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women: what emotional changes do you experience during pms and the actual cycle?


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I've noticed that many times before my period I will get very anxious and panicky.

 

Even moreso, I begin to view every person in the world as against me/hating me.

 

I am the same. I also have a quick temper and don't want anybody to touch me or even speak to me...even if they are nice. I also have a very negative view of the world...lol.......ahhh..thank God it isn't due for another couple weeks.

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I usually wake up feeling sick each morning, but I'm not really sick so I go to work. hehehe

I think I become a total baby during my period. seriously.....

 

Even moreso, I begin to view every person in the world as against me/hating me.

 

ANY other women experience this? Why would it be connected to my period?

That could be because your self-esteem suffers during your period and then you view everyone as against you.

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I don't have those anymore (she jumps for joy!) but I used to feel:

 

Needy

Cranky

 

It is definitely hormonal, and if you think PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) is rough, just wait until you experience the real PMS (peri-menopausal syndrome), it doesn't stop after 7 days, try a few years!

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I don't have those anymore (she jumps for joy!) but I used to feel:

 

Needy

Cranky

 

It is definitely hormonal, and if you think PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) is rough, just wait until you experience the real PMS (peri-menopausal syndrome), it doesn't stop after 7 days, try a few years!

 

Not looking forward. My Mom suffered very badly and for almost a decade.

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I have a couple of funny plaques about PMS and menopause ....

 

"PMS: I keep having this nightmare that I wake up and find out this IS my real personality"

 

"Menopause: I'm out of estrogen and I have a gun!"

 

You used the correct wording, suffer ..... just remember, it is not real, it's just temporary, you do return to normal, oh and I have learned through all this, the PMS survival guide ... don't say any more than you have to, keep your month shut, then you don't have to do damage control afterward! LOL!!

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I have a couple of funny plaques about PMS and menopause ....

 

"PMS: I keep having this nightmare that I wake up and find out this IS my real personality"

 

"Menopause: I'm out of estrogen and I have a gun!"

 

You used the correct wording, suffer ..... just remember, it is not real, it's just temporary, you do return to normal, oh and I have learned through all this, the PMS survival guide ... don't say any more than you have to, keep your month shut, then you don't have to do damage control afterward! LOL!!

 

Those are funny!

Sometimes PMS helps me do the right thing. Lol, I was able to get rid of a fwb by getting mad enough while chocked up on angry hormonal feelings.

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I have a couple of funny plaques about PMS and menopause ....

 

"PMS: I keep having this nightmare that I wake up and find out this IS my real personality"

 

"Menopause: I'm out of estrogen and I have a gun!"

 

You used the correct wording, suffer ..... just remember, it is not real, it's just temporary, you do return to normal, oh and I have learned through all this, the PMS survival guide ... don't say any more than you have to, keep your month shut, then you don't have to do damage control afterward! LOL!!

 

LOL LOL........oh yeah I know what you mean........I get SUPER P O"d so I tend to keep my mouth shut.

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I know this is stereotyping but I heard this comedian do this bit on the military and separating the troops....

 

The normal male troops go in and start the battle (kind of a guy thing)

 

Then 28 days later send in the all female platoons to kick a$$ and the whole war will be over in 7 days or less

 

Then afterward, send in the gay platoon to clean up ...

 

Hope everyone has a good enough sense of humor to laugh at ourselves!

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Am I the only one who occasionally experiences emotional highs? Cause every once in awhile, I'll be ridiculously optimistic and cheerful. I'll be super friendly, sociable and funny. Of course, that happiness can easily switch over to extreme sadness or anger in a matter of minutes.

 

But darn...when the happiness is allowed to continue uninterrupted, I get some crazy things accomplished.

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I know this is stereotyping but I heard this comedian do this bit on the military and separating the troops....

 

The normal male troops go in and start the battle (kind of a guy thing)

 

Then 28 days later send in the all female platoons to kick a$$ and the whole war will be over in 7 days or less

 

Then afterward, send in the gay platoon to clean up ...

 

Hope everyone has a good enough sense of humor to laugh at ourselves!

 

 

LOL thats hilarious

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Am I the only one who occasionally experiences emotional highs? Cause every once in awhile, I'll be ridiculously optimistic and cheerful. I'll be super friendly, sociable and funny. Of course, that happiness can easily switch over to extreme sadness or anger in a matter of minutes.

 

But darn...when the happiness is allowed to continue uninterrupted, I get some crazy things accomplished.

 

Hormonally induced bi-polar disorder?

 

How cool, a temporary insanity that goes away, I have had that happen also so I'm just joking, although not very often. It must be that just correct hormonal cocktail mix that throws you into the high, maybe pumps just enough extra of the feel good chemistry to your brain. I can understand by people with true bi-polar often don't want to be medicated because they enjoy the manic part so much.

 

I believe (but don't know if it is true) that when you have that "up", your body struggles to regain the chemical balance and slips a little so you have the chemically induced "down" to match the "up".

 

I think the reason women are very open to the concept of chemical imbalances affecting mental health is we experience our bodies taking us on roller coaster rides. Not only do we have PMS, we have pregnancy, child birth, nursing and menopause.

 

It's amazing we can remain sane at all!! LOL!

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I'm the same, I get so happy and hyper and love everyone and everything and after a few minutes I hate myself and everyone around me. But only a week before my periods due. Weird. I tend to cry heaps more, and I get easily annoyed and jump at everything:

Like someone could say:

"Sometimes you can be a little * * * * * y."

Normally I'd say: "A little? I can be a lot."

But in PMS time it is more like:

"What?! How could you say that? I am never * * * * * y! *start crying*"

It's crazy.

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I'm the same, I get so happy and hyper and love everyone and everything and after a few minutes I hate myself and everyone around me. But only a week before my periods due. Weird. I tend to cry heaps more, and I get easily annoyed and jump at everything:

Like someone could say:

"Sometimes you can be a little * * * * * y."

Normally I'd say: "A little? I can be a lot."

But in PMS time it is more like:

"What?! How could you say that? I am never * * * * * y! *start crying*"

It's crazy.

 

Same here. Every percieved attack become four times as much.

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