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Life Changes

June 1, 2011 by Maggie Stanley

I have been thinking a lot about life changes lately – We all go through life stages and each one can affect us differently. Life changes can be to do with things like starting school, starting work getting married, having kids or bodily changes like puberty the menopause or pregnancy. Other things that can affect us are loss and grief such as a death, divorce, loosing a job.We can be wired to cope with some changes but not cope so well with others. Some individuals can cope with huge amounts of stress that would bring others to their knees and all of a sudden something happens and they are unable to cope. For some it can be a drip drip effect and before they know where they are they are an emotional wreck.

What has taken me by surprise is the menopause and the effect it has had on me and my day to day functioning. I had always thought it was a physical thing, however I have found I am dealing not only with the hot flushes and night sweats but anxiety that comes from no where and also sudden lapses of confidence. It has certainly been an interesting journey of discovery in  the last few months. I am glad I have done the training I have and been able to use it on myself otherwise it would have been quite frightening. The biggest problem I have found was
that not being able to use HRT I have had to look for alternative ways of managing and helping myself through this time.

Filed Under: life skills, menopause, stress management Tagged With: forgetfulness, hot flushes, HRT, menopausal, menopause, Stress

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