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NRC Vandaag: Hoe AI je seksistischer maakt

"If you took everyone else out of the equation.

If for the first time the commitment was only to yourself.

If there was no one to admire, no one to judge, no one to disappoint.

If the only loyalty that mattered was yours to yourself.

If you could no longer abandon yourself, nor pretend you don't feel what you're feeling.

Without needing to prove anything. Without needing to please.

Who would you be?

...

We'll continue next week."

she's been saying things like: I associate some dead people with animals, so when I see those animals, it's like I see a sign from the dead

me: okay girl you do you

bff: your mom is a squirrel btw

fast forward to today

I saw a squirrel run across the street

and god fucking dammit my brain immediately made the squirrel-mom connection

"Even if you don’t have a history of depression, perimenopause quadruples your risk of developing a first episode of major depression.

This isn’t theoretical. In clinical practice, I’ve seen this play out time and time again.

High-functioning women who are CEOs, teachers, caregivers, physicians, and more, come to me in tears, unable to sleep, anxious, short-tempered, or profoundly sad, often for the first time in their lives.

These symptoms aren’t “just stress” or “just aging.” They are rooted in biology in the neurohormonal chaos of perimenopause.

And if you do have a history of depression? You’re at an even higher risk of relapse.

A large-scale study found that 57 percent of women with previously diagnosed depression suffered a relapse during perimenopause, often with more intense and harder-to-treat symptoms.

Symptoms such as excessive worry, restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep disturbances, increased heart rate, and sweating are common in perimenopause.

And they can land you with a diagnosis of an anxiety or panic disorder that doesn’t acknowledge the real culprit: hormone-triggered dysregulation of the stress system.