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Perimenopause: it's not you. it's your amygdala.

parenting t(w)eens in perimenopause is a special kind of chaos

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xo, lj
Jul 13, 2026
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The rage showed up before I had a name for it.

Not frustration. Not irritability. Actual, full-body, where-did-THAT-come-from rage that shows up out of nowhere and usually lands on the people closest to you. Often your kids. Often your teens or tweens who are also going through their own hormonal chaos at the exact same time you are, which is… a lot.

If y…

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