Do other people notice blushing?

kerrinj · Newbie User Joined: Sep 23, 2008 Posts: 5

people tell me about 10 times a day at work.. and when I'm out wit friends I look like a tomato I feel hot and I hate it...

I never go out anymore... I just want it to go away

tool1919 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

I've still never been told i'm red or "why are you so red" but i know at the time it must be the worst thing to hear. I feel i'm gradually overcoming it and getting better somehow, but just through gradual steps and learning to accept myself and not being so hard on myself. I hate it, sometimes its so clear and i think "f*ck it, f*ck what other people think" and i am good for weeks and think i have overcome it and then have a bad period. Oh well, maybe its just called 'life' and everyone deals with it in their own way.

Generical · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Yeh like others have said if you feel really hot and kinda have a mexican wave of heat going from you toes to your head..it's likely you are blushing although i guess it depends a lot on the persons skin type, some people just have really blushable faces?

With me people seem to notice it a lot, you can tell by their expression really, a kinda grinning...what's he doing? face. That and the 'oh your quite a blusher aren't you!' comments lol. Lucky i've actually come to live with it so i can shrug them off but a few years ago i woulda just froze up.

It's pretty much the main thing that made me so shy as it happened with everyone as all i'd be thinking is, shit...im gonna go red. So it basically just caused really intense humilation, kinda like when ever i had to talk to someone, i would be on the same level as standing in front of them nekkid....and i'm not exactly a nudist...

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Rainbows18 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:43 am Post subject:

I have a blushing issue that i've had for a little over two years now and its one of the things that makes my anxiety worse. I've had people mention it to me and i can feel when its happening. As soon as someone tries to talk to me it happens. I dont understand it at all. Its what has caused my social anxiety. I'm afraid to talk to people because of it. It frustrates me so much. When i was going to my therepist she asked me what some of my social anxiety symptoms were and when i mentioned blushing she said that was new to her. I think this is the worse symptom that anyone could ever have. When its really intense it feels like my heart is about to explode out of my chest. But sometimes i'll blush with no other symptoms.

Helyna · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

Hm. This topic has gone away from what I intended it to be. But I don't mind. Back to my original issue of not knowing whether I was blushing, I did feel the burning in my face recently and actually turned to my friend and asked how red I was. She said "pretty red". So I guess it can be seen. It seems to be getting a whole lot worse lately for me.

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Rainbows18 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

For me it is really noticeable. There was a time when i was talking with some friends and they told me that my face was red and that it wasn't just my cheeks, it was my whole face and neck. Other times my face has felt really hot and I've asked if my face was red and it wasn't. When i know its happening it is happening, but sometimes i just think it might be and its not. I haven't really had a lot of comments about it though for all the times I've blushed, but i think it depends on how intense it is.