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[CLKD]

On yellow post-its every where then Dorothy  - bathroom mirror, fridge, car windscreen ……… 

[Dorothy]

Definitely! It's weird, but it does work for me.  I think it's because I realise there is a reason for feeling this way...before I made the link to my hormones, I would just sit there getting anxious about how anxious I was getting...

[Sazduggs]

Dorothy I'm exactly the same as you, last year I was always panicking as to why I was anxious, which made me more anxious!!!   Now I know the reason it makes it easy to ground myself.

Xx

[Sazduggs]

Dorothy I'm exactly the same as you, last year I was always panicking as to why I was anxious, which made me more anxious!!!   Now I know the reason it makes it easy to ground myself.

Xx

[sammy]

I give myself a little talking to, reminding myself that these feelings are just a symptom of what my hormones are up to and there is really nothing to worry about...sounds daft, but I've found acknowledging to myself that the anxiety is not 'real' but just hormone induced and won't last forever helps.  Of course, if I am anxious about a real thing, it's not very helpful, but it does calm me down when I start getting that generalised panic about nothing.

"It's not me, it's the menopause"

Thank you for this.  Now if I can just beleive it rather than catastrophize that something worse is happening.  Thank you for your wise words.  Do you think this thing ever settles and goes away?

[Dorothy]

I'm guessing the hormone-related stuff will eventually settle down, though as I've always been prone to worry, I don't expect to suddenly turn into a very calm person!  But at least with anxiety that is caused by a specific concern, you can look at what is causing it, work out what you can do to make things better, how to deal with the thing that is causing the anxiety etc.  Whereas you can't do that with anxiety that's not linked to a 'real' worry.  At least now I know what it is...I had started to think I was going round the bend, suddenly feeling these waves of panic about nothing 

[CLKD]

'about nothing' but not 'nothing' - HORMONES   

[Dorothy]

Oh, I tell my hormones they are 'nothing' all the time.  It helps me to belittle them - 'you think you're so big and impressive causing all this trouble, but really you are just a bunch of pathetic, miserable little hormones, nothing important about you' etc. 

(Talking to hormones?    Don't worry - the men in white coats are due to arrive at my house any time now.  I understand padded cells are very comfy once you get used to the lack of furniture.     )

[CLKD]

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