09/03/2025
A menstrual Muse for the + gratitude for in allowing me to observe the layered calendar complexity in living with 👀 esp for the primordial rage that shows up 10-14 days before my period 👹 EEEK! For YEARS my symptoms seemed REMOVED from PMS as they felt too far away from my bleed 😭 Until I had a therapist who asked me to track my periods AND emo-vom fits, it all became clear 💃
My teen & early adult PMDD aka Carrie Era with a side of Ginger Snaps werewolfies was horrifically extreme 💢 The literal & metaphorical menstroscities, abject body-horror of external shame & lack of support 💔 along with gate-kept info about bodies & sometimes outright denial that PMDD is even A THING ⚔️ kept me in the dark about what seemed like mental breaks of paranoia, overanalysis, anxiety & deep depression 🖤BUT NOW I KNOW BETTER & KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE 💪
To make menstrual matters even more heightened, my bleed started with the Full Moon for 2 decades 🩸🌝🩸 And in retrospect I see the many benefits to being a 💃 Full Moon bleeding holds a key to deep intuition, empathy, empowerment but it is also a great responsibility 💓 I absolutely adore the incorporation of moon cycles, menstrual folklore & research tid-bits the app offers 🙏 and now keep tabs on the proximity of my period as it relates to symptoms & cravings & emo-overflow in every part of my cycle 🌀🗓️📌
Latest ♓ https://thefemmemoon.substack.com/p/my-divacup-runneth-over
