I have been testing IO’s effects by itself over the past few days. I have been finding that it makes my social anxiety worse. Which is exactly the opposite of what I would have expected. It feels the way I feel when I’m pressured to talk to other people, or push myself into a social situation. Reminds me of when my father would force me to interact with strangers… could be a negative anchor to that feeling? At the same time, instead of being “in my head” as I usually am, my focus of attention is outside of myself, and I am more aware of other people’s body language and introjecting what they feel, or at least, what I am imagining that they feel. This is not so noticeable at one or two sprays, but quite noticeable at three sprays. If I remind myself to just relax, then the pressure changes to more of a pleasant extroversion. Which is different for me, as an extreme extrovert.
I wonder if Openness’ mechanism of effect is that direction of attention onto others?
I will keep testing Openness for a while, then try it with Shine, A314 and IG. See what happens there.
This is very interesting to hear. It only makes sense that it can make you have feelings, but it’s odd that it would cause negative feelings. Pheromones are biological indicators that can convey moods or feeling to other people. We are dealing with humans. Doctors “practice” medicine because it is not an exact science. You can give one medicine to 2 separate people and they can have different reactions to it. Will all people have the same reaction to pheromones? Probably not, and your case sounds like one of those. I can’t say why you are having a negative reaction but theoretically it would seem possible. Some people can have allergic reaction to certain food or medicines that have no negative affect in other people. It only makes sense that pheromones do not act exactly the same with all people. If they did certain people or lines of people with the pheromones that make them more attractive would flourish while others would gradually decrease on the theoretical grand scheme of things. My suggestion for you is if it does not work for you try something else! Do not make your self suffer through the negative side effects! Androtics Direct has many great products to try! Get some of the to go sizes so you can try them out see which ones agree with you, then when you figure out your favorite get the big one! Good luck!
OMG, I have been feeling the same thing too! I was wondering if people felt like this as well.
This was especially noticable when I wore it around one of my guy friends. He was so easy to talk to, but when I wore IO around him it was so awkward to talk to him. I just couldn’t figure out what to say
I usually have some social anxiety, it used to be a lot worse. When IO comes into the mix, my social anxiety gets as bad as it used to be.
When I mix in IH there is still some social anxiety, but the seriousness of the conversations is better for me. I don’t know if that makes sense, but 3 sprays of cttm2 is better for me than 3 sprays of IO with no IH when meeting people. I also throw in some ammo or A314 to make me slightly more confident and ground me.
Interesting post, i get SA and can get it bad but have been getting better of late. I have not been using IO that much of late as playing with punatives and mixing, i have found that P83 could push me over the edge but now seem to be getting this under control.
Will try IO again and see how it affects me, if you get SA then try MX291 as for me this is a real calmer which leaves me so chilled there is no room for SA.
Have any of you tried MX337? For me, that one worked like a charm. I had nicknamed it (and MX336) ‘Conversational Man’. I have the same problem with SA but when I am wearing MX337 I am calm, happy and ready, williing and able to talk to new people.
