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unfortunately, everyone can read my poker face.
I have a blushing problem. It's quite annoying actually. The redness and heat just creep into my face at the most inopportune times, displaying my innermost thoughts and feelings for the entire world to see. Believe me, it gets quite interesting whenever I'm talking to a cute guy. I blush, then I choke & stutter, then I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, which more often than not is highly inappropriate. Hot.
Anyhoo, I read on MedlinePlus that blushing is mainly caused by rosacea, hot or spicy food, or extreme emotions.
I looked up rosacea and holy heck, I hope I never get it. I don't want to end up with a red bulbous nose and adult acne. So far, I have 1 out of the 4 symptoms of rosacea. I'd say my chances are pretty slim. *phew*
I also don't eat hot or spicy food. They make my digestive system go ballistic.
This brings us to the third main cause of blushing: extreme emotions.
Can I just tell you MedlinePlus people that thinking a random guy is cute is NOT an extreme emotion?! An extreme emotion would be something like yelling at the rude receptionist at the doctor's office or getting all madwoman-crazy excited about seeing Rob Pattinson in person but whatever. You guys are the experts. Or so they say.
Anyhoo, my blushing problem has landed me into trouble at one time or another.
Like that time when I had a really cute patient and I kept blushing whenever I went into his room.
Which is very unprofessional and super uncomfortable. For me. And for him. And for his girlfriend who was also in the room.
To make matters worse, my verbal diarrhea thinks it's funny to kick me in the gut when I'm down so it usually rears it's ugly head when I find myself in awkward situations. Like when I'm busy blushing in front of a patient and his girlfriend.
Naturally, I ended up saying something inappropriate.
Like when his girlfriend said my wishbone necklace was really pretty and I said that I like it eventhough it's shaped like a vagina. WTF?!
Which made me blush even harder. Really, it's a vicious cycle.
They should offer some type of class on how to control verbal diarrhea. Or blushing. Or just make it a buy one-get one offer. Believe me, I'll be the first one in line if they ever do.
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Anyhoo, I read on MedlinePlus that blushing is mainly caused by rosacea, hot or spicy food, or extreme emotions.
I looked up rosacea and holy heck, I hope I never get it. I don't want to end up with a red bulbous nose and adult acne. So far, I have 1 out of the 4 symptoms of rosacea. I'd say my chances are pretty slim. *phew*
I also don't eat hot or spicy food. They make my digestive system go ballistic.
This brings us to the third main cause of blushing: extreme emotions.
Can I just tell you MedlinePlus people that thinking a random guy is cute is NOT an extreme emotion?! An extreme emotion would be something like yelling at the rude receptionist at the doctor's office or getting all madwoman-crazy excited about seeing Rob Pattinson in person but whatever. You guys are the experts. Or so they say.
Anyhoo, my blushing problem has landed me into trouble at one time or another.
Like that time when I had a really cute patient and I kept blushing whenever I went into his room.
Which is very unprofessional and super uncomfortable. For me. And for him. And for his girlfriend who was also in the room.
To make matters worse, my verbal diarrhea thinks it's funny to kick me in the gut when I'm down so it usually rears it's ugly head when I find myself in awkward situations. Like when I'm busy blushing in front of a patient and his girlfriend.
Naturally, I ended up saying something inappropriate.
Like when his girlfriend said my wishbone necklace was really pretty and I said that I like it eventhough it's shaped like a vagina. WTF?!
Which made me blush even harder. Really, it's a vicious cycle.
They should offer some type of class on how to control verbal diarrhea. Or blushing. Or just make it a buy one-get one offer. Believe me, I'll be the first one in line if they ever do.
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