Hey everyone Zach here,
So I have only just given this a thought, I think I have mentioned this to my GP before But not only do I suffer from facial flushing and social Anxiety I also have Hyperhidrosis.
Is it all related?
In my mind It just has to be, you see I have an overactive autonomic nervous system, the doctor told me my whole body seems to be running out of sync. It’s like I’m a few degrees hotter than the normal person. I sweat so much when exercising or playing football when I get overly Anxious my hands, armpits and bottom sweat. When I blush it’s not a normal blush it’s excessive blushing.
I will use my friend from work as an example, he must have an underactive autonomic nervous system.
He is NEVER red, his hands are NEVER sweaty he doesn’t seem bothered by anything, in fact, his just white as a sheet, and his hands are as dry as a desert.
I must admit I’m so envious of him 🙁
It didn’t use to bother me as much 20 odd years ago as it does now because I developed Anxiety and started to fear blushing which is known as Erythrophobia. I have discussed Erythrophobia on a couple of posts one that you can find here.
So for new chronic blushers/anxiety/hyperhidrosis sufferers lets recap
So what is chronic blushing, severe blushing, facial flushing whatever your name is for it?
Chronic Blushing is when blushing/flushing goes beyond the normal red face we get when embarrassed etc. in fact did you know blushing and flushing are different?
When you blush you are displaying a normal reaction to being embarrassed or shy, for example, you fancy a girl and keep looking at her she looks back and smiles and you go red that’s a blush.
When you flush that’s when you get a red face from exercise, hot food, stress, anger, medicines etc. you have landed on this blog probably because you suffer from blushing/flushing that goes way beyond the normal, and you are looking for help.
Like I mentioned personally I have been diagnosed with Cutaneous Flushing, and over the years have developed a fear of blushing. I control this by using a combination of Hypnosis products mentioned here and prescribed medication. In fact, sometimes I think I don’t need the medication after using my Hypnosis product but I’m too scared to stop in case I somehow undo the cure I currently enjoy.
ANXIETY AND BLUSHING
Because I have always suffered from Anxiety this has made the blushing so much worse, it caused me to have a fear of blushing known as Erythrophobia. You can read more about my Anxiety here, but I would end up constantly worrying about how red my face would be.
Worrying about it 24/7, finding mirrors to check my face in, panicking if anyone was looking at me because of my freakish red face. Most times my face wasn’t red, not red at all because I have it under control having Anxiety and blushing is a nightmare it would constantly be on my mind.
HYPERHIDROSIS
So along with the Anxiety, and the blushing/flushing I would also suffer from the sweatiest hands, armpits and bottom. I would feel like I’m blushing, get Anxious about the blush and along with that especially if I knew I was meeting someone or doing something new then my hands would start sweating and not just sweating but literally dripping.
Then I would get nervous about everything and my armpits would start sweating then my bottom then I would start getting Anxious about if my body would smell because of the sweating.
I once tried this homemade treatment where I had to run a current through a small puddle of water poured into foil plates. Had to lay my hands palms down in the water and let the current flow through, but I ended up somehow getting an electrical burn in one of my thumbs so stopped. But this treatment was proven to help your palms be much drier.
I still have not got my Hyperhidrosis under control so still suffer from this as bad as ever, although when my Anxiety is calm then my body isn’t so sweaty apart from when I exercise but that’s unavoidable.
So there we have it, unfortunately, I suffer from ALL three of those horrible conditions and I believe I suffer from all three because of my overactive autonomic nervous system.
It would be interesting to read in the comments what you guys suffer from exactly be it just blushing, and you don’t really have Anxiety or sweating. But if you suffer all three and know it’s because of an overactive autonomic nervous system, then it would be great to hear from you.
Although I have a 90% cure that’s helping me I still am ONLY treating the symptoms of the problem. I want to one day be able to target the cause of the problem, which as I mentioned has to be due to an overactive autonomic nervous system.
There is a risky surgery called ETS surgery that cuts sympathetic nerves and that will help with an overactive autonomic nervous system, but its VERY risky and no one knows the ACTUAL side effects that will happen to one’s body down the line.
There must be something that will reset an overactive autonomic nervous system until then I am happy with the cures I am currently using not totally happy but at least I’m living for once.
Find out more about my blushing cure here https://myblushingcures.com/
Would love to hear from you to
Zach