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Menopause: an opportunity to reaffirm the identity

menopause

Menopause marks a before and after in the life of any woman, often accompanied by a period of crisis. How to readjust and overcome fears.

Menopause for women mark the end of her reproductive capacity, the “critical age”, but does not occur just at the time of the last menstrual period, but before they appear on a gradual and progressive organic manifestations, such as changing the frequency and duration of menstrual cycle, which account for the change that is taking place at the body.

This process involves a psychologically correlate well, there are different emotional reactions such as mood swings, insecurity, fear of the future, sadness, anxiety, depression, and so on.

Coping with menopause
So far I have mentioned what every woman, minimally informed, know about this very special period of life. The question is: if all women suffer necessarily and inevitably some of these disorders, how to face that change and get that instead of prevailing feelings of loss and emptiness we find new possibilities for personal fulfillment?

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