Naomi Watts Reveals How She Stopped Caring What Other People Think

The result, noted the British actress, who estimates she began experiencing menopausal symptoms “earlier than most of my peers,” is generations of women entirely unprepared for what their bodies will endure. 

“And when you don’t know, you really start trying to make it up for yourself,” recalled the star, mom to Sasha, 15, and Kai, 13, with ex Liev Schreiber. “Like, ‘Oh my god, I sweated through the night. What is that?’ And, ‘Oh my god, these headaches.’ And, ‘Oh, s–t, I lost my temper with the children.’ And if there’s no community out there that’s reflecting the same kind of story, you just think that you’re the problem, that it’s only you.”