Practices for PMDD: Tracking Your Cycle, Holistic Approaches, and Removing the Taboo
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2024
- Hey everyone, welcome back. In this video I'm sharing some of the key practices I've use to manage my PMDD. One of the ones that's been the most useful for me is consistently tracking my movement through different phases of my cycle, and I give a detailed explanation of how I do that. I also talk a bit about my personal story, and how we can change our relationship with our challenges - when then allows us to change our experience of them.
Topics:
0:00 Intro
2:30 What my PMDD looks like
8:00 What's PMDD?
16:00 Depression and suicidality
21:00 Holistic and spiritual approaches
24:30 Practices
30:00 Separating thoughts from who you are
35:00 Ritualizing
40:00 Framing the phases
51:15 The hero's journey
About Me: Hi, I'm Elizabeth. I'm a third year graduate student studying somatic psychology. In these videos I'm sharing my personal practice, where I bring together tools from somatic psychology and witchcraft to help people address issues like PMDD, anxiety, and depression.
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A lot of people don’t understand how hard it is to live with this..
Yes❤❤❤❤❤
Seriously it’s been since I got my period at 12 I have struggled with monthly total
Breakdowns of my mental health
😮😅😮😮😅😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅 no
Suffering till almost want to die, no exagerating. That is PMDD to me. Thanks for sharing your experience. Makes me feel I'm not alone.
Thank you for not cutting out those moments, you lose concentration, I call it period brain fog. I’ve been dealing with PMDD for years and I get this ALL the time! It’s good to show the world exactly what we experience, thank you 💛
I just lost my job I’m a single mother & my PMDD is in full force right now. I got on RUclips to meditate because I couldn’t take anymore & I found your video & thank you so much!!!
You therapist said you Right- all that symptoms and emotions that we call pmdd- are nothing but body intelligence to make you more present with your body and your emotions, not to be scared of them or running away from them- but to BE with them, to show our body Love and support.
When I realized that I also cured my so called pmdd, step by step.
We should not treat our body like they are sick. We only need to change our perspective. Our cycle is giving us a chance to look inside our deepest fears, emotions, and through symptoms our body communicate with us.
Listen to your body
Be with your body
Appreciate your body
✨ Sorry for my English
This is sooo good! 🙌🏾
Wow ❤❤❤❤❤ to read that you cured gaves me hope and strength to do the same
“you’re not lazy and weak, and *there’s no way for you to think your way out of this* “🎯 that’s the biggest part for me. not being able to think my way out of it or tough my way through it like I can with everything else. it makes you feel helpless, hopeless. ❤
Just a few minutes in, but already really appreciate your vulnerability.
This has really opened my eyes. I have been suffering from this for 30 years. I have been told I'm crazy, that I'm difficult, that I will never get better. I have pushed so many people away because of this "Dragon". Holy shit, this is so amazing to finally have an answer. Thank you so so much. I have 2 daughters that are fallowing me in this ugly darkness. I can now help and guide them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤
I feel heard and seen more than I ever have in my entire life with PMDD. Thank you so so so much! You are amazing!!!
I have pmdd too (I am in this phase rn) and it's nice to see someone talking about it. Thank u so much for this video ! Hug from France
I have it for nearly two weeks straight… every single month. Like a clock, it starts 3 days post ovulation and lasts until my period starts.
My husband even knows when it’s my day 12😂
Me, too! 12-15 days every month😢 But i just wanna believe there is a way to make peace and improve my experience with it❤
same
Yep !
2 weeks straight yup!
Thank you so much for talking about the suicidal thoughts. It's the worst part about PMDD. I recently learned about this disorder, and it opened my eyes. This whole time, I wondered why I couldn't have just been normal, and I was the one to blame. So, thank you for setting the record straight.
I suffer from pmdd to and it's the hardest thing to deal with omg am going though it now thank you for sharing I felt so alone in this
When you compared PMDD with fall something clicked in my brain. I've always enjoyed fall so much! I take my time and watch the fallen leaves, I take a blanket and just rest with some hot drink... That REALLY made me change my point of view and see it as an chance to take care of myself (as much as I am capable those days). Thank you so much for sharing every little piece of advice, cause it has helped me a lot. I've seen a reasonable change in my body, my mind and the way I treat myself. I hope I could do something else appart from saying thank you ❤️
I believe I have FINALLY found hope !!!! AFTER 20 yrs of immense struggling !!!!!
Thank you so much for making this video! During a particularly bad bout of PMDD my partner found this video and the Being Well Podcast episode about Managing PMDD. We have both been struggling with how we as a couple handle PMDD for a long time now (although her struggle has been much worse). After we both watched these videos we have been able to open up new avenues of understanding about PMDD and our relationship. We have had a few very productive conversations, which I think will be great foundations for future endeavors.
Thank you for taking the time to be present with PMDD and share what your experience is. Your candor and desire to help others is very evident in these videos and it is much appreciated. Once again, thank you so much!
I feel so happy for you ladies who actually get a good ovulation. Really really happy. For me, ovulation is when shit hits the fan. I know I've started ovulating because I wake up feeling like a zombie and I want to cry almost immediately. I am unable to smile or listen to anyone. In four days I feel a bit better, not like follicular phase but not terrible. And then four to five days before periods, I'm again at my worse. Last two days before periods and first two days of ovulation I'm not myself at all. But yes, like you said as soon as the period arrives, ah🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
I feel the same twice a month. Shitty when ovulating shitty before menstruating. My month is roller coaster 🤪
@@lauracardenas5876 hey! In the six months that I wrote that comment, I have almost healed myself somehow by trial and error. Pmdd is a small part of my life now and I am no longer debilitated. I wish the same for you.
@@onelove9308 mind sharing what helped??
@@user-lr8pj5ub6o hey my pmdd is under control! What helped? 1) Started fish oil tablets as a trial+ vit d and calcium and evening primrose. 2) Set a routine. Wake up at 7 and do my morning routine with a little work out no matter what. Fixed my circadian rhythm.
@@onelove9308 wow, that's "all" it took? My cycle is excact the same as yours. And i'm taking vit B, calcium, magnesium. Can you say more about your morning work out?
I really appreciate your videos. They help my partner to understand what I’m going though. More please. Thank you so so much for sharing.
I'm on PMDD right now and your video helped me a lot!🥲🫠thank you so much ❤️
I really needed to find this video today Iv lived with this for 24 years,I’m a single mum to a 5 year old and it’s heart breaking to go through this with her present thank you for sharing your story and making me feel like I’m not alone thank you 🙏
This was amazing. Have been battling PMDD for about 10 years this so much summarizes it and also taught me new ways of looking at it. Thank you for sharing and helping others by showing yourself this way🙏 much love from Sweden ❤
Thank you so much Elizabeth! As soon as you said the hero’s journey something click! Thank you so much. Starting to track my cycles this month 🙏🫶🏻
I would love to share my experience in hope to help others as well. Its not spoken about often enough.
You saved my life! Literally! Thank You🙏🙏🙏
I feel so completely seen. I am so thankful i found you
I really appreciate these videos and the time and effort you put into them. I definitely feel seen and less alone with my pmdd so thankyou so much💕
I love this so much. Thank you for sharing!!! So helpful to know we aren’t alone. Please keep making videos! 💜
I love these videos! It really gives me hope!
this has been incredibly helpful and such a comfort during this difficult hell week time.. thank you so much for sharing this as a resource
Hello you really helped and I struggled alot alone and didn't know why I would cry like alot. You show me why I'm not alone and thank you❤
Hi Elizabeth :) I just wanted to comment and say that this video was so comforting as someone who is beginning to come to terms with their pmdd. Thank you creating such a safe space for people like us! I am sending so much love and appreciation your way
thank you for making this, the one thing that we need is feeling seen and hearing about shared experiences, please continue.
Thankyou so much to share your story💜 !!!!! It was very helpful keep making video 💜!!! love you💜
I’ve PMDD and I’m also into spell work. I’m here to get your tips on the combination of the two.
Also, totally agree the DSM5 entry for PMDD is lacking. How can they not even point out the suicidal thoughts?
Actually now that I’ve listened to this I feel so much better. Heard and understood.
Please keep this up.
Finding your videos have given me some space to breath and probably saved my life last week, thank you 🥹
Hi Jessica, so glad you found space! I am deeply touched by your comment. Thank you for sharing your experience and for being here :)
Thank you so much Elizabeth for your wisdom! You explain so clearly what it's all about and I feel seen and heard by your story. Love from the Netherlands, Jose
THANK YOU for this. Your openness about your experience paired with such solid research is helping myself and I know many others feel seen, understood, and like there is true ability to heal.
I am so glad I stumbled on your videos and feel so seen by this. Thank you
And this was great Elizabeth! You explained everything perfectly and easy to understand and apply.
I've been tracking my cycle for a few years now but didn't have the phases dialed in like you shared here. Very helpful the way you framed them. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you so much for your brave and truthful sharing, I am going through pmdd right now and so appreciate finding your videos, this is the best resource I've found so far, amazing work and a reminder that we're never really alone in this state 🧡✨🌖🐈⬛🌌
Hi Elizabeth! I appreciate you so much. Your articulate way of speaking and your courage to be vulnerable around your own mental health is incredibly refreshing and helpful! I also have PMDD, I'm a therapist new to the field, and a witch. There's so much power in practicing loving awareness around PMDD and using spiritual practices (which hold tremendous divine feminine energy) to cope with the emotional turmoil that comes from this diagnosis. My work as a therapist and my education has helped me SO MUCH in learning about myself and how I can show up more for those I serve AND for myself. Your treatment story is very aligned with mine. Again, I appreciate your content so much.
I just experienced the exact same feeling last month. You have no idea how just hearing I’m not alone & this is a real thing has helped me.
This was absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for this. I can’t believe this hasn’t gone more viral. You made me cry and laugh in the best ways.
I just found your channel, I am so blessed to be a part of this community 🖤
This is a very accurate description of PMDD for so many women. I felt this way especially in high school and college. Thank you for being so vulnerable and real. Power comes from owning your truth and what you go through. More women need to be willing to discuss this. Thank you for these videos.
Found your channel today while going through my PMDD week! ❤ so valuable
I have so much to say, but do not have the time at this moment, so all I really want to say for now is THANK YOU for this talk.❤️
My favorite video about PMDD. Thank you. I feel so comforted and more equipped to deal with this
Wow. You are so full of wisdom in how to really handle PMDD. I’m so thankful I found your channel!!
Love your videos! So happy for a new one. ☺️
Also yes we need a PMDD spokesperson. You are it. Thank you for your sheer honesty.
Listened to this episode on Spotify this morning, and I just want to say a MASSIVE thank you, Elizabeth! I feel absolutely blessed to have found you. I look forward to listening to more! And also, YAY to having witches coming into the mainstream psychotherapy world!
I have not been managing my stress levels, my diet and general wellbeing for over a year now (after a huge move/shift in lifestyle) and I have never felt this fragile and raw. My pmdd (something I never even knew existed before a few months ago) has flared like crazy! I've been on the search for alternative healing and I am just overwhelmed (in a good way) with gratitude for finding you! I feel supported and understand and NOT ALONE. A little more confident with the journey ahead of me. Thank you. ✨️
Thank you for showing up on my feed💚☺️
I just want to say thank you for creating and sharing this content with the world. I feel so understood and seen watching this video and as you know that helps a lot.
I feel like we are walking similar paths. I too am a witchy psychology student with PMDD. I have all the symptoms. I am currently completing the last year of my bachelors degree and I want to work with movement based therapy techniques in my future career. I’m a dancer and yoga practitioner and that has helped me immensely. I want to help people find a balanced connection between their body, soul, and surroundings. I had never heard of somatic psychology before your videos but after looking into it I feel it might be just the graduate program I’ve been looking for.
So yeah… Thank you for making me feel less alone and even for giving me some direction in my educational journey. I think we would be great friends 🙂
This was really insightful! Thank you for speaking about pmdd 😊
Thank you for creating this platform and spreading awareness and knowledge. Just discovered with self diagnosis I have pmdd. This month was I think month 3 but definitely 2 months of experiencing this debilitating disorder. Sucks big time!!! But imma try my best to get better and manage it the holistic way
You are inspiring! Thank you for making this. I just came to the recent realization that I also have PMDD and have been struggling with it for 15 years. So grateful for you and your experience. I feel so comforted knowing I am not alone in this ❤
Dear Elizabeth thank you so shining a light on PMDD, and speaking up, this is a beautiful video on a topic so difficult to talk about. I have suffered for many years with PMDD and although all I want when I'm *in* it is to be alone and not speak to anyone, I am slowly learning that there are others like us who will benefit so much from sharing our experiences with each other, and our partners/families xxx Lots of Love, Tehla xx
What a video! You gave me hope❤. THANKS A LOT!!!!
I feel so unbelievably seen and held by your words. Thank you and God bless you 🕊️🌱❣️
I recently came across one of your videos, every word you said really resonated with me. I literally bawled my eyes out in the shower, because for the first time I have found someone living the same hell.
I have been struggling for years, never being heard or seen from the doctors, my husband thinks I am a crazy. Ever since I became a mom, my inner critic is so much more intense, I feel like everything is always on me and this week every month, it’s bubbling at the surface. I am so glad to have found you and this information
Elizabeth. I’m 2 weeks into my official PMDD diagnosis. I had never before heard of PMDD. Meanwhile, I’ve suffered with this since my early 20’s. And i just turned 40. Your video with your boyfriend, on his podcast was one of the first videos i discovered. I experience PMDD at the exact same level you describe. Elizabeth, i cannot thank you ENOUGH for sharing. You help me.
I’m also an licensed Undertaker. So I have high stress everyday all day. If you ever would like to talk; i would be open to that. Be well, Amie.
Thank you so much for your insight and sharing your experience. It has really helped me not feel alone. I also am trying to deal with it without using medication
Thank you 😭😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 i needed to hear another like me, finally, even if no one else gets it around me, i know now .. others do get it
This is the best video on RUclips
Loved this
You are amazing! thank you for sharing🙏 I just subscribed to your channel and I'm definitely going to keep coming ❤
This is great advice
Best Information❤
15:47 I needed to hear that. Thank you. 💞
Agree with what u said it is like grieving so true!
I appreciate your vulnerability and all the information you shared. I do think its important to be clear, the eggs are reabsorbed when they aren't fertilized, and we bleed out the uterine lining. This lining is the cushion and nourishment for the egg if it does get fertilized. The egg doesn't die and bleed out.
Thank you so much. I feel so validated. When you talked about being expected to perform work like a man would.. I totally felt that and when you said "fuck that" I felt empowered and totally validated. Thank you for making me feel a little less alone ❤
Thank you!
I can relate to you in so many ways.
Thank you!!! 🙏🙏❤️❤️‼️
Thank you.
Your talk on ADHD was also very informative. can you please explain how does ADHD medication insect with PMDD? what does having both work ?
Thank you🥺❤️
33:40 I think this is one of the best explanations...
Thank you 🤗😳
I also have pmdd. I'm in the middle of it now. My problem is no longer that I don't know what I have, but rather how should I deal with it. the outbursts of anger are no longer bearable. I'm completely exhausted and there's nothing left to do. what helps me sometimes is reminding myself that i have pmdd and that what i feel won't be forever but sometimes i am so far gone that i forget what i have.
Ugh I want to be your friend. You are so articulate and believe a lot of the same things I do. So much in common. I’m currently in the thick of it as well along with period flu and a sick 14mo old. Thank you for sharing your story. I’m curious about the link between trauma and PMDD. Do you believe there is a strong correlation? Also, if there has been trauma, I’m curious to see if you have experience with or are familiar with EMDR.
I am on my last couple days of the PMDD and this last week has been hell I can't wait to bleed
Well, this is going to get me kicked off YT but maybe someone who needs to be seen will read it before then. I have PMDD. I had several female friends who got their covid shots in early 2021 and reported more frequent cycles and worsening PMS. These friends had regular cycles for years prior to their shots and never had this happen with any other vaccines. They had a lot of trouble getting their doctors to even do basic bloodwork to make sure their increased frequency and flow wasn't due to cancer.
My PMDD is so rough that I decided that I would rather die from covid than take a treatment that could make my cycles more frequent and therefore I'd have to deal with my PMDD 2-3 weeks out of the month instead of "just" 10 days of the month. Yes, my PMDD is that bad. What was the point of being allowed back into society after getting the shots if I couldn't bear to keep living with near constant PMDD? Even my elderly family that I care for did not want me to get the covid shots to protect them because they know how badly I already suffer from PMDD and they did not want to be the reason why it got worse.
I know of several friends that happened to and I decided it wasn’t worth it as well. They are STILL struggling almost 2 years later with irregular cycle.
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My pmdd episode starts about 10 or less days before my period, last through my whole period, and then I’ll start feeling better several days after my period ends. I only have a couple really good weeks in the whole month.
What are some practices that can help us? I’ve noticed Ashwaganda helps but not entirely.
I’ve seemingly developed PMDD after having my first baby. I did have some mood swings/anxiety around ovulation before but never this debilitating. I get so anxious during ovulation week that I can’t function. I am constantly crying and panicked, paranoid even. I’m starting acupuncture to see if it helps regulate my hormones and nervous system. Also taking herbs and supplements as recommended by an integrative, holistic psychiatrist. I really don’t want to go on SSRIs but this is seriously debilitating. Hormonal birth control has always made me crazy- it has never helped.
I’ve come to believe that servers PMDD and trauma come together
What you would say to a woman that can’t stay in bed crying all day or do all this practice that you mentioned because may she have a regular job? It’s really hard to cope like you suggest I’m thinking to go on birth control because I can’t handle this life anymore I’m really desperate at this point
I didn't realized that I lost my jobs in the past d/t pmdd.
Thanks for being brave and sharing. Trigger warning: Pretty sure I have this i have so many symptoms including ideation. I am a rape survivor, have had alot of trauma, but don't want to take anti depressants. Feel like I won't be able to trust them as well and I'll be on more of a rollercoaster. Have you had severe trauma before? Is it purely physiological or biological not sure the word or brought on by trauma as well???
Hi Pamela, thank you so much for your comment. And I appreciate your bravery to describe your experience. I too have experienced trauma which for me made my PMDD much worse. Once I started to process my trauma with a great therapist, I found more capacity to be more mindful with my PMDD. I can only speak to my experience, but for me trauma definitely impacted my PMDD.
@@elizabeth.ferreira ❤❤ have you trialled an anti depressant before? Wondering if I should try one but still probably not feeling its a good idea
@@pamelagunn234 I’m 43 now, and battled PMDD since as long as I can remember, not actually knowing what it was. I’ve been on many many antidepressants and was on birth control for my periods too. Looking back, maybe they helped me get through some hard times and maybe I needed meds but really if I had it to do over again I would have gone without. I feel like so many years of my life were lost in this medicated haze and statistically the long run for people who use antidepressants is that they don’t get better on average. They get worse. I think I would have developed more as a person if I would have tried alternatives. I don’t want to discourage you from trying them, because there are definite benefits, but I felt like they changed my brain even long after I stopped. Switching meds was always hard and it always felt like I was dealing with the side effects and the improvements weren’t worth it. I think learning to fully experience emotions is so much better than taking meds and ring on meds you never get to experience the full range of emotions. Sometimes you need them to get through a rough patch. If you do that, take something like Zoloft that isn’t that hard to quit. Steer clear of things like Lexipro. That was one of the hardest for me to ween off of and took the longest for my mind to recover. Also, Seroquel is one I had issues with after being on for a few years; it caused uncontrollable face spasms. Hope that’s helpful.
Some advice, get your vitamin D levels checked annually and thyroid levels. I have a theory that trauma affects both. And problems with either one can make you insane. I mean that literally (literally literally). With mine, I really wish I had figured out my hypothyroidism and vitamin D deficiency sooner. I think they should both be checked regularly but especially for women who’ve suffered trauma. Tell your doctor you want blood labs. They’re easy tests. No reason not to.
Good luck to you, whatever you decide about medications.
I found out from my doctor that I prob have PMDD. I feel now thats deff my issue. I go through 2 weeks of it. 3 days before, the entire week of period and 3 days after. I hate it. I try to hide during that time. I remember high school being the worse time. I had many attempts of offing myself. It is soooo hard I decided to talk to the doctor about it finally at 28 almost 29yrs old
I have a great son and boyfriend and i have snapped at my bf during and feel like such a horrible gf and mom
Since u’re studying as well, i want to ask -- How do study for important and difficult exam during ur pmdd phase? Wht if the exam falls during the pmdd phase and there’s no scope to change the exam date?
I seriously struggle with this, Share some guidance plz! 🙏
44 here and came off the chemical menopause 2 years ago ...now my symptoms are back and I feel so tired, I can't cope anymore. Now my 14 year old is starting with the same symptoms 😢
Im so sorry to hear that. Could i ask why you stopped? I was thinking to give it a shot
@@medicenrana I started with severe bone pain and feeling awful, they have me some add back hormones and they gave me terrible ocular migraines, it was daily so I'm no longer suitable unfortunately.
I used to feel like this, but after suffering and being basically bed ridden for 5 years, I’m going to try an antidepressant…. I don’t think it’s a good idea to waste your life when there’s help out there. You don’t have to suffer.
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Me: instantly hits subscribe button
Only thing that works for me is suppressing ovulation via BCP or pregnancy. Everyday I am thankful that the pill works . Everyday. Luckily I m done having children My heart bleeds for those that can’t find relief.
My PMDD last the week before and week of 😓