November 27, 2006
Menopause: Anxiety Again! Men Don't Want To Read This!
When you suffer from anxiety,is there no experience you do that dosen't bring on the dreaded attack?
Thinking back on the women I have spoken with in the last 5 years about their experiences pre and post menopause, it comes back to a common word.
ANXIETY….. I wondered if the word was being over used or misused in a way to combine a number of feelings .
Maybe it was just easier to say " I felt or feel anxious" when we are asked about this very personal subject.
Most of the women had many of the symptoms of menopause in common. I suppose that is to be expected as after all, we are women.
Some of them were anxious before they began the menopause because they didn't understand what would happen ,or they had listened to other women talk about their experiences (some of which were not that pleasant).
So I feel we were perhaps getting at least some of the anxiety from other people and sources that caused confusion.
Reading some books written in the past could give incomplete,as well as "Old Wives Tales" information.
I have read a few and they really could send you into a state of panic with the things written in there!
Fortunately we have "Come a long way baby" since our mothers and grandmothers went through their menopause.
We say ..going through, as if it was a door or tunnel that had to be gone through before we could complete our life journey.
Women who needed operations for a number of reasons got to "go through" sooner rather than later.
It was not any easier for them to experience and perhaps much harder to have it forced upon them for medical reasons.
It is hard to imagine the way a person must feel when they are 28 years old and are put into "instant menopause".This is something so few of us can fathom.
Even if you are 49 and this happens to you, there is no good time to have a surgical procedure done that takes away the natural course of the life cycle.
There are literally thousands of stories about this one subject, because we are all individuals with our own tolerence levels and our own backgrounds,along with cultural and religious, plus political opinions.
I seem to come back to this theory, that no matter what brings on the anxiety and panic ,we can use the mind as our tool to stear us through that door or tunnel when we need to take care of ourselves .
It is there to guide us with all the knowledge from years of information being programmed in.
Do you not believe that your mind knows you better than anyone else could?
Use this free resourse each day and trust it ,because you will be trusting the best friend you've got.
Besides… You never have to worry that you forgot to bring your resourse with you and there is always access to it.
Your mind is open 24 hours a day ,7 days a week.
The best part, as I've said, is Free Access and your mind keeps all this to itself, unlike when you tell someone and perhaps the gossip mill begins.
Remember….Keep an open mind. It is there to help if we listen to our inner voice.
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Filed under Motivational by Lorraine Roach

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