Higher Health

Have you heard of a meta emotion? Repost Keara Taylor 👌.

I just heard the term on a podcast I was listening to and it was described as the feeling you have about your feelings.

I was thinking about it in the context of PMS and PMDD. Commonly if we’re irritable, anxious, or just not ourselves in the days before our period, we can add “I shouldn’t feel this way” on top of it. That’s a meta emotion, and it can make the whole experience significantly more unpleasant.

With PMS and PMDD, your brain is more sensitive to hormonal shifts in the luteal phase, and piling judgment on top of that doesn’t help.

If your premenstrual symptoms are affecting your quality of life, that’s worth looking into. I’d love to support you 💜

Your mood shifts throughout your cycle are not random, they’re telling you something. Repost .nd 👌.

PMS is a hormone sensitivity. And in perimenopause, that sensitivity may get louder and more intense.

This is why it is so important to track your mood across your menstrual cycle in your 30s and 40s if you relate to being hormone sensitive.

This pattern tells us how your brain is responding to your hormone fluctuations, and can guide how to best support you.

Perimenopause is a window of vulnerability for mood changes.

The earlier we catch the pattern, the better we can protect your mental and emotional health through the transition.

👇 Save this if you’ve ever wondered why you feel like a different person at different points in your cycle.