Testosterone & Emotions

Low testosterone in men produces anxiety, mild depression and loss of overall drive. Yet we rarely, if ever, hear the mainstream voices who are supposedly advocating for men address the issue of falling testosterone levels. That testosterone levels for men are falling across all age groups isn’t disputed and the aforementioned symptoms aren’t possible side effects but happen in 100% of men with low T. It follows logically then, anyone genuinely interested in helping men would first address this well known, well documented need for men’s hormonal health. So first off, any academics or social media gurus putting themselves out there as advocates for men who aren’t discussing the testosterone topic are dishonest and/or possibly stupid.

I have several articles on this overall topic but after recently posting a video on the connection between testosterone and men’s mental health, a number of men were asking about the next step. What about building emotional strength for men who have never had healthy levels of T and lacked masculine models for behavior growing up? First of all I always reiterate, just as low T necessarily causes anxiety, depression and loss of drive, healthy levels of testosterone necessarily produce positive effects. As in, those positive effects are the absence of the symptoms of low testosterone. For men who have never experienced healthy levels of testosterone and/or not come from a background where traditional masculinity was normal, this sounds as if testosterone makes a man completely immune from all worry. That’s not the case of course, men aren’t machines devoid of emotions and the cares of life. But testosterone is the difference between something being a small concern and that same thing becoming a real source of anxiety.