Mental Health?

zxxtonyxxz

I have an ongoing thing which happens to me which started in about 1st year of secondary school. Basically what happens is randomly for no reason my face will go all red.(Bright Red) It has genuinely consumed my life and makes easy things hard to do. Its hard to explain why it just does. There isnt much help on the internet of what to do but Ive heard from some places it could be due to Social Anxiety. I am really confused on the whole topic and Im hoping someone can tell me why it happens or even better, where to get help. I just dont know what to do. Thanks!

nkav86

Idiopathic craniofacial erythema

Idiopathic craniofacial erythema is a medical condition characterised by severe, uncontrollable, and frequently unprovoked, facial blushing.

Found this on Wikipedia, could this be similar to what you're experiencing? Not using this to help diagnose at all, but I would recommend going to your GP and using this as a reference to explain, if it's relevant to you of course. If not and you feel you may have social anxiety symptoms then your GP can certainly help with that too, like referring you to a counsellor or even helping you understand your feelings around this. But don't be afraid to ask questions and get help if you feel you need it.

zxxtonyxxz

nkav86 wrote: »

Idiopathic craniofacial erythema

Idiopathic craniofacial erythema is a medical condition characterised by severe, uncontrollable, and frequently unprovoked, facial blushing.

Found this on Wikipedia, could this be similar to what you're experiencing? Not using this to help diagnose at all, but I would recommend going to your GP and using this as a reference to explain, if it's relevant to you of course. If not and you feel you may have social anxiety symptoms then your GP can certainly help with that too, like referring you to a counsellor or even helping you understand your feelings around this. But don't be afraid to ask questions and get help if you feel you need it.

Thanks man but the thing is my mother dosent even know. It will be very difficult to actually tell her and im afraid she wont understand.

nkav86

zxxtonyxxz wrote:

Thanks man but the thing is my mother dosent even know. It will be very difficult to actually tell her and im afraid she wont understand.

Ah I can understand that, well I would say just try talk to her she may be more open than you think, but I get its easier to say than do. I'm not 100% on the procedure for going to the gp without her but maybe call your GP office at ask for advice on this from them.

LegacyUser

zxxtonyxxz wrote: »

Thanks man but the thing is my mother dosent even know. It will be very difficult to actually tell her and im afraid she wont understand.

Without knowing your relationship with your mother, this seems really unlikely. People tell their mothers all sorts of things and it rarely turns out to be half the issue they expected in my experience. Think of what you're telling her, it's a slightly awkward, embarrassing thing that you have no control over, you're not telling her you killed a man or stole a car. Seriously, unless your relationship is pathologically dysfunctional, talk to her about it.

Taltos

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nkav86

Taltos wrote:

Mod Note Reminder - diagnoses are not acceptable here and can result in forum bans...

Assuming that's for me, sorry about that thought it was clear I wasn't trying to diagnose but I suppose it seemed that way, won't happen again

zoobizoo

Is it random or is it triggered by anything?

zxxtonyxxz

zoobizoo wrote: »

Is it random or is it triggered by anything?

Both it can happen out of nowhere and then sometimes if I am suddenly called on or someone starts talking to me suddenly.

Frank OJ

zxxtonyxxz - I had something similar and turned out to be Rosacea which causes facial flushing.