Anxiety and Menopause w/Helen Bennett (Episode 44)

Disordered: Anxiety Help

Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

But what about hormonal issues, perimenopause, and menopause???!!!

This is a question that we are asked all the time, and rightfully so. This week we're joined by Helen Bennett, a qualified UK psychotherapist specializing in supporting people who are dealing with fertility challenges and struggling with the menopause transition.

This episode is chock full of excellent information about the experience of menopause and how it can so closely mirror chronic anxiety and the symptoms of an anxiety disorder. We also chat about how these things can and often do overlap, strategies for getting a handle on how or if hormonal changes are impacting your mental health, and ways to approach this natural but often highly challenging part of life.

Thanks so much to Helen for taking the time to chat with us about this important issue. We needed some expert help on this one, and Helen was kind enough to come through for us. We'll have her back on for more in the future for sure.

To find Helen online, visit her website:

https://www.themenopausetherapist.com/

Check her out on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MenopauseTherapy/

Follow her on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/themenopausetherapist/

To find The Counsellor's Staff Room (mentioned in the episode as a resource for therapists and counselors in the UK):

https://www.counsellors-staffroom.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/counsellors.staffroom

Transcript

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0:00.0	I've had anxiety on and off since a young adult.
0:05.0	I've had periods of years where I function normally and times when I haven't.
0:10.0	In the past, I've found that continual exposure has helped my world to come gradually bigger
0:14.0	and got me back to normal times.
0:16.0	However, I'm now in perimenopause, hormones all over the place, and anxious as hell.
0:22.6	However, some days I go out and do things, others like now, I'm shaking, thinking about walking around the block.
0:29.6	How do I deal with exposure in this situation as I'm so up and down that it's not working like it did in the past?
0:36.6	A podcast for the Perry expert would maybe
0:39.3	help a lot of women going through this. It's been four years so far, and I'm worn out. When there's
0:45.7	other emails we've had, too, can you talk a bit about perimenopause and anxiety management?
0:50.7	I'm so disappointed to learn that my entire gender has been overlooked in healthcare.
0:55.6	I'm wondering if and when you'll be airing the episode on menopause and anxiety. Can you please do an
1:01.7	episode on anxiety and the menopause? We have listened and today is that day.
1:13.0	Welcome to Disordid.
1:14.5	This is episode 44 entitled, Anxiety in the Menopause.
1:18.8	My name is Joshua Fletcher, also known as Anxiety Josh,
1:22.8	and I'm a psychotherapist who specializes in anxiety disorders
1:25.9	and previous sufferer based in Manchester
1:28.8	and the UK.
1:29.8	And I am Drew Linzalata coming to you from New York in the US of A.
1:33.8	I am a therapist in training, also specializing in anxiety and anxiety disorders.
1:37.6	I'm an author and a podcaster on this topic and also had a good time with anxiety disorders
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