What is erythrophobia?
Erythrophobia has its origins in a malfunction of the sympathetic nervous system. This nerve, known as the sympathetic borderline, runs next to the thoracic spine directly under the pleura and is therefore accessible by thoracoscopy.
The trigger is often an unpleasant experience in childhood or adolescence, which the brain stores as “negative”. Those affected often blush on the slightest occasion, for example when someone speaks to them. Lectures or presentations in front of an audience are also hardly possible. Sometimes just thinking about the situation is enough to trigger the blush. The result is a vicious circle – and ultimately the “fear of fear”. But erythrophobia can be treated. Ideally with the help of behavioral therapy.