If you have a problem of excessive blushing, you may have questioned why those blush. Folks who blush all the time worry about what other people think of them. They continuously feel that folks are watching them or talking about them. On the contrary, the majority of the time, really, other people do not even perceive the blush!

You may question, what makes those who blush a lot so sensitive? Why do a few people redden to a greater extent than others? In all probability there are physical as well as environmental causes for this. A few people are just born like that or perhaps they have a slightly different nervous system in relation to others. On the contrary, the blushing problem may be, to a certain extent or entirely, on account of environmental factors. Probably an event happened in their childhood that changed them hugely and made them over-responsive, and this, in turn, may have lifted their level of embarrassment, instigating extreme blushing.

I, too, am an individual who has Erythrophobia. In my case, my parents are, mostly, to blame for my blushing problem. They used to disapprove of whatever I said and did, and if you ask me they were never pleased with my academic or other performance. Therefore, I felt like I was every time disappointing them and not in fact good at anything. With the hope that they would be less disapproving of me, I tried to hold back and change my activities.

Once in a while friends would call me, when I was with my parents and they would say I seemed stifled or subdued. They could notice that I was embarrassed though they were miles away! I had to be very careful, knowing how much my parents objected to virtually everything I did. They were too disapproving, it is obvious to me now. Many of my actions and thoughts resulted in censure from my parents. I happened to read the book Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, and in it he gives an explanation of how negative reactions can be at fault for causing self-consciousness. It was fascinating to finally discover that.

If you tend to be self-consciousness in public, this can lead to excessive caution. This produces more reservation and fear. Even today I can be hypersensitive about remarks or displeasure from others. All this is on account of my parents' attitude to me while I was younger.

Needless to say, my blushing problem could very well be a consequence of something that has no connection at all with my parents. Most likely I was born with Erythrophobia. Possibly it was caused by both-a birth defect on top of my parents' censure. But, it is of no import presently given that I have faced my problem of Erythrophobia head on and have overcome it.

I used to forever be green with envy of self-possessed people who are not influenced by criticisms. I felt I could never be like them. But, when I stopped minding about what others felt about me, my blushing problem reduced quite a bit.

Learning not to be ashamed is superb. Until you stop bothering about what others feel, you cannot stop reddening or be entirely pleased.