Blog on LISTENING
A domestic crisis arose (of some great significance, involving water, electricity and children!) and the woman rang her boss in the early part of a weekend morning to say she could not work. Getting a call in the early hours of weekend morning ( well, 6am may not be early to some) obviously disturbed what was either a comfy sleep-in or a little consensual ‘exercise’, if you know what I mean. Both were at their wits end, but what was interesting was that both felt they were not being ‘heard’ by the other. What resulted was resentment that they were each being undervalued by the other!
In practice, family doctors daily see that menopause or #PMS can and do lead to irritability. In order to deal with #mood_swings that are caused by #menopause, it is important for women to recognize when and why mood swings occur. Let yourself feel the panic, the anger, the reaction whatever it is, and allow it space to just to ‘be’. Then make a time to have ourselves heard when that reaction has calmed down.
A domestic crisis arose (of some great significance, involving water, electricity and children!) and the woman rang her boss in the early part of a weekend morning to say she could not work. Getting a call in the early hours of weekend morning ( well, 6am may not be early to some) obviously disturbed what […]