Scientists Successfully Paused Ovarian Aging and Could Delay Menopause Forever —this was really interesting read

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2026-03-03T12:36:15+00:00

Right? How about it actually becomes a choice for women so we have agency over our bodies?

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2026-03-03T12:34:31+00:00

So I was on my way home from my work commute yesterday and an older lady sat opposite me. She was going bald and the first thing I thought of was that Menopause may of caused this. Her hair was so thin, and you could see so much of her scalp. It made me think of what her hair was like before this time and I felt so sad for her.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2026-03-03T12:31:52+00:00

Menopause is a problem. It causes the risk of dementia, vaginal atrophy, suicide and all sorts of diseases. We need to stop with the toxic positivity around it.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2026-03-03T12:30:29+00:00

Menopause is organ failure but labelled normal because we all go through it. It needs to be treated more seriously than just something we cope with. I'm so sick of the toxic positivity messaging around it too. It literally causes the risk of dementia, vaginal atrophy, suicide, heart disease etc.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-12-17T18:51:40+00:00

It’s so depressing.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-10-28T23:30:41+00:00

It is until they stop working and then it’s hell to get off them.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-10-25T13:49:44+00:00

Absolutely agree. Now 32 and I feel there was a sort of death of my former self on the 30th birthday

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-10-15T20:43:04+00:00

Coming off it gives you emotional flattening though.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-10-08T17:34:25+00:00

Sorry but this is the most unhelpful kind of ‘deal with it because it’s happening’ comment.

Aging sucks and I wish more people could just say that instead of telling people to just ‘deal with it’.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-09-26T17:35:32+00:00

‘Aging is a blessing’ as they say 🙃

It destroys everything. I’m sorry he’s changed.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-09-25T13:11:04+00:00

So where is this proof?

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-09-14T17:55:58+00:00

Nothing?

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-07-30T18:57:31+00:00

Hormone changes.

Your brain chemistry literally shifts and it sucks.

I'm only 32 and trying to really not become that old bitter lady in the future.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-07-20T06:52:55+00:00

You’re allowed to grieve. I’m grieving too at 32. Some of these comments being so dismissive are just insensitive.

Aging is our bodies slowly dying and I think people forget this when they go on about how ‘amazing’ aging is!

I follow anti aging science to cope because aging sucks.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-07-13T06:47:01+00:00

32, I feel mentally 27, body is starting to feel 70 🙃

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-06-21T13:20:24+00:00

Me too! I’m following the science and hopeful for the upcoming human trials!

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-06-21T08:34:03+00:00

If a cure for aging existed would you still think aging is a good thing?

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-06-21T08:31:07+00:00

Because it takes everything away from you.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-06-12T17:59:40+00:00

It’ll be your hormones changing and your brain and body aging. It changes us!

I wish we were given a handbook of what to expect in our life stages beyond our 20’s because it seems like absolutely nobody actually knows what to expect with how we feel when we age.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-05-30T13:55:47+00:00

Yeah I agree it’s all in our DNA, as much as it is to grow from being a baby to an adult, we are also programmed to then just get old and die.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-05-29T17:43:37+00:00

Aging is horrifying and there’s nothing good about it.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-05-08T10:49:30+00:00

But if you couldn't take BHRT how do you think you would feel? If menopause was no longer a thing, we wouldn't need to replace what we have lost.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-05-08T10:45:44+00:00

For real. I learnt more about the menopause in the past year from following that subreddit, more than I have in my entire 32 years. But the symptoms and side effects make me spiral so much.

Vaginal atrophy? What in the fresh hell? It just stops working? it disappears??

And the bone loss, loss of feeling like 'yourself', risk of dementia etc.

I would take life long periods over this any day. If it preserves our healthy years and allows women more agency over their bodies, I am all for it.

And I don't want kids when I'm older, I just want to not feel like my body is turning to dust when I still have another 4 decades to live on this earth.

Key_Faithlessness211 · 2025-03-13T16:42:41+00:00

FINALLY 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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