Premenstrual Mental Health
Premenstrual mental health and why it is important:
The menstrual cycle, a stigma for some, an enigma for many. How do you look after yourself during the different phases of your menstrual cycle? Does this look differently from one phase to another? How does it influence how you plan your week, your month, your weekend? How aware are you of the complex hormonal and physical interplay occurring within your body from week to week?
The Body and Time:
As women, in contemporary society there is an expectation to operate and function successfully within two different time continuums, that is, the linear time, of the twenty - four clock, the continuum that every member of society works and lives by. Then there's our own unique expression of cyclical time, namely The Menstrual Cycle, governed by our biology and divided into four phases: Menstruation, Follicular, Ovulation, and the Luteal phase. Although this is a normal phenomenon operating within the body, functioning within these two continuums can be challenging as they are often in conflict with one another.
