Another ride started yesterday...and ths morning I completely humiliated myself, but I am sort of laughing about it right now.
I sold something on craigslist and was meeting someone at our local coffee shop to give it to her. I KNEW I should have cancelled, but went anyway...only to burst out into tears in front of this very understanding stranger and sob about my ongoing inner turmoil that brings great fear with it!
Ahhhh! But she understood totally, she is out the other end of it. And she was a real blessing in so many ways! Thank you stranger, I feel like the pressure is released and i can actually get through the rest of the day now
i know you're going through this awful stage like the rest of us but isn't it great to meet someone that is out the other side of it and this had to have given you hope as it often feels that no one understands and no-one gets through it. Thanks for posting your story!
It did! She said ten years...I think I am on year 8...at least I hope so! She said the last couple of years are the worst, but then it will be ok. I am very hopeful!
i think i might be year 8, or maybe 9, so fingers crossed! when you think about it, a decade is a long time. a good chunk out of our lives. but hopefully...
A decade IS a long time. Thankfully mine has come and gone in spurts...a couple months here and there that are horrible, but then everything is quite easy to live with in comparison. The physical I can handle, it's the mental that sneaks up and drives me insane! I absolutely fear those times.
that is exactly how it is for me. A good few months of feeling fine (not 100% but good enough) and then a month of feeling awful. YES, the mental stuff is very hard to live with. take care!
And glad you seem to be toward the end of the journey with the hormonal roller coaster.. I cringe every time someone says about ten years !!!! 😩
I have been noticing it for the last 2-3 years but it most definitely could've started prior to that as I just thought it was my anxiety rearing its ugly head again lol..
Someone knew you needed the comforting and reassurance that day 😚
With me, my first year was pretty heavy...I just couldn't settle...bought and sold two houses in a year and a half...hahaha! Not to mention the sore boobs, night sweats, and itching.
What i have found is that it is not ten years of continuous complaints, not for me anyway. Some years have been very bad, some years have been quite good, actually. It comes and goes, so don't worry! This past year has been really heavy on me. Next year might be awesoe, I don't know. In the eight years I have had some great long periods of time. So don't be afraid, just go with it and do what you can with what you've got at that particular time. It will all come back around in the end, so i am told :P
Oh I am happy I found this board too! I was getting really lost and hopeless for a while, but once I started chatting with all these wonderful ladies I have settled quite well and become a lot more positive abut it all. I have learned to laugh at myself! LOL! I have learned that after being the rock solid armour all my life I can rest now for a bit and I have every excuse to do so. There really are some positives
