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What are some pills that make a person more confident? Is there such a thing?

Is there any such thing?
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tynamite
tynamite's avatar There are none.

Being confident is to do with your actions and attitude to life, so chemicals won't be able to change that. The change has to come internally via yourself, rather than from medication.

The mind is a powerful thing that scientists are still mystified by. Scientists still can't understand the placebo effect, and they still can't make pills that make people happy. Not even antidepressants can do that.

Antibiotics and radiotherapy treat external things like viruses and cancerous cells;and sleeping and heartburn tablets treat internal things such as how your body functions. What medication can't do is change how the brain functions in such a way that would change the sort of person you are.

Our self esteem comes from other people's acceptance and approval of us.
In a perfect world, a person who wants to have increased confidence; should be in a situation where they're expected to initiate contact, and will get regard off others. Sadly such situations not available for everyone.

It helps to be susceptible of influence by others, as it allows people to make an easier and longer lasting impact on you, but that's a double edged sword, as that makes it easier for you to feel bad when you get things wrong.

If you're desperate, get yourself a copy of Subliminal Flash
http://www.wordofmouthexperiment...
I tried it an an experiment to see if it worked, and it did, and I only had 15 minutes of exposure. The next day I was acting all different. I am very susceptible to influence by the media, newspapers, advertising and other people. Just don't use it more than once a week, otherwise it starts getting weird in a bad way.

No don't try one of my crackpot ideas, and do what Will Wister says. Get some counselling.
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