Changes to your body, mood swings -- perimenopause is isolating.
Nobody gets it, except for those who are there, too.I met a friend from high school for lunch the other day. We regularly get together for a run, spin class, or a sushi lunch. She keeps me grounded, and I look forward to our dates because we’re both going through the same things in life — we are divorced, our kids are getting older, and we are diving headfirst into menopause.
Our energy levels were low and we felt sluggish. We haven’t been sleeping well, we wake up in a wash of sweat, and we don’t seem to have the motivation we used to. It affects our moods, and frankly, we feel like we’re bitchy most of the time. We vented about our low libidos and how our partners don’t seem to understand what we’re going through. She told me she doesn’t have as much feeling when she climaxes as she used to, and it takes a lot longer.
These are the people who look to you for guidance, help, and to do almost everything for them. When you’re off, they’re even more lost. They wonder why you can’t control your crying outbursts and why you don’t have much energy. And when you can’t keep up with them and they carry on without you, you feel guilty and lonely.
My partner’s worried because my libido has dwindled, and he wants me to be happy all the time. He constantly tells me how great I look when I’m feeling bad about myself. In short, he just doesn’t understand what’s going on in my body.
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