I feel like I’m going crazy!
During menopause, in addition to physical changes to your body, your brain is also affected by surges and dips in your hormone levels. The mental symptoms of menopause can make you feel like you are going crazy. The mood swings and irritability can make you blow things way out of proportion. Little pesky issues seem ginormous, and your brain can fester over the smallest thing until your head wants to explode.
You are not going crazy. It is overwhelming and even when your rational brain knows what is causing it, it is still all-consuming and very hard to shake off.
What causes this?
Blame your ovaries. They won’t mind.
Your ovaries are so busy trying to keep up estrogen production but they aren’t running on all cylinders anymore. At times they can’t make enough, other times too much. It’s these fluctuations of hormones that disrupt your entire system, including your brain and mood-regulating chemicals like serotonin and endorphins.
This can lead to some of the mental menopause and perimenopause symptoms including:
- sleep issues
- anxiety
- mood swings
What can you do about it? Reducing stress can be very helpful in the mitigation of anxiety and mood swings. Giving yourself some me-time to relax and calm your mind, especially when you are obsessing over something. Do yoga, build a puzzle, paint a paint-by-number, go for a walk or just get lost in a good book.
Relaxation and Stress Relief Products
Adult Coloring Books
Relax and find your Zen by coloring. Mandalas symbolize harmony, wholeness, and healing. These spiritual maps guide us in our personal and creative journeys and allow us to find inner peace and calm.
These are amazing colored pencils. Castle Art Supplies 120 Colored Pencils Set | Quality Soft Core Colored Leads in a nice tin box. Intensely pigmented, rich, creamy colors for smooth coverage and effortless layering and blending.
Find your zen through coloring with Mandalas To Color, Volume IV. This mandalas book inspires creativity and promotes stress relief. 50 Single-Sided designs on thick, smooth paper with a spiral binding. Printed in USA.
Paint-by-Numbers
Enjoy the calming and almost hypnotic feeling when you work on a paint by number painting. These Opalberry Paint by Numbers kits for Adults each come with a 16×20″ Wrinkle-Free Rolled Canvas, 3 paintbrushes that do not shed, 30 safe, odorless, water-based acrylic paint pots shipped in vacuum-sealed bags and a reference image.
16×20″ Wrinkle-Free Rolled Canvas – Adult Paint-by-Number- Sailing on the Sound.
16×20″ Wrinkle-Free Rolled Canvas – Adult Paint-by-Number – Christmas Fireplace
Do a Puzzle
Relieve Stress. Escaping into the calm of puzzling for as little as 20 minutes can sooth anxieties. It’s the perfect digital detox.
Springbok’s 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle. Each thick puzzle piece is unique and snaps into place. The colors are brilliant and the quality is exceptional. Made in USA
This pleasant puzzle presents a charming autumn scene. A cottage is tucked away in a forest where the fall colors are coming through in the tree leaves. Made in USA
Read a book or 100
With the new waterproof Kindle Paperwhite, you’re free to read and relax in more places, including the beach, pool, or bath. It features a 300 ppi, glare-free Paperwhite display and a single battery charge lasts weeks. Now with Audible, Kindle Paperwhite lets you switch seamlessly between reading and listening via Bluetooth-enabled speakers or headphones.
Finding new stories has never been easier with Kindle. Unlimited Reading. Unlimited Listening. Any Device. Kindle Unlimited gives you access to over one million titles and thousands of audiobooks.