Think I've Lost It

[FamilyFool]

Honestly not sure why but I don't know who I am or what I want any more!
I feel so unstable with the world outside, rampant misogyny and dealing with my partner.
Do I want this relationship for myself any more or am I going through the motions purely to give our kids a stable life. Youngest is 16.
Sometimes I want to live alone with my thoughts in peace.
My friends are newly single and feeling lonely but I think I want to be them then I wonder if I'm deluded?
Wtf??

Statistically, women are happier alone than with a man.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2024/11/09/4-reasons-why-single-women-are-the-happiest-people-on-earth-by-a-psychologist/

Thanks loads for replying late on a sat night! Not sure if it's a mid life crisis. Constantly reviewing what's best for me.
Despite society telling me one thing and my own feelings popping up I don't know what's best for me in my own life!!
Menopause doesn't help either.
Appreciate you signposting the research.
Xxx

@FamilyFool
I think a lot of women in peri/M feel this way. It’s like our programming to take care of everybody and putting our needs last - runs out. Maybe we just get tired of it all.
But ai have seen women feeling this way ending marriages to have some other, different life - only to regret it later, when hormones calmed down.

So - personally - I’d say be very sure that the decisions you make are not made in menopause fog. Because it will go away and you’ll still have many years of life left. And meeting someone at that stage is not easy.