As men age the normal path for testosterone is to fall. But why?
Lower testosterone typically reduces drive, mental energy, desire for physical exertion, ambition, willingness to fight for what you want, etc.
Why does it do all those bad things to us? Why is Mother Nature so cruel to us?
Let's go back thousands and thousands of years before civilization. We were something like tribal for about 99% of our human history. That's the world mother nature tuned our species to survive in. All of this civilization sissy lifestyle where most of us live into our 60's is very new.
In the world where mother nature tuned our species to survive things were tough. As men when we were in our teens and early 20's we were as tough as we were ever going to be. We could kill the bear. We could scale a cliff. We could climb the dangerous tree. We could defend ourselves and our belongings and our children and our women from anyone who wanted to take them. Whatever our world challenged us with, we were up to it. We had to be or we would end as a species.
Then we get a bit older, let's say we lived to be 40 years old. At this age our body can't follow through with what we have come to expect it to be able to handle. The bear is likely to get us now. Our toes aren't what they used to be for climbing. The 20 year old men could beat us to death if they wanted.
In short, if we keep doing what we were doing at 20 we are not going to live very long. But we are still an asset to the tribe. And those tribes with 40 year old men still around have a better chance of surviving that those with no men who lived to be that old. We need to hang around and be helpful but not leading the hunt or the expedition party to see what's on the other side of the mountain. We also might leave the breeding to the younger and more fit men because we can't defend ourselves when push comes to shove.
So what do these men who become more passive to survive all have in common? That hormone called testosterone that tells them how much of a man they are - that hormone is falling. They survive to remain an asset to the tribe at the personal expense of giving up on how much of a man they once were.
Does any of this sound personally familiar to you?
As things have turned out we no longer live in that brutal, short-lived, keep-your-head-down-to-survive world.
You do not have to turn down how much of a man you feel like in order to survive. You do not have to cower. You do not have to reduce your ambitions. You do not have to be passive with your wife. You do not have to cheat and be secretive to have sex (breed). Today you can still be a real man. And remain alive.
You could have all of that if Mother Nature hadn't used evolution to make you a man that was born to keep his head down as he got older.
Today you can add back that bit of testosterone that your genes are denying you. It wouldn't be good to take that level back to what it was in your teens. Being crazy and reckless is bad. But you could go back to a more confident and energized time. Maybe your mid thirties? Early thirties? Mid forties? Fifties? It's waiting for you. You can restore some of that feeling of being more man.
Personally I started testosterone 20 plus years ago. I do not concern myself with my blood levels one bit. It simply does not matter. What does matter is how I feel. That's all. Everything. The whole enchilada. How I feel.
I take my testosterone every single day. Just a bit from an insulin syringe in my butt. I've adjusted the dosage over the years to tune how I feel. My aggregate dose is within what a man my age would normally take each week. But every single day of my life I wake up the same. No highs. No lows. Never crazy. Never lazy. Never lacking empathy for others. Never falling short in taking loving and emotional care of my wife. I sleep because I do not worry. I do not worry because I am confident that whatever happens I will be able to handle it. I wake between 2 and 4 each morning because we go to bed early. I do not waste time watching television because I do not need the stimulation. I do not want other women because I do not need the stimulation. I study everyday because the effort does not burden me.
Biologically I am NOT special. I am a tuned man. I am tuned by taking just the right amount of testosterone. When I do not take it I am not tuned. When I do not take it I have the exact same feelings women have with PMS. The last time I had to stop taking it was a few years ago because of some blood work. My wife could not stand me. She was so bothered by me and the unpleasant man I had become that she brought a syringe with testosterone to the hospital. When they were done with me she dosed me within 60 seconds. I was way off. And I couldn't shake it off.
So that's the way I see it.
By the way when I started long ago they did NOT do lab work. My evaluation was a 10 point questionnaire covering male depression. If you checked off four of the ten then pull your pants down. I had at least six boxes checked. I was depressed. A month later I was not.
Lower testosterone typically reduces drive, mental energy, desire for physical exertion, ambition, willingness to fight for what you want, etc.
Why does it do all those bad things to us? Why is Mother Nature so cruel to us?
Let's go back thousands and thousands of years before civilization. We were something like tribal for about 99% of our human history. That's the world mother nature tuned our species to survive in. All of this civilization sissy lifestyle where most of us live into our 60's is very new.
In the world where mother nature tuned our species to survive things were tough. As men when we were in our teens and early 20's we were as tough as we were ever going to be. We could kill the bear. We could scale a cliff. We could climb the dangerous tree. We could defend ourselves and our belongings and our children and our women from anyone who wanted to take them. Whatever our world challenged us with, we were up to it. We had to be or we would end as a species.
Then we get a bit older, let's say we lived to be 40 years old. At this age our body can't follow through with what we have come to expect it to be able to handle. The bear is likely to get us now. Our toes aren't what they used to be for climbing. The 20 year old men could beat us to death if they wanted.
In short, if we keep doing what we were doing at 20 we are not going to live very long. But we are still an asset to the tribe. And those tribes with 40 year old men still around have a better chance of surviving that those with no men who lived to be that old. We need to hang around and be helpful but not leading the hunt or the expedition party to see what's on the other side of the mountain. We also might leave the breeding to the younger and more fit men because we can't defend ourselves when push comes to shove.
So what do these men who become more passive to survive all have in common? That hormone called testosterone that tells them how much of a man they are - that hormone is falling. They survive to remain an asset to the tribe at the personal expense of giving up on how much of a man they once were.
Does any of this sound personally familiar to you?
As things have turned out we no longer live in that brutal, short-lived, keep-your-head-down-to-survive world.
You do not have to turn down how much of a man you feel like in order to survive. You do not have to cower. You do not have to reduce your ambitions. You do not have to be passive with your wife. You do not have to cheat and be secretive to have sex (breed). Today you can still be a real man. And remain alive.
You could have all of that if Mother Nature hadn't used evolution to make you a man that was born to keep his head down as he got older.
Today you can add back that bit of testosterone that your genes are denying you. It wouldn't be good to take that level back to what it was in your teens. Being crazy and reckless is bad. But you could go back to a more confident and energized time. Maybe your mid thirties? Early thirties? Mid forties? Fifties? It's waiting for you. You can restore some of that feeling of being more man.
Personally I started testosterone 20 plus years ago. I do not concern myself with my blood levels one bit. It simply does not matter. What does matter is how I feel. That's all. Everything. The whole enchilada. How I feel.
I take my testosterone every single day. Just a bit from an insulin syringe in my butt. I've adjusted the dosage over the years to tune how I feel. My aggregate dose is within what a man my age would normally take each week. But every single day of my life I wake up the same. No highs. No lows. Never crazy. Never lazy. Never lacking empathy for others. Never falling short in taking loving and emotional care of my wife. I sleep because I do not worry. I do not worry because I am confident that whatever happens I will be able to handle it. I wake between 2 and 4 each morning because we go to bed early. I do not waste time watching television because I do not need the stimulation. I do not want other women because I do not need the stimulation. I study everyday because the effort does not burden me.
Biologically I am NOT special. I am a tuned man. I am tuned by taking just the right amount of testosterone. When I do not take it I am not tuned. When I do not take it I have the exact same feelings women have with PMS. The last time I had to stop taking it was a few years ago because of some blood work. My wife could not stand me. She was so bothered by me and the unpleasant man I had become that she brought a syringe with testosterone to the hospital. When they were done with me she dosed me within 60 seconds. I was way off. And I couldn't shake it off.
So that's the way I see it.
By the way when I started long ago they did NOT do lab work. My evaluation was a 10 point questionnaire covering male depression. If you checked off four of the ten then pull your pants down. I had at least six boxes checked. I was depressed. A month later I was not.
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