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    process
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      A nasal spray which increases our trust for strangers is showing promise as a treatment for social phobia, say scientists from Zurich University.

      They found that people who inhaled the “love hormone” oxytocin continued to trust strangers with their money – even after they were betrayed.

      am i the only one that thinks this could be abused by pervy men or dodgy con men… i suppose people might realsie you jamming a vicks inhaler up there nose tho!

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7412438.stm

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      General Lighting
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        djprocess wrote:
        am i the only one that thinks this could be abused by pervy men or dodgy con men… i suppose people might realsie you jamming a vicks inhaler up there nose tho!

        but might not notice one of them auto spray (air freshener) things they use in office loos…

        in somewhere like a business environment all they would have to do is encourage the target to drink lots of water (perhaps spiked with a diuretic), then when they go to the loo (with covert CCTV) the spray can be triggered..

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        Southcaver
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          oxytocin you say, could be interesting.

          Walk into bank, squirt stuff about, say ” Its ok i’ll lock up for you, get yourself off home”, fill van :weee:

          happy days.

          is this product avaiable now?

          #1172287
          Tank Girl
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            oooh, sounds a bit dodgey to me and immediatley made me think of how it could be used by dodgey people on the already vulnerable

            esp the comment – ‘even when you’ve been betrayed…. ‘

            a level of anxiety /distrust is essential to protect ourselves IMO in lots of circumstances (even in crossing the road as if we wernt anxious about cars knocking us down – we’d walk staight out in to the road)

            and cognitive behaviour therapy is known to work really well with social phobia, if the person wants to work with it – as some people gain more being ‘ill’, than they would if they sorted themselves out as they often loose their support network when they’re well

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            General Lighting
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              Tank Girl wrote:
              a level of anxiety /distrust is essential to protect ourselves IMO in lots of circumstances (even in crossing the road as if we wernt anxious about cars knocking us down – we’d walk staight out in to the road)

              exactly. not sure if it would be 100% effective anyway

              after all MDMA is supposed to reduce your social anxiety, but I can take loads and still am wary of new people – to the point people ask me if I am OK / enjoying myself – but over the years I’ve found a certain amount of “shyness” to be a valuable survival mechanism until you’ve got to know people properly and whom you can actually trust..

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