Why are we blushing?

And then we need to talk about a situation that is very unpleasant for all people... when we suffer, a situation that we want to make invisible... when we shame. We will tell you what are our internal mechanisms that cause this color to appear on the face.

It always happens at the worst times and is uncontrollable. In these cases, it is impossible to hide shame, nervousness, or anguish, because suddenly our emotions are dressed in red.


Emotional fluctuations affect the limbic system of the brain. This part of the brain manages the transformation of emotional stimuli into physiological responses. To do this, the brain activates the autonomic nervous system. Immediately after feeling embarrassed, this nervous system dilates the blood vessels around the face. The effect is obvious: a noticeable redness of the color of our faces, necks and ears. The autonomic nervous system is not dependent on will, and therefore we cannot control it.


Those who are very afraid of redness may develop "ereutophobia". And in many cases, the obsessive fear of redness can lead to incommunication. To control anxiety, psychotropes are usually used, but there is currently a new technique to combat redness. An operation called thoracic sympathectomy. By blocking several ganglia located in the upper part of the chest, they manage to prevent redness in many cases.

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