I love how slow and calm your videos are…without gimmicks or tons of jump cuts or sounds, etc., fighting to keep our attention. In a world of constant bombardment and overstimulation in the media, your channel feels like a safe space. Thank you. ❤
Elizabeth, maybe it’s your hell week now, so I’m gonna tell you this to make you feel a little better ❤: When I realize my PMS has arrived, I’ve got like a letter written from me to myself that I read every month. In the letter are instructions how to deal with my PMS I’ve collected over my time dealing with it. And one of the instructions says: Put on your headphones, play a video with Elizabeth Ferrera talking about PMDD and go clean your apartment listening to her. And it works everytime! usually after one video from you I ground myself and get above all the hurt and sadness and hopelesness I’m feeling. And I say to myself…”I’ve got it from now on.” ❤🎉 I
I’ve struggled for most of my life with PMDD and your videos mean the absolute world to me. I always listen to you when I’m full blown luteal and really struggling and WOWZA I feel so seen by them 😭 Thank you Elizabeth 💖
Thank you so much elizabeth. ❤ I just found you through your partners channel and your videos are bringing me so much comfort. You are helping me bring words to how I feel and accept them and also be able to articulate then to my therapist. 🙏 I can't wait to see her on Friday. Could you talk more about cptsd and how you cope with that? I lost my sense of self and had severe depression all throughout my 20s from trauma and I have come a long way in my journey with therapy and honestly just grinding to get through all these tough days of finding myself again. Now I feel like I have more a sense of self and have more good days then ever before but there are still so many days where I get very sad from things or I'm in a room and feel alone (I'll be a chameleon and be very positive and fit in) but go home feeling so depressed and slipl into suicidal thoughts and think I'll never be "normal" again I'm regressing AGAIN (so much more to it but it's mainly all the cptsd symptoms you spoke about with your partner.) Thank you so so so much again Elizabeth for inspiring me and giving me hope to keep going another day. ❤
I have read that pmdd really is about sensitization of the brain. So I watched the highly sensitive person video on this playlist also, and think it makes so much sense why us women develop pmdd when we start our menstrual cycles
I cannot tell you how life saving these videos have been for me - have watched 3 different ones you've made and something about your energy is just so soothing but also inspiring to see how you care for yourself and are so in tune. Watching one yesterday truly snapped me out of a very foggy sadness from peak cycle. Thank you 🙏
feel so greatly guided and blessed to find you only a few moments inn and im sobbing i experience all symptoms drastically its not sore boobs every month my boobs swell 2/3 times bigger my tummy bloats so big like 5/6 month’s pregnant hopelessness depression anxiety fear anger agitation irritation suicidal thoughts migraines 2/3/4 days lost in migraine cant eat sleep walk nothing and im someone who is a little anti label but since being diagnosed last month at 39 years of age to think ive been dealing with this for so long and just thought i was going crazy ive never been so thankful for a label in my life thankyou thankyou thankyou for being here
Thank you! From the bottom of my heart I thank you so much for your honesty and vulnerability to share your PMDD journey. I have felt like I couldn’t carry on and no one understood me. I cry every time I listen to your podcasts as I feel so understood and not alone. Thank you.
*to clarify my last comment* as opposed to pmdd where it's predictable when your bad feelings will occur.. cptsd for me it's like every few days or every other week and not so predictable. And would like to know ways of coping. Thank you 💓💓
Thank you so much for your videos, I have not been diagnosed but goining to go next week, but my mum and grandmother were sufferers from what my mum has told me and it seems likely I might be too. I'm an anxious person by nature so it is tricky distinguishing what is related to hormones and what might just be my nature. But the past few days run up to period it has been getting gradually worse by increments and can best be described as a heaviness, emptiness and a fog over the day to day proceceeded by an almost manic day or two of high energy and detachment. I'm writing this from my room as I'm a uni student and live with five others, I think the hardest thing for me is allowing myself to feel what I feel without accusation, and without feeling like I should 'chin up' and act happy for other people in my house as that only exacerbates the issue.but equally, taking time for myself and distancing from my friends makes me worry about damaging our relationship. Thank you for sharing your experience it has helped a lot and makes me feel less ashamed to be struggling at the moment ❤️
I’m beyond thankful for your content. When I first heard you talking on your partner’s channel it was like looking in a mirror. So many things you said could’ve been pulled right out of my brain! I feel so much relief knowing that this is real and I’m not just a lazy poop. Haha thank you so much!!!!
Hi! This video indeed was very helpful. Mostly in knowing I'm not an alien or defective. I'm 41 and had VERY strong PMS simptoms and extreme painful periods my whole life, I developed many of the tools you explain in this video and others and is worked for me pretty well for over 20 years. 3 years ago I had my son and found out that I'm HSP as well, which was very clarifying. The thing is after my son was born ( emergency c section, motherhood) everything seems to have increased in sensitivity, the volume of it went just WAY up. I'm exhausted of life and loving life at the same time. I'm experiencing PMDD mostly when ovulating and on and of throughout the whole month.( I read a medical article relating PMDD with damaged uterus.) just in case that resonates with someone. I share your whitch perspective, finding meaning is a must for me and connecting spiritually to nature and myself. My problem now is that having a toddler has taking most of my tools away. Finding space for me to connect or just have silence to feel what I need,(being HSP ) is becoming an imposible. I need to find new tools or solutions. When I'm vibrating hard in it, in the hole, and my kid is having a meltdown, all I want is to escape to get my solo time, my space, leave everything and just go but of course I choose not to. I have exploded in river tears in front of my child and now I'm afraid this can create an impact in him, seeing mum losing it...This is giving me a chance for teaching him managing emotions but it is HARD. My husband is very supportive but cannot just give me all of that time nor I want that. He feels also lost and doesn't know what to do. Sorry for the long comment, is the first time I'm talking about this. Just excited to share it with someone who understands. I know there's a meaning for all of this and I will find the way though sometimes I just wish life was easier, and at the same time I feel very greatful for the sensitivity. Thank you again for putting this out there.
Hello Elizabeth, I just want to say thankyou for putting your story out there. It is so affirming to know I am not alone. I came across your video from watching some videos by your partner and his Dad, as I am doing trauma work. And in an interview between you and Forrest, you mentioned the pmdd video. I have suffered with pmdd In varying degrees all my menstruating life. Having 5 children on top of that, cptsd and level 1 autism (aspegers) absolutely broke me. But I wanted to tell you that I have managed to find something that really really helps. Like it was a life saver. My marriage was just about to break. Through a Naturopath I have found that a combination of powerful herbs and a few supplemental has reduced my symptoms, I would say about 70%. It feels more like pms now rather than pmdd. Happy to share what I have found if you would find that helpful xx
This might be the most important video I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Everything you said resonated. Every. single. thing. I’ve constantly been on a journey of personal development and looking to be a better person but consistently “failing” at it, because I just can’t keep up with my hell weeks. Like you said that one week ultimately disguised itself as who I really am, and convinced me the other weeks were the abnormal ones. Anyway I feel like I have my power back :) Thank you!
Thank you for this video and sharing your experience. I have recently been diagnosed with PMDD, and you are helping me so much to understand what is happening to me during that week of the month and how to find my own strategies to cope with it. ❤
Elizabeth, i’m 22 and i’ve been going through this since i was 13 but i’m just now finding out and understanding about my condition, your videos and content is so wise, profound and also educational. I’m very thankful for your choice to share your knowledge and your experience. Thank you, much love from Brazil! ❤️
In total awe at how similar our experiences have been with this, including the journey to a sense of self and the pain points ❤️ you can't imagine how healing it is for people who relate to hear your story and benefit from your wisdom. High praise for your work
Elizabeth i can't thank you enough. It was after listening to you speak on the 'being well' podcast that sent a very powerful wave of realization through my body. I had never heard anyone speak publically about this and after hearing you, it just validated over 30 years of having each of these symptoms. Over 30 years Eluzabeth, and I only felt like I was not alone after listening to you speak on that podcast. Forever grateful to you from the bottom of my heart xx
Thank you for this video! It was really helpful. I will start tracking my cycles more carefully and mindfully. ❤ In alllll the research I’ve been doing I have come across that aerobic exercise (anything that gets your heart racing) works best for PMDD. So as much as I love yoga, I have to remember that I have to incorporate other types of exercise throughout the month. The same goes for weight lifting.
Thank you Elizabeth. I’m in my dark PMDD days and I can’t do anything, so I have this negative voice bashing me right now. So I relate totally to everything you say. My 2 previous cycles were totally fine so I naively thought I was fully healed, which makes this month even harder. I’m also interested in Jungian psychology so I’m glad I found you. I’m not sure how to take my negative voice if I should consider it reveals my shadow part tho? If it is my shadow part then it is truthful and I should integrate it. If it is just a bad voice, I should just say this is pmdd speaking and it’s not true. So I get kind of confused on how to approach it in a jungian way ? My mind is very confused from pmdd I’m sorry! Anyway thank you again I hope you’ll keep doing beautiful videos, you’re helping so many women ❤
I’ve done cognitive behavioral therapy and it’s allowed me to understand, process and overall deal with my thoughts without getting sucked into them which is the place where you will know what’s true or not. It is very logic based so it works for most people.
I too take all of the above. I am vegan and regularly take Vitex, omega 3,6,9 a Vitamin B complex, prebiotics, vitamin D, magnesium zinc and calcium, b12, l-theanine, sometimes Ashwaghanda. I feel no changes, I take these every day for the past three years. I notice a slight increase in physical symptoms if I don’t take these, such as mastalgia but anxiety and depression and the other PMDD symptoms are still severe monthly
It makes sense that you say "the part my pmdd can't touch" because I feel that my rational thinking brain is on, it's just that my feelings are stronger and take over.🤯 I want to baptize my pmdd and give it a name, how did you came up with yours?
really love your approach! watching your videos, this question popped into my mind several times: have you considered that you might have adhd? i recently got diagnosed and very probably also have pmdd and according to the scarce sources, adhd in women manifests very differently than in men and changes throughout the menstrual cycle. according to a video by healthygamer (dr alok kanojia) on adhd and the mentrual cycle, women with adhd experience symptoms that seem very similar to those of pmdd to me (major disregulation, worsening of concentration issues, intense inner bully..)
Hi Elizabeth, I was wondering if you could recommend any medicinal plants for PMDD? I recently got off birth control and am experiencing symptoms but find relief in CBD.
Has anyone tried SSRIs or birth control to manage their PMDD? I've always been concerned of the side effects and if it'll have a numbing effect or impact intuition/sense of self, but finally open to explore either one, would love to find out which has worked best for you?
HI Elizabeth- hope you are well. If it's of any interest to you I wanted to let you know I started uploading my experience with ketamine and PMDD specifically. I literally just put something up because I couldn't find anything about any women's experience with it and Ketamine. Therapy and awareness is still super key especially during PMDD. Please share to anyone you think it might be helpful for so they don't feel alone.
@@LoraRivera here is the Video with my most recent treatment last Friday. I have only uploaded 3 videos so far. Currently on vacation and about to upload a quick update before I forget ! Here is the link to that specific video day of treatment about 5 days before starting my cycle... I'm unsure how my channel appears to others. Total RUclips Newbie :) I have a several other disorders I've been overcoming I hit on a rage of them in my first video. Just being vulnerable to help others on their journey. Xo ruclips.net/video/j870pWdK948/видео.html
Why do you talk about 1 week in your podcasts? PMDD is known to be 2 weeks starting from the ovulation until you have your period. If it’s only a week it’s PMS. I have PMDD and I feel awful for 2 weeks.
Some women with pmdd only experience for a week because once they begin menstruation they are feeling better but usually 2 weeks same here with 2 weeks lol take it one day at a time ❤
I love how slow and calm your videos are…without gimmicks or tons of jump cuts or sounds, etc., fighting to keep our attention. In a world of constant bombardment and overstimulation in the media, your channel feels like a safe space. Thank you. ❤
i agree nervous system relaxed
Elizabeth you are a guiding light in a dark world. Thank you for being you and sharing your knowledge with us.
Elizabeth, maybe it’s your hell week now, so I’m gonna tell you this to make you feel a little better ❤: When I realize my PMS has arrived, I’ve got like a letter written from me to myself that I read every month. In the letter are instructions how to deal with my PMS I’ve collected over my time dealing with it. And one of the instructions says: Put on your headphones, play a video with Elizabeth Ferrera talking about PMDD and go clean your apartment listening to her. And it works everytime! usually after one video from you I ground myself and get above all the hurt and sadness and hopelesness I’m feeling. And I say to myself…”I’ve got it from now on.” ❤🎉 I
I’ve struggled for most of my life with PMDD and your videos mean the absolute world to me. I always listen to you when I’m full blown luteal and really struggling and WOWZA I feel so seen by them 😭 Thank you Elizabeth 💖
Thank you so much elizabeth. ❤ I just found you through your partners channel and your videos are bringing me so much comfort. You are helping me bring words to how I feel and accept them and also be able to articulate then to my therapist. 🙏 I can't wait to see her on Friday. Could you talk more about cptsd and how you cope with that? I lost my sense of self and had severe depression all throughout my 20s from trauma and I have come a long way in my journey with therapy and honestly just grinding to get through all these tough days of finding myself again. Now I feel like I have more a sense of self and have more good days then ever before but there are still so many days where I get very sad from things or I'm in a room and feel alone (I'll be a chameleon and be very positive and fit in) but go home feeling so depressed and slipl into suicidal thoughts and think I'll never be "normal" again I'm regressing AGAIN (so much more to it but it's mainly all the cptsd symptoms you spoke about with your partner.) Thank you so so so much again Elizabeth for inspiring me and giving me hope to keep going another day. ❤
I have read that pmdd really is about sensitization of the brain. So I watched the highly sensitive person video on this playlist also, and think it makes so much sense why us women develop pmdd when we start our menstrual cycles
So much truth in this. I really do feel like my pmdd self is my real self and I'm faking it all the other weeks
Thank you so much Elizabeth. You are one of the only specialists speaking about this.
You're a lovely soul and you have truly changed my whole perspective. ❤
Wow thanks for that beautiful dragon analogy and all that you share. Beautiful insight. Feeling seen like never before. Blessings.
I cannot tell you how life saving these videos have been for me - have watched 3 different ones you've made and something about your energy is just so soothing but also inspiring to see how you care for yourself and are so in tune. Watching one yesterday truly snapped me out of a very foggy sadness from peak cycle. Thank you 🙏
feel so greatly guided and blessed to find you
only a few moments inn
and im sobbing
i experience all symptoms drastically
its not sore boobs
every month my boobs swell 2/3 times bigger
my tummy bloats so big like 5/6 month’s pregnant
hopelessness depression anxiety fear anger agitation irritation suicidal thoughts
migraines 2/3/4 days lost in migraine cant eat sleep walk nothing
and im someone who is a little anti label
but since being diagnosed last month at 39 years of age
to think ive been dealing with this for so long
and just thought i was going crazy
ive never been so thankful for a label in my life
thankyou thankyou thankyou for being here
Cannot sleep tonight I’m starting studying your videos bc my periods for last 3 months have been really really bad
Your videos on PMDD have quite literally saved my life. Thank you ❤
Thank you! From the bottom of my heart I thank you so much for your honesty and vulnerability to share your PMDD journey. I have felt like I couldn’t carry on and no one understood me. I cry every time I listen to your podcasts as I feel so understood and not alone. Thank you.
*to clarify my last comment* as opposed to pmdd where it's predictable when your bad feelings will occur.. cptsd for me it's like every few days or every other week and not so predictable. And would like to know ways of coping. Thank you 💓💓
Thank you so much for your videos, I have not been diagnosed but goining to go next week, but my mum and grandmother were sufferers from what my mum has told me and it seems likely I might be too. I'm an anxious person by nature so it is tricky distinguishing what is related to hormones and what might just be my nature. But the past few days run up to period it has been getting gradually worse by increments and can best be described as a heaviness, emptiness and a fog over the day to day proceceeded by an almost manic day or two of high energy and detachment. I'm writing this from my room as I'm a uni student and live with five others, I think the hardest thing for me is allowing myself to feel what I feel without accusation, and without feeling like I should 'chin up' and act happy for other people in my house as that only exacerbates the issue.but equally, taking time for myself and distancing from my friends makes me worry about damaging our relationship. Thank you for sharing your experience it has helped a lot and makes me feel less ashamed to be struggling at the moment ❤️
Because of you, I don’t feel alone in this journey anymore 💖💖💖
I love the analogy of shedding skin every month. What a game changer. ❤
I’m beyond thankful for your content. When I first heard you talking on your partner’s channel it was like looking in a mirror. So many things you said could’ve been pulled right out of my brain! I feel so much relief knowing that this is real and I’m not just a lazy poop. Haha thank you so much!!!!
Pain point unlocked! 🤔I imagine you already have a wait list for people who want to work with you. 🙏
Hi! This video indeed was very helpful. Mostly in knowing I'm not an alien or defective. I'm 41 and had VERY strong PMS simptoms and extreme painful periods my whole life, I developed many of the tools you explain in this video and others and is worked for me pretty well for over 20 years. 3 years ago I had my son and found out that I'm HSP as well, which was very clarifying. The thing is after my son was born ( emergency c section, motherhood) everything seems to have increased in sensitivity, the volume of it went just WAY up. I'm exhausted of life and loving life at the same time. I'm experiencing PMDD mostly when ovulating and on and of throughout the whole month.( I read a medical article relating PMDD with damaged uterus.) just in case that resonates with someone.
I share your whitch perspective, finding meaning is a must for me and connecting spiritually to nature and myself. My problem now is that having a toddler has taking most of my tools away. Finding space for me to connect or just have silence to feel what I need,(being HSP ) is becoming an imposible. I need to find new tools or solutions. When I'm vibrating hard in it, in the hole, and my kid is having a meltdown, all I want is to escape to get my solo time, my space, leave everything and just go but of course I choose not to. I have exploded in river tears in front of my child and now I'm afraid this can create an impact in him, seeing mum losing it...This is giving me a chance for teaching him managing emotions but it is HARD. My husband is very supportive but cannot just give me all of that time nor I want that. He feels also lost and doesn't know what to do.
Sorry for the long comment, is the first time I'm talking about this. Just excited to share it with someone who understands.
I know there's a meaning for all of this and I will find the way though sometimes I just wish life was easier, and at the same time I feel very greatful for the sensitivity.
Thank you again for putting this out there.
Hello Elizabeth, I just want to say thankyou for putting your story out there. It is so affirming to know I am not alone. I came across your video from watching some videos by your partner and his Dad, as I am doing trauma work. And in an interview between you and Forrest, you mentioned the pmdd video.
I have suffered with pmdd In varying degrees all my menstruating life. Having 5 children on top of that, cptsd and level 1 autism (aspegers) absolutely broke me. But I wanted to tell you that I have managed to find something that really really helps. Like it was a life saver. My marriage was just about to break. Through a Naturopath I have found that a combination of powerful herbs and a few supplemental has reduced my symptoms, I would say about 70%. It feels more like pms now rather than pmdd. Happy to share what I have found if you would find that helpful xx
Girlll your videos are saving my life!
Just THANK YOU.
This might be the most important video I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Everything you said resonated. Every. single. thing. I’ve constantly been on a journey of personal development and looking to be a better person but consistently “failing” at it, because I just can’t keep up with my hell weeks. Like you said that one week ultimately disguised itself as who I really am, and convinced me the other weeks were the abnormal ones. Anyway I feel like I have my power back :) Thank you!
Thank you for this video and sharing your experience. I have recently been diagnosed with PMDD, and you are helping me so much to understand what is happening to me during that week of the month and how to find my own strategies to cope with it. ❤
Thank you so much for this!!! I haven't seen much about how to help once you know you have PMDD. Thank you!!
Your voice is so calming to my PMDD today. Thank you for sharing all this
Elizabeth, i’m 22 and i’ve been going through this since i was 13 but i’m just now finding out and understanding about my condition, your videos and content is so wise, profound and also educational. I’m very thankful for your choice to share your knowledge and your experience. Thank you, much love from Brazil! ❤️
In total awe at how similar our experiences have been with this, including the journey to a sense of self and the pain points ❤️ you can't imagine how healing it is for people who relate to hear your story and benefit from your wisdom. High praise for your work
Elizabeth i can't thank you enough. It was after listening to you speak on the 'being well' podcast that sent a very powerful wave of realization through my body. I had never heard anyone speak publically about this and after hearing you, it just validated over 30 years of having each of these symptoms. Over 30 years Eluzabeth, and I only felt like I was not alone after listening to you speak on that podcast. Forever grateful to you from the bottom of my heart xx
Thank you so so much. Listening to you is so enlightening.
Thank you for this share and gentle chat. Tomorrow will be my day one of my cycle. Cant wait to be myself again...if only for a week or two.
❤
Thank you for this video! It was really helpful. I will start tracking my cycles more carefully and mindfully. ❤ In alllll the research I’ve been doing I have come across that aerobic exercise (anything that gets your heart racing) works best for PMDD. So as much as I love yoga, I have to remember that I have to incorporate other types of exercise throughout the month. The same goes for weight lifting.
❤ life changing, thank you so much.
Thank you Elizabeth. I’m in my dark PMDD days and I can’t do anything, so I have this negative voice bashing me right now. So I relate totally to everything you say. My 2 previous cycles were totally fine so I naively thought I was fully healed, which makes this month even harder. I’m also interested in Jungian psychology so I’m glad I found you. I’m not sure how to take my negative voice if I should consider it reveals my shadow part tho? If it is my shadow part then it is truthful and I should integrate it. If it is just a bad voice, I should just say this is pmdd speaking and it’s not true. So I get kind of confused on how to approach it in a jungian way ? My mind is very confused from pmdd I’m sorry!
Anyway thank you again I hope you’ll keep doing beautiful videos, you’re helping so many women ❤
I’ve done cognitive behavioral therapy and it’s allowed me to understand, process and overall deal with my thoughts without getting sucked into them which is the place where you will know what’s true or not. It is very logic based so it works for most people.
Something my therapist helped me with is 'pulling up a chair' like if you're helping a friend to help separate yourself from your pmdd symptoms
Thank you!! ❤
Thank you so so so so much for this video! It was so helpful
I’m looking for supplements to help with PMDD. So far I’ve found chasteberry, DIM, sea kelp, evening primrose oil, Vit D, and calcium.
I'd add Magnesium Glycinate and B6 (B6 only during luteal phase) 👌- Lara Briden has some great info on this
I too take all of the above. I am vegan and regularly take Vitex, omega 3,6,9 a Vitamin B complex, prebiotics, vitamin D, magnesium zinc and calcium, b12, l-theanine, sometimes Ashwaghanda. I feel no changes, I take these every day for the past three years. I notice a slight increase in physical symptoms if I don’t take these, such as mastalgia but anxiety and depression and the other PMDD symptoms are still severe monthly
Tears!!! Thank u
It makes sense that you say "the part my pmdd can't touch" because I feel that my rational thinking brain is on, it's just that my feelings are stronger and take over.🤯
I want to baptize my pmdd and give it a name, how did you came up with yours?
Thank you ❤
really love your approach! watching your videos, this question popped into my mind several times: have you considered that you might have adhd? i recently got diagnosed and very probably also have pmdd and according to the scarce sources, adhd in women manifests very differently than in men and changes throughout the menstrual cycle. according to a video by healthygamer (dr alok kanojia) on adhd and the mentrual cycle, women with adhd experience symptoms that seem very similar to those of pmdd to me (major disregulation, worsening of concentration issues, intense inner bully..)
The luteal phase is the worst for me.
Hi Elizabeth, I was wondering if you could recommend any medicinal plants for PMDD? I recently got off birth control and am experiencing symptoms but find relief in CBD.
Has anyone tried SSRIs or birth control to manage their PMDD? I've always been concerned of the side effects and if it'll have a numbing effect or impact intuition/sense of self, but finally open to explore either one, would love to find out which has worked best for you?
HI Elizabeth- hope you are well. If it's of any interest to you I wanted to let you know I started uploading my experience with ketamine and PMDD specifically. I literally just put something up because I couldn't find anything about any women's experience with it and Ketamine. Therapy and awareness is still super key especially during PMDD. Please share to anyone you think it might be helpful for so they don't feel alone.
I would like to hear about your experience! How do I find this episode?
@@LoraRivera here is the Video with my most recent treatment last Friday. I have only uploaded 3 videos so far. Currently on vacation and about to upload a quick update before I forget !
Here is the link to that specific video day of treatment about 5 days before starting my cycle... I'm unsure how my channel appears to others. Total RUclips Newbie :) I have a several other disorders I've been overcoming I hit on a rage of them in my first video. Just being vulnerable to help others on their journey. Xo
ruclips.net/video/j870pWdK948/видео.html
I feel like I have one week of peace and the rest I feel like 💩
I feel the same.
Why do you talk about 1 week in your podcasts? PMDD is known to be 2 weeks starting from the ovulation until you have your period. If it’s only a week it’s PMS. I have PMDD and I feel awful for 2 weeks.
Some women with pmdd only experience for a week because once they begin menstruation they are feeling better but usually 2 weeks same here with 2 weeks lol take it one day at a time ❤