Menopause is more than your physical symptoms... There’s always context. “Emotional stress and physical anxiety can bring on or worsen vasomotor symptoms. And Burney-Scott had a lot going on when she started breaking out into sweats. “My oldest son was in college. I was going through a divorce. My little one was in daycare,” she says. “And I was working with a statewide voting rights organization that was fighting voter suppression in North Carolina.” But getting too hot wasn’t the only problem. Sometimes her hands would shake, and her heart would race. According to her doctor, she was having perimenopausal hot flashes alongside anxiety attacks.” Thank you @webmd for inviting me to share my journey and about the work of Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause @blackgirlsguidetomenopause FULL ARTICLE IN BIO!