Patrick Farrow just couldn’t take it anymore. So at age 66 he shot himself in the head. Suicide among the affluent seems to be on the rise. The other common denominator that is often not mentioned is the loss of libido and the loss of youth.
Yes, youth makes you happy in itself. How can that be? It’s the hormones stupid. As a teacher of tweens and teens I’ve seen the smiles and the happiness that has no root. But it does have a root–it’s rooted in the hormones.
There is male menopause and there is female menopause. And both bells toll the same message — your hormone levels are dropping and will drop continually as you age. How to stop the loss? There’s the rub. It’s natural get over it!
Heloise
