Blushers Anonymous

Hello everyone. My name’s Matt, and I’m a blusher. I blush a lot. I blush at the oddest and often, most inconvenient situations. Strangly though, I don’t get embarrassed much. I’m not terribly fussed about what people think of me. If I make a fool of myself, I laugh. If I make a mistake, I put it down to the fact I’m merely human. I only tend to blush when I’m in a social situation where it could be perceived by others that I’m embarrassed. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been surprised that I’m blushing even though I’m not at all embarrassed. The evidence though in the colour of my face is always far too compelling for those I’m speaking to and despite my insistance, the conversation always ends with me feeling stupid about blushing for seemingly no reason and the person I’m speaking to grinning.

The problem is, even scientist don’t know why humans blush. If I knew why I blushed, it might make more sense and I might accept it more. I’ve just been reading this article on BBC News which suggested some possible reasons, but certainly nothing concrete. It’s very annoying.