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- $Pretitle{}
- $Title{What Makes a Person Get Embarrassed?}
- $Subject{embarrassed cause Community Social sensitivity conspicuous mortified
- feeling feelings embarrassment behavior behaviors}
- $Volume{Q-23}
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- What Makes a Person Get Embarrassed?
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- QUESTION: I'm a bit "red-faced", but I'll ask anyway. What makes a person
- get embarrassed?
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- ANSWER: Embarrassment is a state we've all experienced to some degree. It
- stems from social situations and is essentially caused by sensitivity to the
- way others think about us. An embarrassed person is feeling conspicuous,
- mortified, and is extremely aware of what other people may be thinking about
- them.
- Some people get embarrassed more severely or more frequently than others.
- It may be caused by an inability to perceive social cues that leads to
- embarrassing social gaffes. Some people are excessively modest and simply
- feel more embarrassed than other people in the same situation would.
- Embarrassment alone is not a health problem but it can lead to one. Some
- people let a physical problem that embarrasses them go without treatment until
- it is untreatable. Many times, the problem concerns sexual, digestive, or
- urinary functioning and it is important for physicians to defuse the person's
- embarrassment and offer reassurance. I'm glad you overcame your feelings, and
- asked the question.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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