Parents' devastation as college student son, 20, commits suicide after years of struggling with uncontrollable blushing

A mother and father have spoken of their devastation at the suicide of their 20-year-old son, who killed himself after silently suffering with uncontrollable blushing for years. Brandon Thomas, a University of Washington student, jumped from the 11th floor of his Seattle dorm on May 29 - and left a five-page letter blaming the suicide on his despair caused by the disorder. 'I am tired of blushing,' Brandon, from nearby Renton, wrote. 'It is exhausting to wake up every day and have to find little ways to avoid blushing situations.' Since the age of 15, he had suffered from chronic blushing, an uncontrollable reaction triggered by an overactive nervous system that affects between five and seven per cent of the population.

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