There is something about coming seeing that first period bleed that as a PMDD warrior, you cherish. Might be too much info for you, but not for me. It is my saving grace.
For someone with PMDD it means that you made it through the luteal phase. That you are alive and that good days are ahead. That you didn’t follow through with your crap thoughts and motives. And that you can finally start picking the pieces up from your shattered PMDD choices to rebuild for the next three weeks and maybe make life stronger and more stable for the next go around.
As much as the period kills me in other ways, I would rather be physically sick than mentally sick for how deep I go during the luteal phase.
Periods are heaven for those with PMDD.
This past month, my period decided to wait 4 MORE days to start. No doubt, I was freaking out that I was pregnant, but more importantly, that meant my luteal phase lasted an EXTRA FOUR DAYS!!! And not just any normal day… FOUR. PEAK. DAYS! Brutal hell (said in a British accent like Ronald Weasley in Harry Potter).
Don’t know why my hormones decided to wait to shift. Maybe it will be a blessing for next month, but it frustrated us all in this household for sure. I had planned and prepared and made goals, but was not prepared one ounce for FOUR extra days. I suffered under the cravings and ate my way through those days.
It threw everything off! I was supposed to be feeling good for all the events I planned around my period – dance concert backstage mom, hosting a Christmas dinner, making it to church, recording new workouts without blemishes and having the energy to do so. But instead, I was a ball of tears, morbid thoughts, and not one ounce of patience or libido left.
My poor family… extra Christmas presents you say? (Mom is def getting coal in her stocking though).
I ached to see that red and was SO thankful for it FINALLY starting to help me shift my focus to build instead of destroy.
If you know, you know. Late periods are the worst.
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