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Is Treating Shyness Just a Spray Away?

In as few as five years, you may be able to spray a synthetic hormone up your nose to boost your self-confidence and relieve shyness. The hormone, oxytocin, is a neurotransmitter that impacts social recognition and bonding; it’s produced naturally when you’re in love.

When test subjects used the spray, they stopped feeling anxious and were able to engage better with others. This is likely because the hormone affects the area of your brain that controls fear response.

If you have a hard time coming out of your shell, this spray may sound tempting. But manipulating hormones in your body is not something that should be taken lightly.

Your body is incredibly complex, and no one really knows what impact this could have on your overall health.

Low self-esteem and social phobias are emotional challenges that could, indeed, interfere with your relationships and joy in life. The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can help you to overcome these challenges safely and naturally, without having to chemically alter your body.

EBiologyNews.com July 14, 2007





 
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Posted On Jul 18, 2007
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Posted On Jul 20, 2007
Any mention to SYNTHETIC HORMONES makes me cringe...

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Posted On Jul 18, 2007
Tequila in a spray bottle?

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Posted On Jul 18, 2007
EFT addresses the root cause of shyness or other problems with no side effects.

I agree with ozy ness-it's about the money.

Every time I had a young man come into our  practice  wanting steroids to "bulk up"  I told him one of the side effects was shrinking of the testicles.  They never asked for it again....Like to see that on a black box warning for drugs!

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Posted On Jul 18, 2007
This sounds EXACTLY like heroin or alcohol. Stupidest thing I have ever heard. We have drug dealers turning out new kinds of substances all the time, lets not have the neuroscientist and academic researchers pushing their own.

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Posted On Jul 18, 2007
Again, after reading this article, I began to laugh.  This is so UNFUNNY, but  I am so frustrated, that, if I do not laugh I may begin to cry  so many tears, that, I will be sitting in an inch of  water created by my own tears. 

I plan on staying healthy and sane.  Laughing is so good for the system.

So, what's next ????   You get a speck of dirt under your finger nails and right away it is the lastest disease??

QUICK give me a toxic spray so all my finger nails will FALL OFF.  Can hardly wait!!!!!!!

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