Digging deep (a perimenopause update)

Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi), from the Great Stupa at Sanchi, Denman Waldo Ross Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I’m sat in my office with a coat on, cancelling my birthday party. I’ve got some unexpectedly big building works happening in my flat which is one reason for it, but it’s also in keeping with the past 6 months. Although the quality of my sleep is better than 2-3 years ago, a constant level fatigue has drifted in and with it, a slow social withdrawal. Friends probably haven’t seen me linger for more than an hour or so at a party (if I show up at all) and my regular hosting habits have disappeared. I’ve also seen some people a lot less, choosing instead to concentrate on time spent with a smaller selection of friends. I listened to ‘Wintering‘ the other day which is mostly naff but a useful framework for this strange moment in my perimenopause journey. Maybe this is all perfectly normal? The National Social Anxiety Centre talks about social anxiety as a…

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