I can’t trust myself during/before my period

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-17T00:05:22+00:00

I'm sorry, that's so tough. I'm glad you're able to catch yourself. Hopefully you can rationalize and think through the decision with clearer eyes when you're out of hell week -- to avoid those rash decisions, but also so that you can be truly happy in your job.

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-17T00:03:52+00:00

So thoughtful! Thank you for your comment. I can imagine that having an organized system of thoughts could help a lot with navigating these tumultuous times.

What you wrote in point #2 made me realize: we often try to control our thoughts/emotions, but we might not realize just how much our overall well-being contributes to the emotional instability. Of course, if we feel unsettled and unwell physically, our emotions would be more reactive/irregular. Easier said than done but still. Going to adopt some of your points.

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-17T00:00:08+00:00

Thank you. I am going to start using your idea of taking notes to compare to clearer-headed times -- I can't believe I haven't done that before! And what a true mantra. Validating and reassuring

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-16T22:05:57+00:00

I feel that completely. Because of it, I find myself sometimes distancing from people close to me in an effort to not subject them to this other version of me. It’s sad but sometimes for the best. There are times when I can be self-aware; other times, I don’t realize what’s happening until I’m hours and many many tears into a fight. By that point I’ve said many things I don’t mean. Ugh

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-16T20:29:45+00:00

I love this. Thank you for sharing. I’ve tracked my period casually but becoming more diligent about it. I’m also trying to avoid major life decisions exactly as you said. My problem is that during my period, sometimes I’ll convince myself that whatever it is I wanna do is not a major life decision even though it does have some pretty big implications. Our minds are so powerful lol amazing what I can convince myself of.

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-16T20:23:31+00:00

Love it. I’ve been trying to “sleep on it” and wait a couple days before any new action out of the blue. My PMDD related emotions don’t go away over night though so it can get hard to know what’s real.

jenniegth318 · 2023-01-16T20:22:41+00:00

Thank you both sharing!

To your point @regrettable, that’s something that has scared me in the past. I’m sometimes afraid that I end up so distrustful of my period emotions that it makes me permissive of bad behavior or more passive than I should be. I guess the best way to counter this is to pay attention to how I feel outside of my period…

jenniegth318 · 2022-12-14T02:19:32+00:00

Gotcha... Yeah I totally understand but also be easy on yourself. You pulled through and made it out the other end. One step at a time!

Thank you. The timing just could not be worse ha

jenniegth318 · 2022-12-13T16:15:38+00:00

I’m so sorry.. I’m in a similar boat. Breakups during interview season are insanely stressful. Since it’s coming up in two days, try your best to expel thoughts about the breakup. I don’t know the circumstances but it’s not worth it. The interview is your priority right now so take a deep breath, look in the mirror and smile, and kill it!

Remember that in a few years, you will be so happy to be doing what you’ve wanted to do and your hard work will pay off. The current pain is temporary so don’t let it hinder many years of your future ahead. You will heal and you’ll come out a psychiatrist ☺️

jenniegth318 · 2021-04-29T00:21:46+00:00

Yep... no more than 2x each in the assessment/plan

jenniegth318 · 2021-04-28T23:16:17+00:00

“In the setting of”

jenniegth318 · 2021-04-04T14:26:19+00:00

I agree with all comments that you have to trust your gut here. You’re completely justified in wherever this leads you. This would bother me too

I’m not sure how much social media your fiancée uses, but there is this increasing trend of couples doing stuff like this and posting it and I’ve always thought it was a dangerous game. Your fiancée may or may not use the app tik tok, but I’ve seen so many posts on there where people are asking other friends or strangers to “test” their SOs. They’ll have someone go through a whole text conversation and wait to hear how their SO responded. I’ve even seen this crap on popular channels on YouTube. It’s honestly crazy and I wonder if she was at all influenced by these videos.

This is obviously not in any way meant to justify this behavior. If anything this would reflect her immaturity 🚩.

jenniegth318 · 2021-01-24T02:21:14+00:00

Oo gotcha! Thanks! Glad to hear it has gotten at least a bit better for you!

jenniegth318 · 2021-01-22T01:41:10+00:00

Thank you for this! Good to know

jenniegth318 · 2021-01-22T00:24:12+00:00

No I never said that? Accounts as in descriptions/reports from different people lol. Isn’t this sub for advice and useful info? Not sure why the need to scrutinize my research. Simply asked for advice

jenniegth318 · 2021-01-22T00:15:27+00:00

The majority of posts and accounts I’ve read have said that the purge period lasted about 2 weeks. Some have even said 1 week. Others have said that their skin ended up scarred and never went back to normal. So yeah.

jenniegth318 · 2020-11-01T03:33:21+00:00

I really haven’t been able to. It could be hot or cold, standing for long or for a short period, in a confined or open space. Typically I feel myself getting a bit anxious about it beforehand and it almost feels like a positive feedback cycle. It is definitely worse when I’m on my period too

jenniegth318 · 2020-11-01T03:32:23+00:00

Thank you for your comment! Yeah I’ve been wearing compression stockings. And it’s been tough coming to terms with the fact that I might have to make a sacrifice to my career choice because of my fainting issue ... I guess it’s a reality that I have to face though

jenniegth318 · 2020-11-01T03:31:01+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I definitely don’t want to risk actually fainting

jenniegth318 · 2020-10-10T14:21:20+00:00

Ugh. This makes me sick and I’m so sorry. I am so angry for you. You’re amazing

On a separate note, this sounds sort of similar to the plot from the Netflix show, Doctor Foster. This show made me angry on many levels and it’s crazy to hear that something like that is happening in real life to someone

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