Your #1 Perimenopause Survival Tool to Get You Through the Darkest Days
The light at the end of the tunnel
I look back on my 20s and 30s and am amazed at how carefree I was. Life seemed to unfold (more or less) with ease. Yes, there were stressful events and happenings, but I could take things in stride.
The last decade has been a slow, steady descent.
Our mothers and grandmothers used to joke about the Change, but I don’t know any women my age laughing. Many of us are gritting our teeth and screaming into pillows. Regardless of the circumstances of our lives, there’s a consensus that everything is harder.
Physically, there are the usual suspects like weight gain and muscle loss. Though I don’t have hot flashes, I do have insomnia. But the worst (at least for me) are the emotional and psychological symptoms:
- Brain fog
- Critical self-doubt
- Showing up small (or in my case not at all)
- Cripling anxiety
I don’t know what kind of a crisis it is anymore.
Is it mid-life, burnout, existential, or perimenopause?
Probably all four.
