Relax Out Of It: Blushing is often a vicious circle: you get embarrassed, so you blush, so you get more embarrassed. Blushing occurs when you get tense, and blood rushes to the face. But if you can learn to recognise this starting to happen, you can prevent it.
Try the following: drop your shoulders, relax the muscles in your body, breathe deeply and push your stomach out. All these things help stop the rush of blood to the head. Before you know it, you will have learned this strategy, and will be doing it without even thinking about it.
Announce It: One thing that allows the vicious circle of blushing to continue is when the blusher tries to hide it. Instead, try being up front, and announce it when it you feel it happening. Say things like "Here we go again," "I'm going to go red now" or "Oh, I think I'm blushing!" meets the situation head on, makes light of it and helps you to relax. Accept It: You need to change the relationship you have with blushing by accepting it as part of you.
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