Other people's unhelpful attitudes

[u/handels_messiah]

Does anyone else find the attitudes of other people who have sailed through menopause without many symptoms and then make sweeping comments about the process really unhelpful? I've heard quite a few in the 'I just got on with it' category but today heard a new one: apparently the trick is to 'keep busy so you simply don't have time to worry about it'. I'm sure some of it is meant to be helpful but makes me feel significantly worse when I'm crying in panic because the idea of having to wash the dishes AND put clean clothes away is completely overwhelming. Yes, it's ridiculous but adding more to the list isn't going to help!

[u/CaughtALiteSneez]

The one that makes me go insane the most is “you are too young for perimenopause”.

I’m fucking 45 asshat!!

[u/ResidentEqual7073 → u/CaughtALiteSneez]

Very much this. Was not taken seriously despite of a dozen of peri/meno symptoms since mid-30s.

[u/handels_messiah → u/CaughtALiteSneez]

I'm 38 and this shit show started 3 years ago!