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Just keep going

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Folks with PMDD during their luteal phase

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A candid interview with Shalene Gupta, author of the groundbreaking new book 'The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods & PMDD.'

From a historical overview of feminist debates, to on-the-ground interviews and a searing critique of menstrual stigma, The Cycle uncovers the hidden epidemic of PMDD. Essential reading!

A note from @living-with-pmd

I read this book as soon as it came out. It was a fascinating read covering the history and stigmas surrounding PMDD and PME and menstruation in general. Very well-researched and written, interweaving journalistic analysis with personal accounts. A must-read for those wanting to learn more about PMDD and PME.

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average person is not that emotional before their period. PMDD georg, who has a severe mental health crisis every month, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

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Solidarity, fellow comradettes 🥲

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Comic from the Washington Post

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The Washington Post has a survey open right now leading up to interviews for an article on PMDD. Check it out if interested!

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The thing about PMDD that makes it so much worse then having just general depression or anxiety is how invalidating it feels.

Knowing that a sudden onslaught of negative thoughts or paranoid feelings is only occurring because of your period makes it really hard to be understanding or to reframe the thinking. A typical way of dealing with depression or anxiety is finding the root of the problem and reworking how one thinks but when those feelings are just something your body goes through because of hormones and there genuinely is no cause what are you meant to do then?

Plus, how do you even begin to explain that feeling to other people? If you admit how your feeling it’s not like anyone can actually help you, they can make things a little easier maybe but the feelings are always going to return every single month and there is absolutely no way to explain why you feel off unless you’re willing to tell someone it’s your period, and even then saying “my period is messing me up” isn’t going to actually get you sympathy or help. Other people who menstruate may say “oh I get that!” And joke a bit about how much it sucks but they don’t actually get how awful it is when you have PMDD, it’s not the same as a normal period. Most people don’t suddenly fall into a severe depression once a month because of their fucking period.

My point, I guess, is that having PMDD is both invalidating and isolating. It’s the sort of thing that can make you feel really hopeless sometimes because it’s never going to go away, you’re only option is to try and lessen it and push through it.

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I made new memes, enjoy

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Today, April 27th, is PMD remembrance day. Where we recall those we’ve lost to PMDD and PME.

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Meow Are You? Deathly Threat

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Kinda niche, but I've spent the last five days feeling like I'm losing my mind so here are some PMDD memes. However bad you think it is based on these memes, it's worse.

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Shalene Gupta (journalist and author of Uncovering the Cycle) wrote a Time Magazine article today about premenstrual disorders!

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Today is Trans Day of Visibility

Trans folk who have Premenstrual Disorders

Trans folk who have PMDD

Trans folk who have PME

Trans folk who feel attacked by their own bodies

You are completely valid. I love you