Post Date April, 15 2023
In the past, we generally attached great importance to the mental health of women during menopause, but seldom talked about the mental health of men during menopause. In fact, men also have a menopause, and some abnormal psychological phenomena will appear more or less in both physical and psychological aspects.
The appearance of male menopause is directly related to the change of gonadal function. Although men have no menstrual signs similar to women, testicles will undergo degenerative changes after the age of 50, that is, a process from prosperity to decline. The symptom is that the testicular volume gradually shrinks, which becomes more obvious after the age of 60. By the age of 70, the testicle shrinks to the size of a child's testicle at the age of 123. The shrinking of testicles will inevitably reduce the secretion of sex hormones, and then cause changes in the functions of diencephalon, pituitary, adrenal gland and kidney, leading to the disorder of the whole endocrine system. At this time, a series of physiological changes will occur, and even some men will have menopausal syndrome.
Men's menopause mainly includes the following:
(1) Changes in mood and mood. It is prone to depression, sadness and irritability. Often upset, fidgety, and like to lose temper. They often get angry because of a small matter, and sometimes they get angry without reason, showing unprecedented irritability.
(2) Autonomic nerves are prone to disorder. Frequent dizziness and sometimes overexcitation; There is a feeling of discomfort when breathing, and numbness and tingling will occur in some parts of the body; Gastrointestinal function is sometimes disordered, dyspepsia, anorexia, constipation, etc; Unstable sleep, often insomnia; Sometimes I think too much and often feel upset and scared; When you are nervous, you will have palpitation, tinnitus, blackness of the eyes and other symptoms, and some parts will also have uncertain pain.
(3) Memory declines. In particular, the mechanical memory is reduced, and people often lose things; Attention is not easy to concentrate, energy is easy to disperse, and interest in external things is significantly reduced; Due to the decline of physical strength, they are unwilling to participate in outdoor activities and show obvious laziness.
(4) In interpersonal relations, sometimes people are suspicious. People's words and deeds are originally good, and are often suspected to be malicious; The praise of comrades is often regarded as sarcasm; Not willing to communicate with others, lonely, showing a clear tendency of social exclusion; Willing to act alone, self-righteous, unable to listen to others' advice. In the family, if you can't handle the interpersonal relationship in the family well, you often quarrel with your spouse and children, and you will be furious for a little thing, and you will be angry for a long time for a word from your children. Some serious cases may even be separated from their spouses or divorced.
(5) Decreased libido and sexual ability. Sometimes they show obvious aversion to sexual life. Like women's menopause, the above symptoms in men's menopause are mostly psychological problems, except for some physiological changes in the body caused by changes in hormone levels in the body, so they generally do not need medication. By strengthening psychological adjustment, symptoms will be eliminated smoothly. Men play an important role in the family, sometimes directly affecting the thoughts and emotions of all family members, which is determined by the role of men in the family. In the family, man is the role of husband relative to his wife, father relative to his children, grandfather relative to his grandchildren, and so on. The roles of husband, father and grandpa are all in one, which in sociology is called double role, or role cluster. Therefore, during the menopause, men should never forget their status. They should always think about their thoughts, emotions, speech and behavior, and have a strong impact on their wives, children and other members.
