"Sniffing body odour is tested as an anxiety therapy"

[Jen.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65049739

"Sniffing other people's body odour might be useful in therapy for social anxiety, say Swedish researchers who have started tests with volunteers.

The scientists have been using armpit sweat in their experiments."

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Oh that’s weird, my social anxiety has just gone.

[biscuits]

Here are the details of the study: https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN6440886...23_on-medicine

It will be published in December.

It’s part of an *trigger warning for brexiteers* EU funded project called POTION: https://potionh2020.com/

They also have a Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/PotionProject

[biscuits]

Originally Posted by Ronnie_Pickering

Oh that’s weird, my social anxiety has just gone.

I’ll let you sniff my pits. 70p a sniff.

[anxiouslondoner]

I don't need armpit sweat therapy, I've travelled on the Tube before. Guess what, it didn't work.

[MissKatie]

Originally Posted by anxiouslondoner

I don't need armpit sweat therapy, I've travelled on the Tube before. Guess what, it didn't work.

Hahaha! It certainly had an effect on me when I could smell BO on the tube. I vomitted so it definitely has an effect lol

[Aelwyn]

I'm off to hang around outside the local gym. All those wasted years.

[Mr. Nobody]

Why are we all talking about sniffing men's armpits?

What about women's gussetts?
(for men at least )

[Percy]

Yes i saw this on the news this morning, seems like a gross way to tackle social anxiety

[Dougella]

Originally Posted by The Devil, Probably.

Oh dear.

This is likely to have as much practical value as sniff studies around dating and immune system smells / babies head smells and paternity behaviour / scent of women's tears reducing testosterone in mice and men, etc. All of these things are lab based nonsense that have no practical value in the real world (for starters, those with debilitating social anxiety aren't the one's participating in such studies so the studies won't even be able to factor in the interplay of causes etc)

The article says that it was women with social anxiety that were taking part in the study. How debilitating their anxiety was we can't know, but obviously enough to be seeking therapy, which they were also all recieving.

It's an interesting theory. I'm not sure I would want to be smelling stranger's sweat.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Originally Posted by biscuits

I’ll let you sniff my pits. 70p a sniff.

oo-er.

[anewyear]

^ COVID means I've lost my sense of smell. Are you running some sort of money back guarantee?

[biscuits]

I'll put some on ice until your sense of smell returns.

Retention fee: £3.50 per day.

(seriously - hope you're better soon!)

[anewyear]

thanks

[Your Mum]

I must say... I've been working with the general public (many of whom stink) for five years now, and my Social Anxiety has gradually disappeared (along with my capacity for disgust).

[biscuits]

^ you'll have to ask your boss if you can charge the stinkers a concessionary fair to reward their services to MH research.

[3stacks]

Think I'll get in trouble if I go up to people and sniff their pits

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