Articles of Interest
Blushing Anxiety Impacts Helpless Millions: Groundbreaking Program for Erythrophobia
It is a widely held belief that blushing is an involuntary response. Evidence that it can be controlled can be found via numerous clinical interviews here. In 2012 Brandon Thomas committed suicide. His parents said it was driven by his “unbearable blushing.” Soon after, Dr. Enrique Jadresic, who has been referenced as the world’s foremost […]
“Funny Then Sad Now”: Selective Mutism to Performance Anxiety
Hopefully this short case story will provide insight into selective mutism and performance anxiety. “Debra”, age 30 ,works in the media field for a progressive television network. She entered treatment due to her public speaking performance anxiety. Her panic in speaking situations has created substantial anguish and a challenged mood. She has become overly dependent […]
Selective Mutism Creates Dating Challenge for High Functioning Female with Social Anxiety
“Debbie” is a 24 year old athletic blond with hundreds of young men pursuing her on a dating site. She is currently getting her Masters in Special Education. Her mother initiated treatment after Debbie experienced a stress breakdown at the beginning of graduate school. Because of the anxiety episode Debbie withdrew from school for a […]
Recovery from Eryhtrophobia: Letter to a Blush
For years I feared your arrival, like an unwelcome last-minute guest who spoils the party every time, humiliating me in front of all my other, important guests. At first I had a hard time seeing you coming and was always caught off guard; then I came to expect you, so I stopped planning so many […]
“Cross Training” for the Resolution of Selective Mutism
At age 56, I have been exercising for most of my life; primarily a healthy obsession with aerobic activity. I recently hired a trainer. I told him that my objective was to be able to play basketball a couple of times a week without back and knee pain. Three months later, after a regimen of […]
Rip Van Winkle Syndrome: Toward a Recovery from Adult Pervasive Social Anxiety
The story of Rip Van Winkle is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War. In a pleasant village, at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains, lives kindly Rip Van Winkle, a colonial British-American villager of Dutch ancestry. Van Winkle enjoys solitary activities in the wilderness, but he is also loved […]
Ex-Michiganders promote social-anxiety awareness in son’s memory
Sterling Heights October 16, 2012 By Cortney Casey C & G Staff Writer The approximately 250 strangers conversing amongst themselves fell silent and turned their attention to Patty Kukes as she stepped to the podium on Sept. 27. It was the kind of setting that would have constituted her son Andy’s worst nightmare. But that […]
Blushing Driven Suicide Opens Door for Understanding of Social Anxiety
July 16, 2012 – The recent tragedy where Brandon Thomas, a 20 year old college student, committed suicide opens the door for an improved understanding of a complex social anxiety disorder which currently impacts countless individuals of all ages worldwide. According to his parents, Brandon’s suicide was driven by his “unbearable blushing”. Most medical […]
High Achievers: High Anxiety
When Perfectionism Drives Public Speaking Anxiety Disorder “Al”, a trainer in the banking industry, often facilitated group training with 100s of individuals at a time. Bill was a high tier military professional and security consultant. Kate was a top lawyer in an international media conglomerate. Tom was a sr. vice president in an international construction […]
The Magic Trick: The Psycho-Physiological “Mind Set” For Blushing Control
Patient x was an intelligent, attractive, athletic 20 year old college student who had recently been in a carjacking where he had been shot and almost killed. When he entered therapy with me it was absolutely incredible that this incident was hardly on his mind; what dominated his psyche was his uncontrollable blushing. This blushing, […]
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