Danielle B.Danielle B. posted in Moms ·
Four months in and I finally feel like myself. Sort of.
Not the old self. A different one. I read the word 'matrescence' somewhere and cried at the kitchen table because someone had named it. Anyone else find that the identity part hit harder than the physical part?
Danielle B.Danielle B.
'What's wrong with me' to 'this is a known transition' — that's exactly the shift. Thank you.
Georgia M.Georgia M.
I bring this word up with every client now, specifically because of conversations like this one. It reframes the whole thing from 'what's wrong with me' to 'oh, this is a known transition'.
Marisol V.Marisol V.
Matrescence was the word that did it for me too. It's genuinely unhelpful that nobody uses it until you're already in it.
Yael B.Yael B.
The identity part is the part nobody preps you for. The physical stuff heals on a schedule. This doesn't, and that's not a failure — it's just a longer road.