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Jane Deegan's avatar

I am in my late 50s and the "reinvention blow up stage" had happened later for me. I became a mom later in life.

For myself I feel like it's something I couldn't stop. It wasn't a bad thing. I stopped giving time to what didn't matter.

Mine happened in menopause not perimenopause. The declining estrogen of menopause is a factor.

Alexis Mera Damen's avatar

Thanks for sharing! What did the “blow up” look like for you? Were there big changes or many small ones? Just curious! 🧐

Jane Deegan's avatar

Not really blowing up but stepping back from many things in my life. Isolating for a time. I also started writing again this time more honestly and with vulnerability.

Alexis Mera Damen's avatar

I think stepping back is a great way to describe it!