Diagnosis, please

Though there’s no physical pain And I really shouldn’t complain I would love to understand why I so easily start to cry

Why am I often feeling sad Wondering if I’m going mad? Why do I tend towards worry And get flustered when I hurry?

I have a tendency, I’m prone To feeling that I’m all alone What are the things that I most miss Now life’s diff’rent in the office?

For sadly to me it does seem I’ve nought in common with my team Why am I lacking confidence – Even questioning my presence?

Why is it now I’m full of doubt O’er things I used to know about? Are all my troubles about work That are driving me quite berserk?

It’s so hard to explain my fears When I just burst out into tears Surely something is not quite right When life seems to be such a fight

For it really isn’t much fun Being so very highly strung Sometimes I make such quick retorts I’m not myself, I’m out of sorts

Oh, I can’t see which way to go And simple answers I don’t know My words stumble out in a mess Could this be the result of stress?

I know I have a fear of change And don’t like it when things are strange Often things will overwhelm me And I will struggle just to be

Some days I find it hard to cope I cannot see there’s any hope The tasks just seem too big to do And I can’t get them out of view

It’s difficult to concentrate To get my thinking to be straight My mind just seems to want to flit And I have trouble, still, to sit

I may well struggle to recall The big matters, as well as small Yes, many things I do forget And spend my life in quite a fret

I seem to be over anxious And have trouble with my focus Is this ‘cos I’m getting older? Is it a sign of dementia?

Or someone suggested the cause Might be the peri-menopause Maybe I’m at a certain age How do I transition this stage?

If I feel odd all of the time Of what is this a warning sign? A solution I’d love to find That will stop me losing my mind

I really want to learn to live Without being so negative Without being irrational And overly emotional!