Menopause Anxiety
The Mind Works helps you explore how hormonal, physical, psychological and everyday life influences may be interacting, and discover what might help.
Perhaps you've started feeling anxious in situations that never used to bother you. Your mind may be busier, your confidence less certain, or everyday pressures harder to manage. You might be sleeping poorly, feeling exhausted or experiencing physical changes that leave you wondering what's happening.
You may wonder whether ADHD could explain your experience. Perhaps you've already received a diagnosis. But understanding how your attention, motivation and ability to act are influenced by different factors may be just as important as recognising the difficulties themselves.
Perhaps you've always considered yourself a confident, capable person, and these feelings seem unfamiliar. You may suspect that perimenopause or menopause is playing a part. But understanding your experience may involve looking at more than hormones alone.
Recognising that something has changed is one thing. Understanding how hormones, health, experiences and everyday circumstances may be influencing how you feel is another.
Recognising difficulties with attention, motivation or organisation is one thing. Understanding what influences those difficulties, and why they can vary so much, is another.
I feel more anxious or worried than I used to, sometimes without understanding why.
Situations I previously managed confidently now seem more difficult.
My sleep, energy or concentration has changed, and I do not always feel like myself.
I can feel overwhelmed or emotionally unsettled by things that would not previously have affected me.
I am more aware of physical sensations or changes in my body, and sometimes worry about what they mean.
I find myself questioning my confidence, abilities or sense of who I am.
THERE'S MORE TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
Why Anxiety During Menopause May Be More Complicated Than You Think
Perimenopause and menopause can involve significant hormonal and physiological changes, and these may influence emotional wellbeing, sleep and the way we experience stress. For some women, anxiety may emerge or become more noticeable during this time, even if they have not previously experienced significant difficulties.
But hormonal changes are not necessarily the only influence. Interrupted sleep, fatigue, physical symptoms, health concerns, work pressures, caring responsibilities and changing relationships may all affect how we feel.
Previous experiences, expectations about ourselves and the ways we have learned to respond to uncertainty or pressure can also play a part. Sometimes these influences overlap, making it difficult to recognise where one experience ends and another begins.
The Mind Works encourages you to consider hormonal and physical changes alongside psychological wellbeing, relationships, personal experiences and everyday circumstances, without assuming that one explanation accounts for everything.
Understanding the Different Parts of Your Experience
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Connection
How supported, understood and emotionally safe do you feel during this stage of life?
Explore how relationships, communication, caring responsibilities, expectations and the availability of emotional support may influence your experience of anxiety and change.
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Resources
Do you have the energy, recovery, physical wellbeing and practical support you need?
Explore how hormonal changes, sleep, physical symptoms, health, competing demands and available capacity may influence your ability to manage everyday pressures.
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Identity
How have changes in the way you feel affected your confidence and sense of self?
Explore how self-beliefs, personal expectations, changing roles, confidence and experiences of uncertainty may influence the way you understand yourself during perimenopause and menopause.
Begin Understanding Your Experience
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Start Exploring
Begin with a short introductory assessment focused on anxiety, emotional wellbeing and the changes you may be experiencing during perimenopause or menopause.
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Discover Your Free Insights
Continue exploring psychological and physical wellbeing, hormonal and physiological influences, personal patterns and everyday circumstances through the free assessment.
Go Deeper, If You Choose
Go Deeper, If You Choose
An optional Comprehensive Personal Insight Report (£19.95) provides a more extensive exploration of the different influences that may be shaping your experience.
The comprehensive report is entirely optional. The Mind Works assessment does not diagnose menopause, hormone deficiencies or anxiety disorders. It is intended to support personal understanding alongside appropriate healthcare where needed.
Understand Yourself. Discover What May Help.
You do not have to understand every change you are experiencing before you begin.
The Mind Works assessment offers an opportunity to explore how hormonal, physical, psychological and everyday life factors may be influencing your experience, recognise connections and consider what might help you move forward.