[onewhippedpuppy]

So about two months ago my mother-in-law lost her damn mind. She's always been a bit of a delicate flower, pretty much incapable of dealing with adversity. However, this is especially nutty. She has been essentially creating something out of nothing, worrying about non-existent problems. Basically she's been crying for two months straight and driving everyone insane. Unfortunately thanks to my wife being close to her mother, it's driving me insane by proxy.

It's happened once before when she was pregnant with her 10th child (yes 10th). The kid was an accident and she freaked out. She basically spent the next 9 months in bed, convinced that both the baby and herself would die. At the time my wife was still at home, so she had to serve as mother to 8, full-time student, and hold a job. Anyway, it's basically the same thing this time. For what it's worth, apparently her mom went through a similar episode for an extended period of time (years).

So, long story short, she went to the doctor and is "officially" in stage 2 of menopause (whatever that means). Is her behavior due to her somewhat delicate nature, or is this common with women and menopause? Honestly, I don't currently have much sympathy for her, as I'm not much for wallowing in self pity. So am I a callous ass, or is she making something out of nothing? 28 years old, this menopause nonsense is news to me.