I suffer from erythrophobia, what can I do?

Hi, my name is Maddalena, I am 20 years old and unfortunately I suffer from erythrophobia. I have been suffering from it for almost 10 years, at first I did not notice it alone, but then my companions kept calling me Peperoncino, I am a light-skinned and blonde girl so you can see even more. Today it is difficult to find a girl who blushes for a compliment and it is beautiful sometimes, but I have made myself of mental complexes that you do not imagine. I find it difficult to go to bars, restaurants, go shopping, trivial things but for me they are a nightmare. I have tried everything, psychologists, psychiatrists, I have tried to count to 10, I have tried not to think about it or to focus on other things, drops, tranquilizers, but as soon as someone approaches me or talks to me, the tremor starts, the lump in my throat, sweating very accelerated palpitations, the urge to cry and redness. The thing that helps me a little at the moment is a green concealer that, put on my face a little bit the redness, but I can’t go on like this anymore. It’s a real nightmare. I do not know what to do…

Health Answers

Giuseppe Del Signore - Psychologist Viterbo

Dear Maddalena, first of all you should understand what kind of psychological interventions you have done, this is to understand why they did not work (eg. How many sessions? Why did the paths stop? Which professional made the “diagnosis? “). Keep in mind that in these cases the reference specialist is the psychologist, better if specialized in psychotherapy, sometimes integrated therapy can be useful alongside pharmacological treatments if the discomfort becomes particularly disabling (therefore psychologist + psychiatrist). Psychological intervention is a growth process centered on improving the person’s well-being, understanding the origin of his discomfort and implementing useful strategies for overcoming the problem. You will understand well that all this implies time, a specific time different from person to person, there are no magical solutions or miracle cures. Sincerely, Dr. Giuseppe DEL SIGNORE – Psychologist, Psychotherapist

by GIUSEPPE DEL SIGNORE – PSYCHOLOGIST VITERBO

Hello Magdalene, very often our body takes charge of expressing something that belongs to us but that we would like to eliminate from us. A symptom is a question that asks to be accepted and to be answered. Its discomfort affects the skin, the largest organ in our body, which has the function of “delimiting us”, of protecting our “interior”, but as a “border” it also has the function of putting us in contact. Being in contact can make us feel in danger, especially when we strongly desire it but don’t know if we can afford it. Given the long duration and intensity of her suffering, I would advise you to contact a psychotherapist expert in psychosomatics, who will help you in a non-judgmental relationship, such as the therapeutic relationship, to listen to yourself, to find a meaning, an answer to the question raised by his skin and to combine a path on relaxation techniques. As Jung recalls, in every chaos there is a cosmos, in every disorder, as are our sufferings, there is a secret order. Dr. Mara Ortuso

by MARA ORTUSO

Dear Maddalena, the answers you received previously are not bad, but I recommend that you also consider a good unicistic type of homeopathic therapy (use of only one remedy studied on the complexity of the individual). I believe that homeopathy associated with the psychological approach is a great resource in his case. Roberto Ferraris