Can I blame Menopause?
There’s a tendency to blame menopause for every upset or complaint that arises around this time of our lives.
Anxiety, depression and panic attacks may all be labelled as being menopausal symptoms and for some women it can be hard to simply find a listening ear.
Certainly menopause can’t be blamed for every emotional upset, although some problems may be exacerbated and long-standing problems become highlighted.
Any emotional upset of mine is brought about by contact with my adult daughter. I don’t know what the problem is – unless it’s karma for being so unfeeling toward my own mother. It’s true, it all comes back to haunt us.
I see menopause as marking the beginning of new freedom, new choices and new challenges. My daughter sees me take one step nearer to my old age and this gives her the opportunity to try to organise my life.
I’ve just received my book package from Amazon and it includes Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story. I’ll let you know what I think of it when I finish. There may be some secret I can pick up about healthy mother-daughter relationships.
Menopausal is a natural process every woman will go through and blaming it won’t change anything but if they take precautions they will be able to ease the symptoms. There are natural bioidentical hormones available that were proven to be safe and effective even if it was not approved by FDA yet. Natural creams are safer because it’s only absorbed through
your skin. Or, they can opt for exercise as a natural way to reduce the symptoms while they look and feel good.