I guess I kind of had a similar thing. When I'm nervous I shake a lot. Like proper tremble like if you're really cold. It's not a problem in everyday conversations, but when I'm giving a presentation it's awful, because I shake, and then I get more nervous because I know everybody will think I'm weird shaking so much. And so on, and it just spirals away. I tend to drink a bit of alcohol now before I give a presentation as alcohol makes most people stop being nervous about those sorts of things.

About being an introvert, I don't think it's really a bad thing. I mean, I'm an introvert, but now that I've mostly got rid of my social anxiety it's not bad. Like you can be an introvert but still be confident with talking to people if that makes sense.

I would recommend checking out this forum: http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/

This thread is amazing too: http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/...niques-111728/

^ It's 49 ways to help lessen anxiety in social situations. It's worth a read-through if you ever have some spare time, a lot of them you can apply to your blushing situation I think. It's mainly for people with a really severe case though, probably more severe than yours, but the techniques can still work.

Lol, well it started in November... And December and January sucked. But by now, it's pretty much gone. I used to blush at the smallest things. But now, I blush a lot less frequently. One other thing, I can tell you is that it's almost totally psychological and all in your head. For me, at least. I don't think making any physical changes will really help it much; you simply need to change the way you think. That's what worked best for me. I know it's easier said than done, but just don't think about it during the day.

But you need to remember that everyone blushes once in a while when they get embarrassed. It's only natural.

@Tsuko, thanks so much! Will check during the weekend.

@chilicheese01, yeah I know it's all psychological. I'm having trouble changing it though. Like what are some techniques that you used mentally to stop the frequent blushing?

Hmm... Well mostly what I've already stated. Taking my mind off of it is what helped me the most. However, I did try other things to make it better.

One way to fight blushing is to build up confidence. (Some say that the issue of blushing is simply an issue of self-confidence, although I think it varies from person to person.) If you're usually afraid to participate in class or something, you should just raise your hand if you definitely know the answer. Or if you're unsure of something and you're afraid to ask a fellow student sitting next to you, I say do it. Take small steps like this and then you'll soon be able to confront teachers and administrators and cashiers without a problem. That's one way of fighting your fear of social interaction: facing it.

Also, remember that there was a time, (like you said), when you didn't have problems with blushing. Surely, you can get back into that mindset if you've had it before.

The funny thing is, mine started when my physics teacher was talking about gravity. And he was like "There's also an attractive force between chilicheese and the kid sitting next to him." (Obviously using our real names.) But when he said that, everybody started laughing, and my crush who was next to me put his arm around my back and I was blushing so much. From then, I dreaded going to physics class because of that, but I realized that my blushing had become worse and even started to occur in any of my classes. I thought that it would never stop, but you need to realize that if you didn't have a problem with blushing before, there is certainly a way to fix it. The strange thing in my case is that it was practically one event (which I described above) that exploded into a big problem. But thankfully I'm over it.

That's so funny and embarrassing! How did you feel when your teacher did that? Wow, your teacher's a complete asshole. Adn that is true. Thank you so so so much.

Ugh, I felt terrible.

Because that kid I sit next to is do damn cute and has the best personality. And I never really found him very attractive but I started to this year, because he's actually in a bunch of my classes for the first time, and he's so sweet. And I just felt totally embarrassed. Especially when my crush put his arm around me. Because even if it was just something like that out in the hallway with my crush, I would've gone red. But we were in class and literally everybody was staring at us. I must've looked like a tomato. (I wonder if my crush is suspicious, though, because I'm not out to him. )

Oh my. That's so funny/terrible/****ing embarrassing all at the same time.

Yes, it's so annoying when everyone knows how I ****ing feel.

But I've learned to control it.

I sometimes do when I'm flustered or under high pressure. My face goes burning hot and bright red.

It's only happened a few times though.

I used to blush a lot, thankfully I don't anymore. Or maybe I'm just better at keeping myself out of embarrassing situations.

Let's all listen to this beautiful song while we talk about our blushing issues

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Happened to me ALL the time when I was younger. Still does occasionally, but it doesn't really affect me anymore.