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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Social Anxiety Trust Drug Cure or Curse?

There is a new study showing a trust drug can cure social anxiety or social phobia. Social anxiety is intense fear of social situations.

The trust drug is a nasal spray called Oxytocin, sometimes called the “Love Hormone.” You can read more here.


Social Anxiety Trust Drug Cure Or Curse?


Everyone is excited that this trust drug will cure social anxiety, and although it sounds good, it might be more of a curse.

This trust drug will help cure social anxiety, but at what cost? There’s a statement in that article that says:

They found that people who inhaled the "love hormone" Oxytocin continued to trust strangers with their money - even after they were betrayed.
Curing social anxiety or social phobia is one thing, trusting complete strangers without some kind of common sense reasoning is dangerous.

What are your thoughts? Is this social anxiety trust drug a cure or a curse?


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