Life Transition of Menopause
Abstract
One of the most common fears between women is the fear of growing old. Even though in our society doctors have found ways to make the body appear younger they cannot change a woman’s biological clock to go through menopause. Menopause can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually trying on any woman. It is important for women to know what menopause is and what to expect when it happens. When a women knows what to expect it may help her in coping with the transitions of menopause. There are many season of life and menopause has been associated with aging and growing old. Another way to look at the “change of life” is as a time of growth and ripening.
Life Transition of Menopause
One of the most common fears in woman today is the fear of aging. Our society has come up with various ways of trying to stay young looking as long as possible. There are markets for hair dye that keeps the grays away, wrinkle creams that firm the skin, and even plastic surgery to pull the skin tight to get rid of wrinkles. Some women even get Botox injections and implants to help keep their skin looking young and firm. Even though scientists and surgeons have come up with multiple ways to keep a woman’s exterior features looking younger, a woman’s interior feature’s has a biological clock that ticks regardless. One of the biggest unavoidable transitions a woman will go through in her life is “the change” which is known as peri-menopause and menopause. Peri-menopause and menopause are challenging transition times for any woman. A million American women enter menopause each year. (Schardt, 2008) This is a transition of life that is unavoidable and weighs on a woman physical and emotionally. With the right attitude women can face menopause head on and get through it will all the comfort they need. Menopause physically is a natural biological event in which menstruation cycles begin to stop. Menopause usually affects women around there 50’s. There are some premature
One of the most common fears between women is the fear of growing old. Even though in our society doctors have found ways to make the body appear younger they cannot change a woman’s biological clock to go through menopause. Menopause can be physically, emotionally, and spiritually trying on any woman. It is important for women to know what menopause is and what to expect when it happens. When a women knows what to expect it may help her in coping with the transitions of menopause. There are many season of life and menopause has been associated with aging and growing old. Another way to look at the “change of life” is as a time of growth and ripening.
Life Transition of Menopause
One of the most common fears in woman today is the fear of aging. Our society has come up with various ways of trying to stay young looking as long as possible. There are markets for hair dye that keeps the grays away, wrinkle creams that firm the skin, and even plastic surgery to pull the skin tight to get rid of wrinkles. Some women even get Botox injections and implants to help keep their skin looking young and firm. Even though scientists and surgeons have come up with multiple ways to keep a woman’s exterior features looking younger, a woman’s interior feature’s has a biological clock that ticks regardless. One of the biggest unavoidable transitions a woman will go through in her life is “the change” which is known as peri-menopause and menopause. Peri-menopause and menopause are challenging transition times for any woman. A million American women enter menopause each year. (Schardt, 2008) This is a transition of life that is unavoidable and weighs on a woman physical and emotionally. With the right attitude women can face menopause head on and get through it will all the comfort they need. Menopause physically is a natural biological event in which menstruation cycles begin to stop. Menopause usually affects women around there 50’s. There are some premature
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