Contents:
- Medical Video: Top Reasons Why Women Don’t Go For Nice Guys!
- Knowirritable male syndrome
- What should I do if I have an STI?
Medical Video: Top Reasons Why Women Don’t Go For Nice Guys!
Women often experience changes mood, especially when going through menstruation or menopause. This is caused by premenstrual syndrome, aka PMS. Therefore, women are often labeled as havingmood unstable. In fact, it's actually not just women who can experience PMS symptoms so that their mood is unstable. Men can also experience various symptoms of PMS, you know.
Knowirritable male syndrome
Irritable male syndrome (IMS) or known as male depressive syndrome, is a condition where a man experiences nervousness, becomes easily agitated or offended (irritable), fatigue, and depression. This condition turns out to also be influenced by male hormonal conditions, precisely the testosterone hormone. The decrease in testosterone levels in men can cause depression symptoms and conditions mood the bad one.
Some feelings that often arise when men experience STIs are actually similar to PMS symptoms in women, including:
- Angry
- Anxious
- Irritable, offended, and sensitive
- Feel antisocial and depressive
Based on the opinion of a psychotherapist Jed Diamond, Ph.D., when a man experiences STI, it can occur in two forms. The first is severe depression until suicide appears. While the second form is to be aggressive, angry, and commit acts of violence.
Apart from psychological symptoms, there are also some physical complaints that are often experienced by men when experiencing STIs, including:
- Loss of sexual arousal
- Back pain
- Headache
- Male sexual dysfunction
In addition to changes in testosterone levels, STIs can also be triggered by high levels of stress and decreased levels of serotonin in the brain due to diet or wrong diet (unbalanced nutritional intake).
However, it should be noted that decreasing testosterone levels is not only caused by stress and feeling depressed. This hormone can also decrease due to many factors. Among them are aging (hormone levels will decrease by one percent every year when men aged 40 to 70 years), illness, obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, and choosing the wrong diet.
What should I do if I have an STI?
If you experience the symptoms of STIs mentioned above, you should immediately consult your doctor to ensure that they are not symptoms of other diseases. Your doctor may recommend hormone therapy to help control the severity of STI symptoms.
You also need to live a healthy lifestyle to prevent symptoms. For example by exercising regularly, maintaining a balanced diet, adequate rest, stopping smoking, and managing stress.
Whereas if your family member or relative has symptoms of an STI, here are some tips that can be done to help him.
- Give support and understanding, and be patient with them.
- Try to invite them to talk and listen attentively to their complaints.
- If you, a relative, or family member shows signs of depression or other symptoms of mental illness, or shows desire or behavior or wants to try to commit suicide, immediately call the police emergency hotline110 or the Suicide Prevention hotline(021)7256526/(021) 7257826/(021) 7221810.
- Try to invite them to reduce activities that can trigger feelings of discomfort and stress, instead invite them to do things they like.
