Mary Anne complained to me of lower-back problems and gastritis, and also cramping during sex, which had become more and more infrequent. She hadn’t been sleeping, work was stressful, her husband had just gone on disability, and he required daily care. Mary Anne, age 48, came into my office feeling overweight and bloated. (atrophic vaginitis!) authors who dominate this genre, one sees narratives that are indeed Stuart Smalley–esque. Curious choice? Well, no, because as one begins to read the war stories of the M.D., Ph.D., and R.N. On the cover of a typical menopause book, instead of the perhaps more to-the-point fanged woman with the Medusa do, one is far more likely to see a lone flower-a poppy, perhaps a daisy. To set the stage, here is a selection of titles from my local bookstore’s women’s section: Could It Be … Perimenopause? Before Your Time: The Early Menopause Survival Guide The Natural Menopause Plan Second Spring Menopause Reset!: Reverse Weight Gain, Speed Fat Loss, and Get Your Body Back in 3 Simple Steps and the slightly ominously titled What Nurses Know … Menopause (two words: atrophic vaginitis). Long have I wandered through the dry riverbeds, long have I suffered now I’ve come back to share my wisdom. Gentle reader, if you are a female of transitional age, which can apparently be anywhere from 35 to 65 these days, let me be your Virgil to the literature of menopause. (Who can focus on words on a page? Who can even remember where she left her giant octagonal Medea-size reading glasses?) Rest assured, though: I’m here to help. (I ask you: Where are the vampire novels for perimenopausal women? Werewolf tales? Pirate movies?) That’s right-to fully get our crone on, we’re supposed to read, even though it may feel, what with the giant Greek chthonic headpiece, that one can barely see out the eyeholes.
Oh, for a tribal cauldron to dive into, a harvest moon to howl at, or even an online service that provides-here’s an idea!-demon gypsy lovers.īut no, this is 21st-century America, so there is no ancient womyn’s magic for us but rather, as usual for female passages, a stack of medically themed self-help books. Or, as my mother did in the 1970s, she may just eerily disappear into her bedroom, like a tide washing out-curtains drawn, door locked, dead to the world, for days, weeks, months (some moms went silent for years). Or she may remain in the kitchen and begin hurling objects at her family: telephones, coffee cups, plates.
#Blue october approaching normal torrent skin#
But its great to listen to and will have you up, down, up down yeah.D uring menopause, a woman can feel like the only way she can continue to exist for 10 more seconds inside her crawling, burning skin is to walk screaming into the sea-grandly, epically, and terrifyingly, like a 15-foot-tall Greek tragic figure wearing a giant, pop-eyed wooden mask. If you like you're music intense, then this is a great album. Its not all doom and gloom, however, and there are some feel good tracks and some slower and very beautiful tracks such as Blue Does and My Never. And I never thought I'd find myself singing along to a song about burying someone alive. The last track being called 'The End' which left me open mouthed, I wasnt expecting that. There isnt a bad track and all are emotionally charged in their own way, from the 1st track to the last track.
This is a very intense album, I assume Justin must have had a few issues in his life and the songs reflect this. This doesnt have Hate Me on it, by the way. I listened to a few other tracks via youtube and this inspired me to buy the album Approaching Normal.
I first came across Blue October on one of the music channels with Hate Me, which appealed to me as it is a very intense and the singer puts so much emotion into the song & video.
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