Hey everyone Zach here
So I wanted to talk about a rather upsetting effect that chronic blushing can have on a person. That is when a person is suffering so intensely with their blushing they feel there is nowhere to turn to nowhere to run and they very sadly end up taking their own lives.
I am not sure about statistics when it comes to deaths where suicide is the cause for chronic blushing sufferers but one is too many. There have also been deaths during the ETS surgery, but sufferers have been so desperate they have decided on taking the risky ETS surgery route.
It’s just so tragic that people have to die because of this horrible little-understood condition. In this day and age, I would have thought science could have found a total cure for chronic blushing, severe blushing whatever name you have for it.
To be totally honest with you I have thought about taking my own life in the past because I was so tired of fighting the battle.
BUT…
Listen to me there are options to try, and even though I talk about me being 90% cured on this blog I do still have days where I will suffer from a really bad red attack.
This happens if I’m not avoiding the triggers, in this case, I have got overstressed and I have had a few beers and in turn, I look like a tomato at the moment.
I don’t share everything on my blog, for instance, my red attacks, it has and still does make me feel highly embarrassed so I don’t share publicly. Head on over to my Facebook group, I will share pictures of me there via PM if you wish to see my flushing.
Level with me? have you EVER thought about harming yourself because of your chronic blushing?
Please leave me a comment, and carry on reading maybe this will help you.
I’m not sure anyone realises what we chronic blushers battle through every day or even if our GP fully understands the pain we are in. No one fully understands only you my fellow sufferer 🙁
From the moment I would wake up it was on my mind it was mentally exhausting
I was constantly checking myself in the mirror….
Constantly trying to avoid talking to people in my office through fear of triggering a blushing attack…
Constantly avoiding managers
Constantly avoiding family
Constantly avoiding going out
Worrying ALL day about how red I was
Trying to avoid any foods that may trigger an attack
Avoiding the sun
Avoiding exercise
Avoiding meeting teachers
Avoiding eating in front of people
Literally, any situation could trigger a blush
etc etc etc the list goes on….
It was utterly exhausting chronic blushing takes over your life, and you can see how people can get to that point where they would take as drastic action as suicide.
I’m not sure if you realise but there are so many types of blushing, Idiopathic craniofacial erythema, Erythrophobiathe fear of blushing, Rosecea, benign cutaneous flushing, Asian flush, chronic blushing I’m sure there are others.
But if you are flushing intensely for many situations and not just normal blushing when you are just embarrassed then you may have a blushing problem.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO FIGHT CHRONIC BLUSHING
No matter what fancy Latin name there is for chronic blushing I believe that most of us who suffer excessive blushing should look at the link between their blushing and social anxiety.
I believe that blushing is not solely a physical problem I believe it can be a psychological problem to and more often a mixture of the two.
I also believe that a lot of sufferers have social anxiety and if they didn’t have it before they have gone on to develop it through Erythrophobia fear of blushing.
There are many ways to help fight chronic blushing, after many years of suffering I use a combination of beta-blockers, panic attack products and hypnotherapy.
You can read about panic attack solutions here
You can read about miracle track hypnosis here
Read around on this blog there are so many options available to you, from rewiring your brain, altering your lifestyle, avoiding trigger foods, changing diets, creams, makeup, surgery, medication, hypnotherapy, CBT, IPL TREATMENT plus many others.
I don’t think it’s a one size fits all situation either, I was diagnosed with benign cutaneous flushing and after 25 years of blushing, I found my personal cure.
It consists of:
Beta-blockers
Antihistamines
Panic attack course
The beta-blockers help control the flushing, the panic attack course and miracle track hypnosis rewire my brain. So now if I’m feeling flushed the beta-blockers handle that, and because my brain is rewired I don’t worry about blushing too much. And the antihistamines help if I have had alcohol or the elements have made my face sore causing it to look red and flustered.
So please make sure you read around this blog start here, there is plenty of information on here and I will be continuously adding content.
Take care
Zach