Drug may cure shyness!

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Scientists investigating oxytocin, a natural hormone that assists childbirth and helps mothers bond with newborn babies, believe it could become a wonder drug for overcoming shyness. Trials have found that oxytocin can reduce anxiety and ease phobias.

Researchers say it could provide a safe answer for millions of people who suffer from shyness.

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Paul Zak, a professor of neuroscience at California’s Claremont Graduate University said: "Tests have shown that oxytocin reduces anxiety levels in users. It is a hormone that facilitates social contact between people. What’s more, it is a very safe product that does not have any side effects and is not addictive."

Zak has tested the hormone on hundreds of patients. Its main effect is to curb the instincts of wariness and suspicion that cause anxiety.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle4187791.ece

[MrsCat 6]

booze has been doing this for me for years - sometimes I blow past shyness and right into jerkdom.

[Jenn! 918]

I hear alcohol has similar effects.

[Amby 490]

so what does this do to people who aren't shy? make them even more "friendly"?

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so what does this do to people who aren't shy? make them even more "friendly"?

sounds dangerous

[Amby 490]

so what does this do to people who aren't shy? make them even more "friendly"?

sounds dangerous

I won't try it then

[Fandango 1,439]

Of course drugs cure shyness...duh

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I hear other drugs make you want to hug people and can transform you from wallflower to the life of the party

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Guys would have an easier time talking to girls if they'd serve breast milk at bars.

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Guys would have an easier time talking to girls if they'd serve breast milk at bars.

Direct from the source?

[MrsCat 6]

Guys would have an easier time talking to girls if they'd serve breast milk at bars.

and you're right! Bet this type of establishment shows up in Vegas first.

[Amby 490]

So can they serve the breast milk like the milk bar in clockwork orange? or does it have to come straight from the #######?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

but the question is, will the girls still want to talk to them

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine works wonders.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Of course drugs cure shyness...duh