Abbie Chatfield

So do you have any techniques to get rid of those thoughts of fear of your luteal phase or have you just gone, yeah, right, that's me?

When I learnt that, it changed my life.

For 90 seconds.

Because when you do, then you lean into that emotion.

This is what I have learnt recently as well about the anger being 90 seconds.

You go –

You feel angry and then you want to investigate the anger and you want to investigate it more and you stay stuck for hours and hours and hours.

Yes, about why you're angry and all the reasons why you're angry.

It becomes bigger and bigger and bigger.

Maybe I do have PMDD.

Yeah, it is.

Cool.

Speaking of that, you touched on it quickly before, but I do want to go a bit deeper into ADHD.

This idea – and I really struggle with this in terms of advocating for understanding of menstrual cycles and how they impact women versus – oh, she's on her period.

Like there just seems to be – it's so nuanced and I think it's hard to expect nuance in a patriarchal society that is so misogynistic and even women have –

...little idea about PMDD as a whole.

And women with their internalised misogyny also go... ...oh I'm just, I've just got my period.

And yes, that is true.

Because we don't talk about it really.

Yeah, and we've been told that, you know, having hormonal changes and having mood swings and PMSing is expected and pain is expected and agitation is expected.