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[quote=Anonymous]OP, a few thoughts:

"The grass is always greener."  - Big +1 to the previous poster who said this. I, too, love to imagine that if I had made one decision differently, my whole life would be much better, but there's no reason to believe this would necessarily be so. Perhaps I actually avoided a much worse situation, and I"ll never know.

Many people are experiencing existential angst/moral injury right now. Moving/not moving doesn't necessarily cause or not cause that experience.

Moving a child in school is NO JOKE. Everyone says kids are resilient, but newer research shows that they simply mask/express themselves differently. They are not magically more resilient than adults, and some will have life-long issues from big moves when they were younger. I moved my middle/late elementary-aged kids and frankly, it was awful for them for years.

How old are you? Perimenopause can hit 10 years before actual menopause and insomnia, anxiety, spinning thoughts, etc, can all be symptoms of hormonal shifts. I hope anti-depressants help you, but fyi, SSRIs are often mis-prescribed for women in their 40s who actually need low-dose estrogen.

Btw, if you had moved, you would/will still go through perimenopause - you can't outrun that.[/quote]

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