Perimenopause & me
It seriously snuck up on me. It started with a few nights of not being able to sleep. It seemed innocent enough...until it didn't. Over two months of no more than 4 hours a night sleep. I have tried all the things. All of the vaguely reasonable things, anyway. The next step would be taking medication and knocking myself out, but I don't believe in doing that to my body. Not yet anyway. Then I noticed I was feeling extra emotional about sentimental moments. A reunion video, a smile from an eldery gentleman, nice words from my kids- queue the tears. I thought, briefly that maybe I was just overtired...but then...THEN came the rage! The rage totally shocked me. I was fortunately home alone, trying to make a simple craft work and everything went wrong. I all but growled at my animals, who sat at a distance, with deeply concerned expressions on their furry faces. It was the most overwhelming feeling and I couldn't get it out of my body. Smashing something may have helped...but I...
