Matrescence is to becoming a mother as adolescence is to becoming an adult Your brain is unleashing a great amount of hormones, which causes your body to undergo irreversible changes and promotes you feeling a new wide array of emotions. This period of one's life it's usually accompanied by an identity scrutiny process and relationship changes, where you question many aspects of your life, your story and what you want for the future. I think most people would guess that I'm d