Is it Depression or a Mid-Life Crisis?

For the past few months, I've been on an emotional roller coaster, and just my bad luck, it's mostly the low parts of the emotional roller coaster.

It's like no matter what I do or how hard I push myself to stay busy and not think about it, it just keeps getting more severe - more anger - more sadness - more of a sense of failure, more loneliness, and more sense of loss.

I can hardly stand to be around my family or talk to anyone for more than a couple minutes, yet I feel a desperate need to connect with someone on a deeper level. It's truly frustrating.

So, my next few posts will probably be focused around dealing with depression during menopause.

I'm not into taking medication for problems if there's any other alternative, so I'll probably focus on other things first, like exercise and dietary changes.

I don't want to make this a big crybaby session about my problems, but if my experience can help anyone else - well - I hope it can help someone else.

I'm open to hearing your tips and thoughts on the issue, if you feel inspired to share.

Old Enough to Know Better but Young Enough to Do It Anyway

If you're getting kicked hard by ignoring your hard-earned life lessons and doing the wrong thing anyway, it just means one thing. You're human.

Everybody makes mistakes, but the older you get, the harder the blow is when it's time to pay for them.

You would expect the opposite to be true, but when you hit the menopausal phase, you wonder if the lve you just lost is the last love you'll ever feel, or if the job you just blew is the last good job you'll ever have, or whatever thing went wrong is going to affect the rest of your life negatively.

It gets even worse when you have no one to talk to or anywhere to turn for comfort. Almost everyone has felt this way sometimes, or been there, but knowing that doesn't help one bit.

So, if you're looking for a place where you can share, feel free to tell your story in the comment section below - no real names please - or in the forums when I figure out how to add them.

No one here is interested in judging you, and if any judgemental comments are left in reply to comments, they will be removed.

Dr. Seuss Quote to Remember

I just ran across the best Dr. Seuss quote, and wanted to share because it's so easy to feel out of control and victimized - during menopause or at any age.

"You have brains in your head,
You have feet in your shoes,
You can steer yourself,
In any direction you choose."

So, if you've been feeling defeated and lost, like I have, then this is for you...

Get out there and join me in choosing the direction that's right and true for you.

Feel free to share your thoughts on this. I would love to hear about your direction.

Midlife Crisis Menopausal Screw Up

Did you ever just feel like things should be going better at this point in your life?