What is the psychological impact of menopause and premenopause? How do these profound hormonal, physiological and bodily changes impact the psyche of women?
Too often, being called a menopausal woman was not always experienced as something rewarding. This label can affect self-esteem and self-confidence, one’s personal value, with this feeling of losing part of one’s femininity…
Dismay, discomfort, incomprehension, anxiety can set in, more or less lastingly. With this feeling of having become a defective, outdated being. As if menopause was a form of planned obsolescence…
Spotlight also on pre-menopause
It is this period that is more or less long depending on the woman and is likely to be a bad experience physically and psychologically.
And you, tell us how you experienced this period of your life?
Do not hesitate to testify on the switchboard and on WhatsApp at 01 45 24 7000, on the France Inter app and on the GBVF Facebook page.
With :
- Elsa Wolinski, writer and columnist on France 2 in the show Bel et Bien. Podcast creator “Come on, I dare”
- Véronique Lefebvre of Noëttes, psychiatrist, geriatrician for thirty years in a specialized establishment, teacher, registered with the Créteil high court, member of the scientific council of the National Ethics Center on neurodegenerative diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.
Author of Getting old is not a crime! – Rocher 2021
- Danielle Hassoun, obstetrician gynecologist in Paris. She was responsible for an abortion center and collaborated in research carried out by INSERM on contraceptive failures and representations of menopause. She is an expert with international NGOs to train and promote new technologies in the areas of reproductive health including medical abortion.
