How is politicts or religion affecting your mental/physical health?
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:04 am
I am not referring to how real world politics or religion are affecting your daily life. The politics and religion forums are closed. I am asking about the general health impact of politics and religion on your physical and mental well being in a before and after physical castration life.
I read that that studies have been done and people who are really into sports (who are not castrated) have elevated testosterone levels before and during "The Big Game". Not being into sports I wouldn't know. If the favored team looses, testosterone levels plummet (which may explain the emotional outburst and anger that some feel in such a situation). This seems to be the case for both spectators and players, with the levels being even more up and down for players.
While I know of no studies that have measured the T hormone before, during, or after a political or religious rally or intense involvement in some political or religious discussion that gets heated or emotional, perhaps the T hormone goes up and down in such situations as it does during sports.
Mental health affects physical health and
physical health affects mental health, and
each can set off a circular event
with one affecting the other affecting the other.
And if testosterone is being affected, and if it is affecting the mind and body in any kind of mental, emotional, or physical situation, one would think that if one is a eunuch there might be some kind of interruption, disconnect, alteration of the mind, emotion, body experiences.
Only folks who have had physical castration could possibly do the comparisons. So, for those of us who don't have low or no T what can we expect? Will we be as passionate and involved in politics or religion or sports? Will this "eunuch calm" affect the mind only, or emotions only, or body only, or 2 or all 3? Can we expect to just completely flatline and let the world exist in all of its insanity and we wonder what all the fuss is about and be thought of as "out to lunch" "lights are on but nobody is home" ?
I don't mind loosing my libido or negative emotions that seem to stem from that, but I still want to be passionate about other facets of life that interest me. So if anyone who has experienced life before and after loosing "the family jewels" is willing to share comments on this, I'm listening ! Your answers will be of major significance on whether I stay at half way, or go all the way.
I read that that studies have been done and people who are really into sports (who are not castrated) have elevated testosterone levels before and during "The Big Game". Not being into sports I wouldn't know. If the favored team looses, testosterone levels plummet (which may explain the emotional outburst and anger that some feel in such a situation). This seems to be the case for both spectators and players, with the levels being even more up and down for players.
While I know of no studies that have measured the T hormone before, during, or after a political or religious rally or intense involvement in some political or religious discussion that gets heated or emotional, perhaps the T hormone goes up and down in such situations as it does during sports.
Mental health affects physical health and
physical health affects mental health, and
each can set off a circular event
with one affecting the other affecting the other.
And if testosterone is being affected, and if it is affecting the mind and body in any kind of mental, emotional, or physical situation, one would think that if one is a eunuch there might be some kind of interruption, disconnect, alteration of the mind, emotion, body experiences.
Only folks who have had physical castration could possibly do the comparisons. So, for those of us who don't have low or no T what can we expect? Will we be as passionate and involved in politics or religion or sports? Will this "eunuch calm" affect the mind only, or emotions only, or body only, or 2 or all 3? Can we expect to just completely flatline and let the world exist in all of its insanity and we wonder what all the fuss is about and be thought of as "out to lunch" "lights are on but nobody is home" ?
I don't mind loosing my libido or negative emotions that seem to stem from that, but I still want to be passionate about other facets of life that interest me. So if anyone who has experienced life before and after loosing "the family jewels" is willing to share comments on this, I'm listening ! Your answers will be of major significance on whether I stay at half way, or go all the way.