I turn red faced all the time!?

Question

I am going to be a freshmen this year. During my 8th grade year I had some problems. Especially while public speaking I could feel my face turn red, I start sweating, my voice goes different, and then it gets choppy. then I noticed my face turning red when I was talking to adults. they'd ask me simple questions about my siblings and I could feel it getting red. sometimes even when I'm with my friends or people my own age and all the attention is on me I start doing that. I do have a lot of friends. I am a girl. I need help.

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/BHCV2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Blushing_explained?OpenDocument

someone told me that website and those are all the symptoms

Answer 1

This is directly from the link you posted.  It is my suggestion that you talk to a doctor about this problem because I think it is a psychological problem that can be easily solved with professional help and maybe medication as a last resort.

Psychological treatment options

Involuntary blushing is common to people who have social phobia. In most cases, these disorders respond well to treatment. Psychological treatment options can include:

    * Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) - this treatment aims to help people change the way they think, feel and behave in social situations.

    * Breathing techniques - many of the symptoms of anxiety are triggered by hyperventilation (rapid, shallow breathing), which depletes the blood of carbon dioxide. Slow, deep breaths can reduce anxious feelings.

    * Confronting fears - with the guidance of a professional, the person ranks their social fears in order of ‘threat’, then confronts less threatening fears first.

Drug therapies

Medications to help treat facial blushing can include:

    * Anxiety medications - these can help calm the person and reduce the frequency or severity of blushing.

    * Beta-blockers - these drugs can help manage some of the symptoms of anxiety, such as blushing and heart palpitations.

    * Clonidine - this medication is sometimes used to treat uncontrollable facial blushing. It works by changing the body’s response to naturally occurring chemicals, such as noradrenaline, that control the dilation and constriction of blood vessels.

Answer 2

Most people have the anxiety to speak in front of others.  It's the fear of what others think, or if you will mess up, or how you look while talking.  Some are more than others, your case is like most people.  Maybe you should take a speech class in school.. this way you will see how everyone gets nervous when speaking in groups.  After I took my speech class I felt less and less nervous when it was my turn to give a speech. Maybe this will happen to you, plus this will help you when it come to talking to adults and your piers because you will practice in front of people your own age and your teacher.  This could  really help, and I know they have speech class in high school. Good luck.