The nature of blushing and how to overcome it.

Blushing is probably the most peculiar and also the most human of all forms of expression. It is known that chimpanzees turn red from passion. However, to make us believe that animals blush just the same as people would require an enormous amount of evidence.

Turning red is a consequence of a rise in blushing from embarrassment (the actual human blushing is a logical consequence of the involuntary relaxing of the small veins under the skin. As a result of this, the very fine capillaries in the skin are so full of blood that they can be seen externally as a more or less intense red colouring of the skin. This process is most likely triggered by stimulation of the vasomotoric centres affected in the brain).

 

Without doubt a strong quick-tempered type of excitation (such as anger, annoyance or fear) has an effect on the entire bloodstream and also on the heart’s activity. Despite this, however, blushing is not a direct and immediate aftereffect of the heart’s activity or that of the bloodstream.

Turning red cannot be triggered by physical means, like a smile can be triggered by tickling the skin or even crying out in response to pain. It is in the spirit and the mind of a person where blushing is triggered. Blushing is an involuntary process of social and emotional inhibitions. Alone the desire to repress this process is enough to increase the tendency to blush through the simple fact that it focuses attention on the person themselves.

Younger people turn red much more easily, quickly and also more often than older people. Yet very young children do not blush. This is quite surprising as it is well-known that young children – similar to chimpanzees – can turn red in the face when they become emotional. However, this is not blushing in the true sense of the word.

I once received a report about two young girls aged between two and three years who blushed. Similarly, another young child, who was a year older, also always turned red when he was caught out in a mistake.

At an advanced age children blush very easily and often very strongly; the majority respond with inhibitions such as shyness or feelings of inferiority. It appears as though the mental ability in very young children has not yet developed to the extent that they blush the same as adults.

This possibly explains why people with dementia or mental limitations seldom blush although their face may turn red occasionally from happiness or anger.

Women blush much more often than men. It is rare for an older man to turn red. However, it’s not so unusual for older women to blush.

Even those who are blind can go red. Mr R.H. Blair, the principal of Worcester College, says that three of the eight children at his institute who were born blind blush violently and quickly. As Mr Blair states, it is an important part of these children’s education to make them aware that they are being observed by other people. And it is this in particular that makes a tendency to blush very important and encourages it because through this these blind children acquire the habit of focusing attention on their own person.

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German language version: Das Wesen von Erröten | Hilfe gegen Rot werden