Ladies, we are hitting our 40s and 50s exhausted, anxious, disconnected, and sleepless.
And our doctors brush us off with "it's just part of getting older".
I remember my first OB/GYN appointment when I hadn't had my period in months. My doctor spent 5 minutes listening to me, looks me straight in the eye and says:
‘Well, welcome to menopause. You should start exercising more."
And I was like, is he really gonna ignore the fact that I'm SUFFERING here?
He didn't test my hormones. He didn't ask about my sleep. He didn't validate that I was in crisis. And that's the problem: the medical system profits from keeping us confused and suffering.
Even our own families think we're being "too sensitive" or "dramatic".
But we know something is wrong.
That's when I understood: no one is ever going to help us unless they've actually lived through this.