It can be a first date, job interview or public speaking. Your heart starts pounding and palms get sweaty. But what gives you away is going red in the face: Look, you're a nervous wreck! This is very unpleasant to many people, some of whom even develop a fear of blushing, also known as erythrophobia. The problem isn't the blushing itself, but the blusher's social anxiety about how others perceive it, says Dr Ingo Spitczok von Brisinski, a member of the Professional Association for Child and Adol