It's That Time of the Month…

“It’s that time of the month” is the most unfair reason hurled at women when they are found to be cranky or ill-tempered. But it is not all the time when the red flag is up, women become emotionally subtle and cantankerous. Most often than not, women do show signs of irrationality during their pre-menstrual period. If your girlfriend come down a little too hard on you for a trivial mistake or your sister freaks out and become more than usual sensitive over absolutely nothing; Oh maybe it is that time of the month where the red flag is coming up! 

When God created women, he wanted us to be special with strength to carry the burden of the world yet gentle and caring. One of the blessings is the gift to produce and nurture a living soul in the realm of motherhood. We are his beautiful creation in this world. For ages, women’s biology remains as an exceptional gift to bring a new life into the world. And therefore menstruating process is one manifestation of it that reminds us as we go through the period every month. Aside from the physical pains that we go through –backaches, bodily discomfort, fatigue, cramps etc, menstruation can really knock us down emotionally. Out of blue, a gamut of emotional outburst which is unexplainable sweeps us off balance. As a women that have endured both the physical and emotional manifestation of period, most often than not I am slapped with questions that nearly impossible for me to comprehend and what more can I explain to others around me.

There’s nothing worse than feeling dreadful and you know why but incapable to ease the feeling. Generally, since the onset of my period, I have struggled with PMS manifestation for years and the feeling sinks the week before my period appears. It’s nightmarish not only to me but even to those around me who knows me from near. I become very emotional at the drop of a pin, I get so stressed that I find myself quieter than usual and confine myself to solitary space and worst of all, anxiety slaps me. The mood swings tears apart my composure and sometimes my mind wonders, “what’s wrong with me?” To be frank, I could imagine meaningless things about everything under the sky. The next thing I knew, I am back to normal. Funny, right? But that’s how it goes for me when it’s that time of the month. I call this regular spells that I have taken a control of it. But somehow it gets out of my hands occasionally.  

So how do I explain this scientifically? Well, it is simple. PMS manifestation is associated to our neurotransmitter, serotonin’s interaction with estrogen levels in our body. Therefore days prior to shedding of the uterus lining, our body’s beta-endorphin levels declines significantly. Now this answers to all the complicated emotional outburst that we go through.

There is nothing one can do to stop the feeling.  Just wait for it to leave and try not to wallow ourselves and pull through it slowly. Sometimes I may find difficult to get out of bed in the morning. But somehow I keep myself strong and drag myself out of bed and make it to work. Don’t you think that PMS bring about confusion to our life? It sure does.

Of course I have tried all I could to ease the pain and symptoms but it is still a culprit. And to make things worse, daily stresses of life adds up to it. Men should try to understand that women has high tolerance level to cope with all the stress and kiss away the troubles but not at this time of the month as we are controlled by our hormones level that leads to our irate behavior. So if you can’t lend a hand to them, might as well do not hurt them.

Perhaps a warm hug and words of affection may keep them in spirit.