As I'm getting older I'm realising what I need in terms of male health

@Dainbramadge Well funny enough there's links to stress and unhappiness with cancer rates. Testosterone unused manifests as a kind of explosive energy thats just sitting there in my experience, or just lowers and we're generally not as happy as we could be.

@Ryannnnnn I think you may be on to something about if we don't use the testosterone then our body will assume we don't need it and stop making it. Hmmm.

@Dainbramadge Especially for younger people though, it just sits there and they get all angry and pent up, then they go out and cause trouble like all bored angry kids do.

I remember always having the desire to run or fight, not to hurt anyone but just because I wanted to express all that masculine energy. I never did obviously, but I think we don't teach enough about mens needs and health in a real way these days.

Back to what you said though, I think we do adapt to what we do and if we use and produce testosterone then we'll keep doing it. Especially as we get older.

@Ryannnnnn damn dude. That was some pretty deep stuff you just wrote.
Everything that you do when you are younger effects the long-term you. I think you are right about the testosterone thing too.
Low testosterone appears to be a big issue nowadays. People know more about it now.
But the biggest thing that you hit on is about men's health not being a very big issue.
Everything is always about women's health and well-being but men fall to the wayside.

@Dainbramadge Do you think something similar happens for women? Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors and some studies link them to estrogen dominance. in general, men and women need an optimal balance of androgens, progesterone, and estrogen.

@Dainbramadge Absolutely, I've thought this for a while. The focus is mostly on women and that's fair and good but we tend to view masculinity in negative connotations in modern society and it's not helpful. We have the largest generations of single parents and a lot of people growing up without father figures in families or in general. Younger men look to hyperrealistic archetypes of what masculinity is and get confused, speaking from experience.

We don't define it well, we don't really have a brotherhood or as good support systems as women tend to have generally speaking. I think it all falls together, mens mental health, physical need for exertion in a positive way, direction, we need more positive spaces for men and to encourage and teach that.

@blindbob I'm not too sure as I'm not familiar with being a woman and what my needs would be.
I think testosterone regulation also helps in that regard with hormones though in terms of balance but that goes beyond my armchair theories unfortunately.

@blindbob I haven't really put too much thought into the female aspect of it.
But I am very sure that there are strong similarities but maybe different chemicals.