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Analytic failures with cases of blushing rest on poor understanding of the dynamics. Bergler describes what he sees as the errors in therapeutic interpretation. Neurotic blushing occurs in masochists who cannot wait until punishment strikes: the symptom represents an anticipatory acting out of that punishment. Beating fantasies occur with great regularity in persons who blush; the red cheeks symbolize the buttocks reddened by beating.