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When siblings bond over perimenopause but amplify each other's anxiety

My sister and I are both going through perimenopause and we're calling each other at weird hours to compare symptoms and share horror stories, but we're also competing about who has it worse and I think we're making each other more anxious instead of actually helping.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared hormonal transitions can create both deep connection and unhelpful comparison spirals between family members.

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