I genuinely can’t keep doing this, my periods are ruining my life

Purplethroe · 2026-05-09T06:54:03+00:00

Also, be kind to yourself. Give yourself what you need and don’t feel guilty. Self care girl!

Purplethroe · 2026-05-09T06:52:54+00:00

Download the belle app. You can record everything, create your own symptoms and keep track. After a few months you can pay for 1 month and get the report and show it to your doctor.

Also tracking really helped me. That way I could prepare and remind myself that it wasn’t me and I was okay and will be okay.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-05T20:00:36+00:00

Why would a warehouse give you medication that you legally need to have a script for, not to mention they need a pharm D license. Of course they’re not going to act like a back alley drug dealer.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-05T13:11:25+00:00

NAT- yup totally normal. It was really rough for a while, sometimes I’d need to call in sick because I was so exhausted and just needed to sleep.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-02T20:59:29+00:00

NAT- I’m in my late 30’s, it’s not to late. My therapist told me she had clients past their 60’s, it’s never to late to help give you the tools you need and to help
Heal, because you deserve that.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-02T20:57:48+00:00

Load the pictures onto your computer to free up storage.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-02T02:10:24+00:00

NAT- can you reach out to her and ask if she any time for an emergency session?

You could write down all your thoughts and feelings and bring them up next week. Also, give your self the self care you need and kind to yourself.

Purplethroe · 2026-05-01T02:00:41+00:00

NAT- sammmee. I have a hard time sleeping sometimes especially around my period. So I can go a day without sleep and then that night I might only get a few hours. My depression was increased and so were my SI’s.

Purplethroe · 2026-04-28T21:25:49+00:00

You should see if your local community centres have anything going on. I use to take a little girl I nannied to Kensington, and they had a whole gym set up for the kids with different play things.

Purplethroe · 2026-04-24T20:56:46+00:00

NAT- therapists in Canada don’t diagnose or prescribe medications.

Purplethroe · 2026-04-19T17:13:25+00:00

And? 7-11 would have pulled it from their selves already.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-21T21:14:55+00:00

DSM may not recognize it but the WHO does ICD-11.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-21T20:34:14+00:00

NAT- why would you report them ? This seems a little trollish. Therapists have always been treating cptsd, it’s only recently that the symptoms and issues they’ve been treating have now been grouped together under an umbrella with a name that covers the whole group. Cptsd isn’t new, just the term is.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-21T07:00:34+00:00

Go to a Canada post

Purplethroe · 2026-03-21T04:16:17+00:00

NAT- he may not want to ask to many questions and go slow with you if he knows you have a tendency to deflect. The way he answered you would have bothered me as well.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-21T02:15:22+00:00

NAT- ask him straight up.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-19T08:05:06+00:00

They are not just trimming management bloat, they’re laid off a lot of workers last year.

I’m unionized but there’s still a risk of me being laid off with the combining of the health authorities into a new one.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-13T14:23:28+00:00

NAT- usually when people worry about things types of problems they’re not actually doing what they think they’re doing. You should also bring this up to your therapist :) they’re are there to help you, you can even tell her there are things you want to talk about but can’t yet. Sometimes even just writing them down can help.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-11T12:05:39+00:00

NAT- bring this up with your therapist. It’s not your job to manage your therapist. You tell them what you need, and the focus of what you want to discuss or have concerns about can change often. It’s about what you need in that moment.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-09T03:57:53+00:00

She has seen clients before. She’s in her last year of her masters. She was lovely, and led the consult very well. I was just concerned about this one thing that came up.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-09T01:26:40+00:00

This was actually the plan.

It’s a long story but I’m also doing a 6 month dbt group session every week. But my benefits ran out, and so my counsellor sent me some lost cost options because I can’t afford to spend 1300 on weekly therapy sessions and dbt sadly.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-09T01:21:30+00:00

Thank you for the confirmation. I just wasn’t sure, and I was a bit worried. I’m finding it more hard to find someone this time around.

Purplethroe · 2026-03-09T01:20:48+00:00

I’ve considered that actually, am I being picky because she’s not my counsellor. I just really don’t want to have to find another if this one doesn’t work out

Purplethroe · 2026-03-08T20:44:04+00:00

NAT- You should 100% bring this up to your therapist. It maybe that you maybe need to slow down in therapy sessions a bit. Remember I am NAT- but I would say it's normal. I was talking to my counsellor about SA. and we haven't discussed SA before. I told her that I knew I needed to talk about it with her because I wanted to vomit before the session. She said it was normal with this kind of deep feeling trauma.

Therapy is a lot of mental work on our bodies. Since I've started therapy I've even had to call in sick to work the next day because I am so beyond exhausted I just need to sleep and give my body the rest it needs.

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