Dr. Ben Rein

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1,093 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 10 Jun

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Rarely, but yes.

Yeah.

You observe drunk people and you're like, why would they ever do that?

Like that is absolutely bonkers that that person just said that.

And I mean, this is exactly like what the science says, actually.

So there's studies showing that for every drink someone consumes, they show a 4% reduction in social anxiety, which doesn't sound like that much.

But then you have five drinks and all of a sudden your mind is 20%.

You're way less drunk.

anxious.

So you feel more comfortable, right?

It's just like social lubricant.

But at the same time, being drunk basically blunts these areas that like respond to social cues, especially negative social cues.

So going back to that scenario,

You watch someone drunk and you're like, why would they say that?

It's because the person is not like responding to the emotions of the people around them.

You know, you can just say something.

One, they're uninhibited.

They're less anxious.

So they just throw it out there.

Under normal circumstances, when you're sober, you say something offensive.

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