embarrassing moments

What is the most embarrassing moment of your life?

I have several. Several memories that, upon reflection, were small glimpses into the depths of the potential of human humiliation. Most of which, I'm sorry to say, have no place being mentally relived, much less broadcasted on a blog. Perhaps, someday, I will feel comfortable with that level of self-disclosure.

What I'm wondering, though, is if you guys handle embarrassment the same way? Because, for a long time, I experienced this thing where I remember humiliating experiences and it was VISIBLE that I was reliving the trauma. I get this face. The face looks a lot like I am staring at something bright, or looking through a telescope with my bad eye. And it a lot of times requires sound effects.

I say this because I recently found out from my friend studying Psychology that this is more universal than one might think. There have been actual STUDIES on physical reactions when people are thinking about how mortified they were at some point. Everyone has an embarrassment face. And while maybe everyone else doesn't revert mysteriously back to Kenny Rogers featuring Wyclef Jean lyrics while squinting with Telescope Eye, it is interesting that the physical reaction is something a lot of people encounter. This, I think, is evidence of God's sense of humor. Because how hilarious would it be to watch 6 billion people have psychosomatic instances of humbling themselves?!