Is It Hot In Here?

Some days the temperature feels like I’m living inside a volcano and it’s only February. Sweat, sleeplessness ( from the sweat), suffocating stress, self-induced mood swings, and surmounting belly fat have all rung the bell of the dreaded M word. The M word signals for us women the end of conception and the beginning of well I’m not sure.

Pre M I did experience monthly cycles of bloating often painful craps and torrential mood swings. Alas men are not excluded either. Now the equivalent for men is lower testosterone levels with symptoms including depression, lack of sex drive, and ED. Men’s middle sections also bloat and fatty tissue create nests there too similar to women. In those respects men feel aging symptoms just as likely as women do.

For women like me the M phase of aging started three years ago. I’ve always been a late bloomer. I started my monthly cycle when I was 15. I lost my youthful innocence when I was 23 both experiences were quite physically painful. My mum started menopause when she was my age now 55. For her the hot flashes were the worst. For me it’s everything. I tend to let small things crawl under my skin. I’m definitely less patient now. As someone who has never liked her body the changes that I see now including weight gain, tummy fat and those phoenix rising hot flashes have been hard to handle. If anyone ever comes to visit my house bring a jacket even in the summer.

Stay safe stay well ❤️❤️❤️