hi. I'm new back here. and I'm 48. I thought all had settled down. I wasn't dissociating much anymore...or so I thought. actually, now that it's all ripped up from under me, I think I was settled in a place/plateau for a while and something triggered me and now I'm all over the place wondering who I am and how I lost my footing on reality, or something like that. so no, I think as we get older and calmer we might get periods of time where things settle for a while but even this perimenopause stuff can stir the pot up until things come boiling over ... again. like my 5th period of shattering and then needing to start building the pieces back together again. this is getting old and I'm getting tired and my adrenals aren't holding the fear as well anymore. I feel like I'm burning out here.