“We talk about going to work with cramps and headaches but where are my sisters with severe hormonal imbalances, PMDD, poor mental health + PMS? How do you cope if you have a socially interactive job or work environment?” Zara asked her fellow female followers. She revealed how with age, her menstrual cycle had become “extremely, mentally taxing,” provided the heightened anxiety, anger, irritability and despondency menstruation brought. Zara, who feels her monthly cycle has mutated into something ‘sinister’, warned her younger female audience against the menstrual angst that’ll follow their teenage angst. Initially it will be hard to distinguish PMS and PMDD from your usual mental struggles.

Source: The Express Tribune September 30, 2021 10:36 UTC