Show i Mature Woman Needs Needs' 1 u 3 Help and Self Help A A combination of medical help and self-help self can overcome overcome overcome over over- come the crisis of confidence faced by bi the woman over 40 SO SAYS Madeline Gray who has described the crisis crisis crisis cri cri- sis in such books as The Changing Years and The Normal Woman which she wrote after consulting many medical authorities throughout through through- out the country The woman over 40 according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Mrs Gray is usually so beset by unsettling unsettling unsettling unset unset- problems she finds her self-confidence self ebbing I 1 HER CHILDREN are grown and about to fly the n nest st st. Her husband may be particularly particularly particularly par par- preoccupied with his own connected business-connected worries And while she's trying to adjust to all these the menopause comes along Its not surprising Mrs Gray observes that many women suffer emotional fatigue fatigue fatigue fa fa- fa- fa tigue during this time time HOWEVER she points out there are two possible paths for the woman to take one negative the theother theother theother other positive A woman she notes can feel she must inevitably lose her physical attractiveness attractive attractive- ness and try to escape to the icebox But warns Madeline Gray its it's the overeating overeating overeating over over- eating rather than the menopause menopause menopause meno meno- pause which makes her spread out and lose her figure SUCH A woman she adds I Ican J can also say Im I'm exhausted Im I'm going to be a limp dishrag for the rest of my days Im I'm through Feel sorry for me Or the woman-being woman positive can face up to her problems and recognize that the menopause is an inescapable part of life Help during such difficult times according to Madeline Gray is now available from physicians Before 1900 she says the average woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wom wom- ans an's l life e span was so brief she usually didn't survive until the menopause BUT WITH modern health healthcare healthcare healthcare care and modern gynecology all ll this has changed Part of the changing picture she adds was the introduction of estrogen replacement therapy Describing estrogen as the tide over medicine and speaking from personal experience as well as her extensive research she declares that the use of this hormone under medical supervision supervision supervision super super- vision may dramatically relieve relieve relieve re re- re- re lieve many menopausal toms Among these she includes includes includes in in- flushes dizzy spells fatigue and anxiety The present generation she declares is probably the first in history where the woman over 40 has the help of hormones If II a womas womas wom- wom as needs estrogen she points out it can probably tide her over the difficult times so soshe soshe soshe she can enter her older years and be herself again IN ADDITION to this medical medical medical med med- ical help the them m modern ern woman woman woman wom wom- an should also recognize says Mrs Gray the all important help she can give herself For one thing she should know she cant can't be 18 16 years old forever and should accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac her actual age For another she must stop living living living liv liv- ing through her children think re-think her own role in life and find constructive new activities which give her ego support THE ONLY way to keep ones one's self respect declares Madeline Gray is by being a unique personality and by using ones one's talents to the fullest And she concludes You can do the best with if h your life if you dont don't don t ex- ex ex expect expect it to be perfect |