Mid-Life is Making Me Miserable

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

With age comes changes like menopause and the death of loved ones. For Julie, it all feels like too much. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Julie, welcome to the program.
0:13.3	Thank you so much for taking my call. I'm so honored.
0:16.2	Thank you. Thank you. What can I help you with?
0:20.7	Oh, um, on Sunday I decided I was going to call my boss that I've
0:28.6	worked for for 10 months and say I'm taking a mental health break so that I don't have to
0:34.6	check myself into a mental health ward and everybody else doesn't have to pick up my pieces.
0:40.9	Grieving the loss of a brother, a father-in-law, or stepfather, I mean.
0:47.5	You know, been about 10 months since my brother that was a year older than me passed.
0:52.9	And again, the family is trying to figure it out.
0:56.0	I'm trying to figure it out.
0:58.0	Cancer was the diagnosis in July,
1:00.0	and he passed just over four months later.
1:04.0	So, and I'm 50 and, you know, all the things that go with being 50
1:10.0	and empty nest and all the things that go with being 50 and emptiness and all the things.
1:17.2	What goes along with being 50? I'm 77. I've forgotten 50, so what goes along with being 50 that I have forgotten?
1:26.4	Well, I was in a support group this morning because I'm just looking at everywhere I can
1:30.6	to figure out how to not fall apart and take everybody down with me.
1:36.5	That's very dramatic, but I don't know what that means.
1:41.3	Parymenopause.
1:43.4	Is it hormones?
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