Male Climacteric – This is for anyone who actually wants to know more about the male gender.

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The more we know (both male and females), the greater our understanding we can have, and the better we will be better equipped to be helpful and not just irritated by actions that may accompany this nature passage in life.

Have you noticed ANY of these symptoms in yourself or someone in your life?

* Decreased mental quickness and sharpness

* Decreased energy, strength and endurance

* Less desire for activity and exercise

* Decreased muscle and increased body fat

* Mild to moderate depression and irritability

* Depression and/or loss of eagerness and enthusiasm for

daily life

* Decreased sex drive

* Decreased sexual function and/or sensitivity

To clarify something, this information is not to belittle or injury anyone! It is not shameful to experience NORMAL physiological changes- if we are lucky enough to age!

We’ve all heard of the menopause happening in women, but not too many of us have heard about a man’s challenge in facing this time.

Many women think that all men are scoundrels, screwed up, or just a mess all together. The reasons behind this (in most cases) are real, and they can be helped.

The happiest relationships on this planet have an “understanding” of each other’s physical challenges.  There is such a nasty misnomer about so many of the natural changes men and women see in a lifetime. Knowledge is power, if used, and with knowledge you access the means to greater understanding, patience and peace.

For women, it is the menopause, and for men it is “climacteric” (or andropause), the corresponding time in the life of men thirty-five years old, and older. The word climacteric comes from the Greek word klimakter, which means literally a rung of a ladder, or figuratively a critical point.

Climacteric is the physiological process that marks the end of maturation and the beginning of new stages in life for men. Its defining point normally takes place without any external influences. The changes in personality and a man’s actions often reflect a decline in male hormones. There is life after the climacteric period!

There are some who feel that hormone replacement therapy helps. The body declines in testosterone, thyroid, human growth hormone, and DHEA.  When people (male or female) are aware of what is happening to their bodies, it is much easier to find a plan to help the transition (or passage) to another stage of life.

A great deal of information has been researched, much of it valid, then put into our heads by well meaning authorities that assume everyone will experience the same symptoms and problems. This is simply NOT TRUE!

We are all different, have different background, genes, health histories, and face these things individually.  The power of mind over matter can help.  Your thoughts manifest into reactions even within our bodies.  Much of the way we tackle a challenge depends on our mental state.

Don’t put yourself in the mindset “I am getting old and there is nothing I can do.”  Start thinking in positive terms and realizing that there are hormone treatments, natural therapies, and mind over matter works, if you work at it!

Keep this in mind guys.  Really, many older men haven’t aged badly at all. In fact, it seems for men, that they age beautifully and are still sexy and handsome – gray hair and all.

JUST BE AWARE THAT THE CHANGES you MAY BE FEELING MAY NOT BE BOREDOM IN A RELATIONSHIP, BEING WEARY OF A JOB, WANTING TO MOVE OR CHANGE SOMETHING, you may simply be going through something that is very natural and happens to most men at this point in their life. Chin up!

As for the gals reading this, keep these things in mind and be supportive of the guys….just like you hope they will be for you!  There are proven and successful methods, to add to the knowledge you now have, of this very important time  in the management of stress.  Be sure to check out meditation classes, stress management videos, counseling and other help on the web. Talk with family and friends and work together to help one another in these progressions of life.

“Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.”

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