Help With A Fear of Blushing in Brighton & Hove
If you are seeking help to stop blushing in Brighton and Hove, The Conway Practice offers hypnotherapy sessions to allow you to be free of the problem*.
The fear of blushing (Elythrophobia) is a common but complex phobia and a blush is a physical response caused by anxiety. Unfortunately it is self-perpetuating; the more anxious you are about blushing the more likely you are increase the occasions when it occurs. When the brain focuses on the anxiety of blushing, the frequency increases considerably, creating a vicious circle.
It may help you to understand a little more about how this happens. When the ‘flight or fight’ response is triggered by your nervous system, adrenaline will flood through your body, resulting in physical symptoms. As well as increasing the heart rate, adrenaline (also know as epinephrine) may widen certain blood vessels. Blushing can then be a side affect when the facial veins become temporarily wider.
It is generally a symptom of a social anxiety disorder and may be a result of irrational fears buried in your subconscious for many years, perhaps even as far back as childhood. Much depends on how you view a situation and how you have been conditioned to react to fear. Each person’s trigger for blushing is likely to vary greatly.
Blushing in itself isn’t an automatic negative thought (ANT), but it becomes one if you hold on to the belief that everyone is judging you and thinking less of you because of it. You are likely to be self-conscious in unfamiliar social situations or of being put under the spotlight if you have to present to your superiors at work.
This can result in feelings of low confidence and self-esteem. As with any phobia it’s essential to understand where the problem stems from. It’s also important to accept that most people aren’t even aware that you are blushing until you draw attention to it and take it out of proportion by becoming upset.
Blushing and other symptoms of social anxiety, such as excessive sweating and panic attacks can be addressed with positive results through hypnotherapy and NLP sessions with Jonathan at the Conway Practice*.
You will learn how to control your fear and anxiety, changing the way you view the reasons why you blush and understanding how to retrain your subconscious to accept that it’s perfectly normal and that no one will think badly of you*. By worrying about it less you will find that you will blush more infrequently, especially if you stop fighting to prevent yourself from blushing*.
If you would like to know more about how you can find help to stop blushing in Brighton and Hove with hypnotherapy and NLP, please contact Jonathan at the Conway Practice or leave a comment below.
