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Published by Allen Brown
Feeling stressed out and having low energy is common in about 5 million men. This is sometimes an indicator for more serious health issues but most times certain lifestyle adjustments can help to reduce these symptoms.
Men generally experience higher levels of stress and this can significantly affect their overall health and wellbeing. Stress has several negative effects on the body and studies are constantly monitoring the connections between high-stress levels and various illnesses.
Something to note is that stress can diminish testosterone, which is needed for energy in men. It may be a reason as to why you feel fatigued. There are ways to improve these things so you don’t need to go into worry mode just yet.
Three Tricks to Help You Feel Better
There are multiple ways that you can improve your stress levels and their effects on your body. Stress is known to cause things like weight loss and weight gain, insomnia, frequent headaches, and fatigue. There are many factors that can induce stress, and these will have to be tackled at the root to cut stress from your life.
There are times when you aren’t able to avoid stressful situations or obliterate them from your life but you can certainly reduce it and put it to a manageable level. Once you can conquer this, you will start to see an improvement in how you feel. This includes your energy levels.
1. Improve Your Sleep, Diet, and Physical Fitness
Improving your stress level and increasing energy requires a combination of things. Mainly the amount of rest you’re getting, what you’re eating(fueling your body with), and physical fitness.
What you eat is truly what you will become. A poor diet results in your body not functioning optimally. You may not realize this, but not fueling your body properly can cause irritability, fatigue, and hormonal imbalances. Hormonal imbalances can cause your testosterone to decrease. This is tied to your energy. As you can see, it is all interconnected.
Low T (low testosterone) can induce insomnia. This means you will feel restless and tired throughout the day.
Physical fitness also plays a key role in reducing stress and balancing hormones. You should be getting exercise 3-4 times a week. Combine that with a healthy diet and regular undisturbed sleep, and you’ll feel better in no time.
2. Check Your Testosterone Levels
This one is a little bit more complicated. There are several reasons why you may be fatigued. However, in men, one of the leading causes is a decrease in testosterone.
As you age, testosterone starts to decline. For some, this happens slowly and for others the decline is rapid. This type of decrease is natural. Low T is closely related to lack of energy, insomnia, baldness, and other health issues. There are ways to increase testosterone levels that can help, but there is no permanent fix. For men born with low testosterone, it’s possible to do TRT to improve the imbalance.
This isn’t something you can diagnose on your own. You’ll need to go to your medical provider and have some tests done.
3. Meditate to Reduce Stress and See a Therapist
Something else that can be done is using meditation practices to help reduce stress levels. This can include taking yoga classes, Pilates, or doing daily meditation practice. Sometimes the stress experience is self-inflicted and held within our minds.
Calming the mind is one of the best ways to reduce stress, which can immediately improve energy levels. Sometimes the “low” you may be experiencing is a result of mental influences.
It is also a good idea to see a therapist. It is possible to hold on to past traumas and triggers which can manifest themselves as stress, depression, anxiety, and physical symptoms, including a decrease in energy or lackluster behavior.
A therapist can help you spot and address these issues.
Many men see improvements in their stress levels and energy after making these adjustments. Life is a bit of a rollercoaster, and sometimes our bodies get out of alignment. It’s important to stay on top of your health and make sure that external factors aren’t also having an effect on you. These steps thankfully don’t require major investments rather a change in mindset and a purposefulness in practicing self-care.
Self-care is an area the majority of men struggle with. There is nothing wrong or “not manly” about taking care of yourself. That includes your health, both mental and physical. You do not have to shoulder burdens or pretend like everything is fine. If your body doesn’t feel right, if you don’t feel right, then seek professional help.