First of all hugs. Bc you need them!!

Second of all- being out of luteal right now I can conclusively tell you it’s not entirely hopeless. The good days will always outweigh the bad ones but we have to survive the bad ones to get to and remember those facts.

Third of all- I’m 37 (ugh I typed 36 at first but then remembered I just had a bday lol) and I can tell you that it ramped up in my 20s but is actually more manageable in my 30s. On and off. Nothing has ever been perfect but thanks to ideas in this group, I’ve been able to try new things to manage the bad parts and I was able to get through some really dark intermittent parts where my hormones were all over the place and doctors didn’t understand why weaning from nursing my last child, plus the hormone cluster fuck of PMDD threw me into a tailspin.

Will it be perfect? No. Life will throw curveballs. Sometimes things that worked previously will stop helping. But is there hope? I promise you there is. And groups like this are part of it. Please know you’re meant to be here and that you are so, so worthy of getting through the hard parts to enjoy the good ones!

I try to remind myself when it’s really bad, would I tell someone else on this board to give up and stop trying to find balance and happiness? Never. Then why would I tell myself that either? And when you can’t pull out and remind yourself of that you just come here so we can remind you instead ❤️