i’m not a parent, so i hope this is okay to post here. i was reading something completely unrelated and stumbled across the word ‘matrescence’ - the developmental transition to motherhood. and it just stopped me in my tracks.
the idea of a formal, named process for a slow, seismic, body-mediated identity shift felt so… resonant. It made me think about my own history.
I’ve been in recovery from binge eating disorder for nine years, and on tirzepatide for insulin resistance for about a year and a 🤔