I’m sick of constantly blushing and going bright red

[Saythatonemoretime]

I am scribbling this out on my break at work so apologised for typos or nonsense! I’m in my thirties and too old to be like this! In any situation where the attention is on me I go bright red and my face feels like it’s on fire.
At a staff meeting yesterday I was praised for something and I went bright red and had to look away and try to distract attention elsewhere.
The fact I am burning like a beacon makes me even more embarrassed. Today a senior manager came to talk to me at my desk and I could feel my face flaming and I just felt so stupid! After a couple of minutes though I felt it subside and I felt much more confident but that intial flush is just the worst. I’ve googled social anxiety and this is ringing true for me a lot. I’m a sociable person and I like being with people I just feel I am being judged.
How can I stop my face turning to a furnace? It doesn’t help that I’m naturally pale!

This was me a few years ago. I started wearing really thick foundation, super coverage, if I knew I was going to be presenting or the spot light was on me. I became more confident that my blushing couldn’t be seen through the make up so my blushing got less. Now it only happens once on a while.

oh god, me too! All of the things you mentioned and even just bumping into someone in the street and they'll say 'oh you look really well' or 'have you been in the sun?'!
I had some hypnotherapy a few years ago which has helped, I think it's regressed a bit, but I felt I had control of it for a while.

Happens to me all the time, and spreads onto my neck. NO IDEA how to stop it, but you're not alone!

Try not to feel stupid...hard as it is.

Thanks all, I have considered wearing extra thick full coverage foundation in a bid to help me feel like I’m disguising it a bit

Oh god this is so me.
One colleague (whom I do love dearly but is a massive wind up!) at work loves to put me in a situation they know I will go red and then exclaim "oh why are you going red hothot?" Which obviously makes it 10x worse

I’m a blusher. Sometimes it happens completely at random. I don’t know what to do about apart from really heavy make up.

Me too!

I’m a teacher and lie to the kids regularly that I’m allergic to someone’s perfume of body spray.

I joke about it in interview situations- figure it’s better than pretending it’s not happening!

I used a strong foundation, discovered that nobody could see me glowing with it on, and I actually stopped going red. Worst was when you're a teenager and you glow from the neck to the roots of your hair. I have stopped glowing lol.

This is me.

I use Vichy Dermablend underneath my make up. It REALLY helps. Just on my cheeks. Knowing that blushing isn't so visible helps me keep it under control.

It's definitely a social anxiety thing for me. I hate it and it knocks my confidence so much.

And as for people who point it out or make a joke of it, please, PLEASE don't. It's horrific.