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In my last post on the epidemic of loneliness having an impact our health and development of deeper friendships, you should know that stress also affects our relationships, especially those with our guy friends. But how? First, some brain-science Our internal social support system is based on a balance of hormones including oxytocin, which decreases anxiety levels and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system calming down responses. Oxytocin also stimulates our desire to seek out social contact and increases our sense of attachment to people who are important to us. Proper levels of oxytocin also help balance out another stress hormone called vasopressin, which is associated with fight-or-flight behaviors such as enhanced arousal, focused attention, and increased aggressive behavior. Under stress, people generate inadequate levels of oxytocin, which is needed to balance their output of vasopressin. This imbalance leads to feelings of anxiousness and loss of confidence in an ability to

In my opening post, I stated men need “GodBuddies” which are authentic and genuine friendships with two or three guys who help each other become better men. In this post, I describe the types of friends a man has over his lifetime and answer the question: How did I lose the good friends of my younger days? Today, too many men have lost all their friendships. So we have to realize that friendships change over the course of our lifetime. Our childhood friends are much different than friends in our adult years. Our needs change, as do the needs of our friends. As we get older, we lose friendships at every stage of life. Here are the types of friends every man has throughout his lifetime. Childhood Friends As kids, we likely had multiple friends with whom we played baseball, kick-the-can, and did just about everything together. We went to the same