# Hello... **URL:** \ **Category:** Introductions - New Users, Say "Hello"!\ **Created:** [January 19, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/hello/8456 "2008-01-19T23:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![flamingo776](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/flamingo776/32/336_2.png) [@flamingo776](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/flamingo776)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/hello/8456/8 "2008-01-20T12:20:44Z")
Hi Sue, I’m a beginner myself (just got my pheromones last week), so I don’t have very specific recommendations for you. Anyway, greetings from another Dubliner (although I’m in Poland right now). For me also, it takes a lot of effort to make new friends, and I feel that I don’t have the ‘charisma’ that some other people have. I’ve gotten rather comfortable with this fate, and don’t often struggle against it, but discovering pheromones has given me quite a shake! I now see that there’s something that can be done about these problems… although it takes a bit of resolve from the inside too, not just using these magic potions. I’ll specifically back up the recommendations of [Instant Openness](https://a314.com/product/instant-openness/). For me, the self-effects have been subtle but amazing - a confidence in speaking, and a confidence in what I’ve said, that helps undermine a lot of my bad social habits. I’ve noticed effects on others, too (I have more trouble seeing other-effects, because of my introversion), so … it seems I’m being helped both inside and out to become more sociable. I comment on these effects in my [journal](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/flamingo776s-pheremone-notes/8302), although it’s not the most exciting read 😃 The only thing is that Instant Openness isn’t available in a to-go bottle. Still, thanks to the weak dollar, it’s not so expensive (€26). I have lots of other pheromones, but I’m testing them methodically to identify their individual effects, so I don’t know much about the other yet. Lots of luck with your experimenting! --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/hello/8456)._