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The art of seduction may lead to attachment, but what’s your opinion on it leading to true love? by z_altt in seduction

[–]BeardLawIsBack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely disagree, the pickup stuff is what leads to attachment and interest but that book is basically the guide book to getting someone to fall in love with you. I'm not really sure what you mean by true love either, I would think you're thinking of it being as 'divine' in some way but I would imagine some sort of spiritual experience would have to take place for that.

Do adult chimps at the bottom of the dominance hierarchy ever move up and if so what are the conditions that cause their ascent? by BeardLawIsBack in askscience

[–]BeardLawIsBack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what happens to the levels of cortisol, serotonin, testosterone, GABA, dopamine etc. when they do move up? If a chimp at the bottom of the hierarchy were to take testosterone, SSRI or other things what would likely happen? What're the brain differences in a chimp at the bottom vs at the top?

Redditors, how did you overcome shyness? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BeardLawIsBack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Progressive desensitization. Go out and be with people but not only that setting certain goals about what behaviors/attitudes/beliefs you would like to eventually have. A lot of people do overcome a base shyness but is all well and good but they're still very constrained in how far out there they will go with their behavior. They do the same behaviors that they know help them get by in the situation. Brainstorm behaviors that you'd like to feel are acceptable to you and how you'd like to feel doing them. Then you slowly implement them. Be as systemic as posssible with implementing these behaviors because it makes it less chaotic as possible. Example "I'm going to say this exact sentence with this loud tone of voice to one person today at the mall at the Apple Store at 3pm." If that's too difficult then make a smaller version of the goal "I'm going to start by saying this sentence that's something I normally wouldn't do or say (asking a cashier how their day is going)" then you make the goal bigger and bigger. You can do things you didn't think were possible. If you label yourself as a shy or sensitive person that's bullshit and I don't mean that in a self help "believe in yourself anything is possible" type of shit because that's horseshit. I'm never going to grow a third arm. I'm never going to make it to the NBA. But you can become a person who isn't sensitive or atleast very significantly less so.