Comments on: Erythrophobia

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:57:58 +0000

Hi Clara,

A doctor is a great idea, but which doctor is the question. Some will look at this as an opportunity to make a commission off of a surgery and recommend drastic measures (which are NOT necessary), others will offer honest advice and help. You should start visit drmom4you.com and ask her, she is a real doctor (and Mom) helping on her free time! Please let me know what she says.

By: Clara

Clara — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:53:34 +0000

Hey, im a 17 year old girl and im so glad that im not the only one experiencing this! Ive suffered from it for a few years now, just blaming it on shyness until just recently when ive become super self conscious about it. Especially when people point it out, i become embarrassed about looking embarrassed. Im in my last year of high school and would LOVE IT if i could enjoy my last year without having to worry about what people think of me. I now longer wear my hair up, as a means of covering it up and im sick of it! Does anyone have any pointers or ideas that could help me? Would you recommend me seeing a doctor about it?
If anyone can help, please do so! (:

By: ricardo johnson

ricardo johnson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:48:51 +0000

i am 16 years old guy,i have a twin brother in same class ,we also have girls in our class ,i always blush whenever i talk a word or someone talks to me which makes me feel so much shame that even girls have more confidence and make fun of me and can talk comfortably ,i wish if anxone with help me and let me feel free
Thanks

By: natalie

natalie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:22:38 +0000

hi freddy i do think the medication is helping i dont find myself getting red in the face in some situations where i normally would but in severe situations like an interview i still do becuase there is so much focus on me for such a long period of time that i cant really control it. i know it sounds stupid but i am starting to meditate and do yoga so im hoping that by relaxing my body and mind maybe i can control the (blushing) when it happens i think everyone should give it a shot becuase maybe its all mental for all of us and we can actually control it. i notice that i dont get red when im outside having group talks or public setting so i thought to myself what is it about a resturant or like walmart that trigger it so bad? idk its just a thought lol. please comment more i love talking to people about it

By: Matt H

Matt H — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:33:42 +0000

Its nice to know that other people struggle with erythrophobia. From reading just a few of the responses I can relate to a lot that is said about getting red or embarrased in front of people, family, etc. I can particularly relate to a lot of what Natalie has posted. Thanks for sharing your struggles and for everyone else who leaves comments on this forum.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:33:24 +0000

Hi, Ellie, Tierney, Natalie, and Freddy. I started to have my face red since I was in the 5th grade, when I had a very embarrassing moment when I was taking the sport jacket off but I ended up removing my T-shirt as well and my skin appeared starting from my stomach till my neck and unfortunately, everyone in the class was looking and laughing at me (don’t laugh -.- lol)

Since then, whenever I had a presentation in school, my face would turn red, and later in the last 2 years at high school, whenever it was my turn to solve a math problem on the board, I would hear students whispering, I would think they are talking about me and I lose confidence so I speak my thoughts loud (related to the math problem to make them shut up )

When I went to university, the first presentation I had, my face turned red and started sweating, and my hands were shaking. During the other presentations (except one), I would get nervous and the same thing would happen over and over but my hands wouldn’t shake anymore.

Nowadays, I am looking for a job and whenever I have a job interview, I feel very calm, relax, prepared, I cannot be cornered even with the most difficult questions and still my face would get red and sweat for few minutes before I get normal again

By: Freddy

Freddy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:52:01 +0000

Hi natalie, i have seen a dr. that have recommended anxiety and blood pressure medication that does not work, my problem seems to be getting worse because my face heats up even without me feeling anxiety, im still trying to look into a procedure.. is that medicaton working for you?

By: natalie

natalie — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:28:05 +0000

Hey Tierney!!! i hope we can keep talking on here! I’ve been checking daily to see if other people will start commenting after mine. A
Administrator, is there any way i can get in touch with this person other than commenting back and forth on here? anyways i think it would be interesting to talk on here for now.

When did your blushing start? mine started I think around 7th grade. I got really bad acne and from that point i got so paranoid about people starring at me from then on it got worse and it wasn’t just strangers, i didn’t even like family starring at me for long periods of time.

I quit my job recently and i tried to get two other jobs but quit both because i didn’t like the interaction with people so i went back to the old job. luckily there was no interview process or else i wouldn’t even been able to quit to begin with. I keep thinking how am i going to find a real job and go through a real interview without blushing!!! ugh!

I always sit on the inside booth at restaurants (that’s if i even go i rarely like eating out) so i can stare at the wall if i feel my face turning red and use my hair to shield it. I do the same thing, pretending to be on the phone if i know someone, i actually did that the other day at Walmart and then i just feel like such a jerk for not trying to talk to them. My boyfriend introduced me to one of his good friends and i was ok for like 3 seconds then i pretended i had a phone call and stayed in the bathroom till he was ready to go . i wont make this too long…I’d like to hear from you again soon

By: Tierney

Tierney — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:59:33 +0000

Natalie-I read through all of your comments-you know how people say they have a twin? I think you’re mine! I can’t remember the last time I wore my hair up, i scan everywhere to make sure i don’t see anyone i know bc i know ill get red, walmart is a big no-no for me, high school was a nightmare, i try to stay outside as much as possible, christmas dinner with everyone there is horrifying, don’t even get me started on my job. Whenever I sit somewhere, I always make sure that I have “a way out” or sit next to a wall so that way I can put my hand on one side of my face to shield it from everyones stares. And I would sit in front of the class in high school so that way no one could turn around to look at me. What makes me the most mad is how i go red in front of my family. I HATE IT. Even going into a gas station to pay for gas terrifies me just incase i run into someone i know. I would really like to ask them how they’ve been, what theyre doing etc, but I know my face would get red, so everytime i have to go inside somewhere, i pretend that i am on my cell phone. how pathetic is that? i wish there was a way to just turn it off

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:19:31 +0000

I blush all the time but I don’t actually blush when I ask somebody in a shop about something. My blushing is ruining my life because I don’t go into conversations because i will go red. If my teacher asks me a question I will go red. I don’t go red outside only inside but I can’t seem to make my body temperature cool down. I just want it to stop! And when somebody says that I’m going red, I go redder. I haven’t been to a doctor because my mum doesn’t know about my problem. I am a 14 year old girl and this problem with stop me from doing things in school, like doing presentations and standing up in front of the class. I have tried breathing techniques but when I go red I can’t think about anything else apart from going red. Is there a good cure?