weird fears as you age/hit peri-menopause

[Anonymous]

You should read 34 symptoms of perimenopause and see whats waiting for us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You should read 34 symptoms of perimenopause and see whats waiting for us

Unlikely you will get every single symptom.
Stop scaring people, it's something we all have to go through and there's no use stressing out about it before the fact.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. I suddenly became phobic about driving with no warning in my 20s. In my late 20s I was on an extremely turbulent flight in the Soviet Union which made me afraid to fly. (Nothing like a very shaky Aeroflot plane to shake your confidence in modern technology.) I did a lot of work to overcome both phobias and haven't had a problem at all after that. Menopause was pretty easy for me emotionally. Hot flashes were crazy frequent for a long time and my poor vagina is like a dried up raisin but thankfully the emotional part was easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so on another thread I noticed two people mentioned that they had become terrified of driving over the bay bridge. This sort of fear happened to me around 40, as well. I always thought it was just me, I live in the District, don't drive much, have bad eyesight, maybe I just suddenly developed a bad case of vertigo Now I'm realizing it's probably hormonal/aging!

Other things like this? I have to say, driving on the highway also freaks me out a bit. It seems like a dangerous system, allowing everyone to drive in vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds at 70 miles an hour and painting a few lines on the ground and saying--OK, guys, just follow these, you'll be fine.

Desire to make remarks out loud during boring speeches?

Anyone else or am I just turning into a crazy old bat?

OMG, you have NO IDEA how many times I've wanted to do this!!

My MIL survived an aneurysm in her 50s. She was a very blunt woman, spoke her mind. She told me one time that even though she knew she should not say the things she did, she used the aneurysm to pretend she lost her ability to filter. Picture Sophia on the Golden Girls.

God I miss her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm, I am fearful that my skin will start looking much wrinklier. I have acne again -- and not thrilled about that. But, at 49, I just got my motorcycle license -- so I can't say that driving really scares me.

I am having small breakouts too. Pissing me off. Not worried about the wrinkle thing - BIG fan of plastics, lasers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmmm, I am fearful that my skin will start looking much wrinklier. I have acne again -- and not thrilled about that. But, at 49, I just got my motorcycle license -- so I can't say that driving really scares me.

I am having small breakouts too. Pissing me off. Not worried about the wrinkle thing - BIG fan of plastics, lasers, etc.

The acne doesn't really bother me. The wrinkles are not that bad not is the gray hair. It's the COMBINATION of acne + wrinkles + gray hair + PMS that bug me.