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For most people, blushing is normal.
Normally people react by blushing when they have an embarrassing moment or situation, or an event that occurs to make them embarrassed.
However, some people blush excessively, seemingly at anything - not just a quick blush from an embarrassing comment.
People who blush excessively can become self-conscious and as a result develop a phobia associated with it, making their blushing problem even worse.
They become so fixated in trying to control their blushing that they dread it. It's at this stage that blushing becomes a problem and even a fear or phobia.
Blushing is caused by dilation of the small blood vessels in your face. This results in an increased supply of blood to that area and you blush.
It is a perfectly normal reaction to something or a situation that embarrasses you.
However, blushing can get out of hand and can become excessive, no matter how old you are. You might find yourself avoiding places, people or going out in general because you get embarrassed.
Blushing Cures
With a little bit of research you can take certain measures to prevent excessive blushing:
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This book suggests relaxation exercises and confidence-boosting measures, which can help to make blushing less severe, and minimize the impact that it has on life. By teaching ways of coping with embarrassment and social difficulties, Robert Edelmann helps people overcome the barriers to a successful social life and career.
To blush is to display redness in one's face; the term is usually used when the redness is a result of an emotional response, which could reflect embarrassment, shame, or modesty. Blushing can also be associated with being in love. Blushing is generally distinguished, despite a close physiological relation, from flushing, which is more intensive and extends over more of the body, and seldom has a mental source.
If redness persists for abnormal amounts of time after blushing, then it may be considered an early sign of rosacea.
A medical condition known as Idiopathic craniofacial erythema exists, in which the sufferer blushes strongly with little or no provocation. This is related to social phobia.
Erythrophobia (literally "fear of redness") refers to pathological blushing.
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Hi, ***** - and lens rolled to my lens on how to get rid of red cheeks. Great information - though not all redness on the cheeks should be called blushing, really. Posted May 06, 2008 |