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Many women enter perimenopause expecting physical symptoms.
What they don’t expect is the sudden emotional overwhelm.
Stress hitting harder. Anxiety becoming harder to regulate. Feeling constantly “on edge”. Emotional reactions suddenly feeling bigger, faster and more difficult to control.
For some women, it can feel as though their nervous system suddenly stops coping in the way it once did.
In our latest article for PTSD Awareness Month, we explore:
- the connection between menopause and nervous system overload,
- why stress tolerance can dramatically change in midlife,
- the relationship between sleep, hormones and emotional regulation,
- and why so many women quietly feel like they are surviving rather than functioning.
Most importantly, we explore why these symptoms are not character flaws — but signals that the body and nervous system may be overwhelmed.
If you’ve been feeling emotionally unlike yourself lately, this article may help explain why.
→ Read the full article 🩷
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