Shelley Treacher

A Story About Mood Swings. It’s Not You, It’s The Menopause!

Perimenopausal hormonal mood surges are insidious. They didn’t announce themselves as something that had changed in my body. It just felt like it had always been this way. I began to wonder whether I had ever been any different. It’s like a personal form of gaslighting! So, it’s such a relief to realise that I’m not having a nervous breakdown, am not an awful, angry anti-social person, don’t have to cancel my life, and can find ways to cope. My hope with writing this article is that you find some comfort and normalisation...
Shelley Treacher

Shelley Treacher

Shelley Treacher supports people through the process of understanding and reducing binge and emotional eating, and in overcoming loneliness, whether in relationship or single. Having experienced and overcome chronic loneliness and binge-eating, Shelley now empowers women over 50, from around the World, with buckets of compassion, knowledge, and humour. www.bristolcounselling.co.uk