had made me stop doing social things but this med takes it away o I'm more confident & do go out now.

paddo · Newbie User Joined: Nov 17, 2007 Posts: 5

Has your GP ever suggested an anti-dep for that...if so how did it go..or if not make an enquiry about it with him/her...as medicos they will have a good idea if this is the right thing to do or not....

glowworm · Newbie User Joined: Mar 31, 2008 Posts: 4

i feel your pain! i never used to blush and now all of the sudden i blush like crazy! im talking bright red sweating, feeling faint kind of blushing! now if i see someone i know when im not expecting it, it triggers it even if i like that person! or god forbid my teacher asks me something in front of the class...forget about it...dont know what to do but dont worry you're not alone!!