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Why Perimenopause Makes You Feel Like You’re “Losing It” - And Why You’re Not
Perimenopause & Menopause, Anxiety, Stress & Overwhelm Kira Hensley 2025-12-04 Perimenopause & Menopause, Anxiety, Stress & Overwhelm Kira Hensley 2025-12-04

Why Perimenopause Makes You Feel Like You’re “Losing It” - And Why You’re Not

If you’ve hit your 40s or 50s and suddenly feel more emotional, more overwhelmed, more irritable, more forgetful, or more reactive than you’ve ever been, you are not alone — and you are not “losing it.”

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The Worthy-at-Rest midlife hero - a woman who is here to remind you: rest isn't something you earn. In therapy, we untangle worth from output — so depletion doesn’t automatically become self-criticism.

#worthbeyondproductivity #restwitho Ever feel like you’re not sad… you’re just flat?

In perimenopause, emotional flatness can come from depletion (sleep disruption + nervous system strain + relentless load)… or it can be depression… or both.

Therapy h If perimenopause has you feeling flat, please know: this isn’t laziness or “you being dramatic.”
Sometimes it’s depletion. Sometimes it’s depression. Often… it’s a mix.

In therapy, we map the pattern, figur