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July 28, 2025 0 Comments

Your cycle affects your… brain

What’s the link between your menstrual cycle and your brain? More than you might think: your brain is, after all, controlled by hormones. This is how your hormonal cycle affects your brain. (…)

Body & Mind

March 31, 2025 0 Comments

PME or PMDD: spot the differences

While most people still aren’t sure what PMDD is, another term is emerging: PME. What are the differences between those two cycle-related conditions? (…)

Quotes

April 10, 2023 0 Comments

Why did I ever think this was normal?

‘Rewind two years and you might have found me in a heap on my bedroom floor, crying, engulfed by a black cloud of depression.’ Business psychologist Clare Knox writes about dealing with PMDD. (…)

Culture

March 31, 2023 0 Comments

Donna and Ally: on the run with PMDD

Meet Donna and Ally. Two teenage foster girls on the run while on the quest to be somebodies in a comic roadmovie. One of them has an extra obstacle: PMDD. (…)

Facts & Figures

March 26, 2023 0 Comments

Autism and periods

Getting your period for the first time. Not every (pre) adolescent thinks this is fun. This is especially the case for girls with autism. Here’s why. (…)

Quotes

December 5, 2022 0 Comments

Menstruation gone wrong

Too many, too little, too early, too late, not at all: a lot of things can go wrong with menstruation. And all those disorders have a name. An alphabetic summary. (…)

Quotes

April 8, 2022 4 Comments

PMDD and me

‘Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder affects 1 in 20 women. So how could it be that it took me until my 30’s to learn about PMDD?’ – a guest blog by Cindy Lopez Smith. (…)

Body & Mind

January 5, 2022 0 Comments

Most of January’s good intentions have to do with health. That’s why we add one more to our ‘to do’-list for 2022: make an appointment with your GP if you’re suffering from one of these menstrual complaints. (…)

Quotes

March 25, 2021 0 Comments

Me v PMDD: tracking saved my life

‘I didn’t know I was suffering from PMDD until I began to track my symptoms plotted over my menstrual cycle.’ – A guest blog by Brett Buchert. (…)

Quotes

February 10, 2021 0 Comments

Menstruation: 5 legendary quotes

Periods. A great subject for songs, jokes and essays. But it also lends itself for hilarious quotes. Like these five. (…)

Facts & Figures

August 26, 2020 0 Comments

CTRL+ALT+DEL

Is menstruating still necessary? It’s also possible to delete your periods with hormonal contraception. A lot of women do this, sometimes even without knowing. Here’s how. (..)

Facts & Figures