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Is Anybody Listening?
Welcome to Is Anybody Listening?, the podcast discussing PMS, PMDD, and all the different areas of our lives they impact.
Did you know that around 80% of females get PMS or PMDD? But with over 150 different physiological, physical, and behavioural symptoms, there isn't one picture of PMS or PMDD. Each of us has a unique and constantly changing experience.
With these conditions being cyclical, and symptoms appearing for two weeks then disappearing again, it can be all too easy for others (and ourselves) to dismiss them. Most of us have been told that PMS and PMDD are 'part of being female', that we should 'just get on with it', and worst of all, what we're experiencing is 'all in your head'.
Is Anybody Listening? explores real stories of people living with PMS and PMDD. We hope that Is Anybody Listening? will help raise the volume of the conversation around pre-menstrual conditions, give an accurate picture of what they really look and feel like, and enable more people to understand how seriously they affect our lives.
Together, with enough of us speaking up, we can and will transform the cycle as we know it.
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Is Anybody Listening?
Pip's PMS
PMS, also known as premenstrual syndrome, is the name given to the group of physical, psychological, and behavioural symptoms that occur in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (the two weeks before our period).
These symptoms can significantly disrupt our lives, affecting everything including work, relationships, exercise, self-confidence, social interactions, decision-making, and more.
PMS occurs, in part, as a result of the fluctuating hormones experienced during the menstrual cycle, and our personal sensitivity to such. This means our symptoms are present for only a certain part of each cycle. When we don't know we might have PMS, these fluctuating symptoms can make us question ourselves, and sometimes lead healthcare professionals to presume they're not serious, because they're not constant. We're here to tell you that's not true, and we need to talk about PMS (especially when around 75% of females experience it).
By raising the volume of the conversation around PMS, more people will start to understand what it really is, and how much it affects our day-to-day and month-to-month.
In this episode, we talk to Pip about her experience with PMS, why being open and honest about our health is too often seen as weakness, and the potential power of embracing our PMS emotions.