On PMDD w/ Nicole

Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon - C. Helfrich-Försters, S Monecke, I Spiousas, T Hovestadt, O Mitesser and T A Wehr

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe1358

What Are Anxiety Disorders - Mind

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/anxiety-disorders/

Misophonia and Sound Sensitivity: A Polyvagal Informed Approach to Treatment - New Pathways Therapy

https://www.newpathwaystherapy.com/blog/misophonia-and-sound-sensitivity-a-polyvagal-informed-approach-to-treatment

Polyvagal Theory - Misophonia International

https://www.misophoniainternational.com/the-polyvagal-theory-2/#:~:text=The%20Polyvagal%20Theory%20proposes%20that,in%20which%20social%20communication%20occurs.

Orientation and Grounding - Dis-SOS

https://www.dis-sos.com/orientation-and-grounding/#:~:text=Grounding%20means%20being%20fully%20present,tool%20we%20use%20that%20often.

Tara Talks: I See You, Mara - Tara Brach

https://youtu.be/dHIOtjiGiy8

Suppressing Anger Leads To Dysregulation - Jessica Maguire

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VlNJvnf3h-c

Beetroot latte recipe

https://nutritioninthekitch.com/dreamy-beetroot-latte-recipe/

Beetroot chocolate cake recipe

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/beetroot-and-chocolate-cake.html

PMDD - Mind

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-pmdd/about-pmdd/

What Is EDS - The Ehlers Danlos Society

https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/what-is-eds

#Ablesim - Leah Smith

https://cdrnys.org/blog/uncategorized/ableism

The Etiology Of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: 5 Interwoven Pieces - Edwin R Raffi and Marlene P Freeman

https://womensmentalhealth.org/specialty-clinics-2/pms-and-pmdd/the-etiology-of-pmdd/#:~:text=Estrogen%20affects%20multiple%20neurotransmitter%20systems,cognition%2C%20sleep%2C%20and%20eating.&text=Studying%20estrogen%20in%20context%20of,cravings%2C%20and%20impaired%20cognitive%20function.

What Are Antidepressants? - Mind

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antidepressants/about-antidepressants/#SelectiveSerotoninReuptakeInhibitorsSSRIs

Intermittent Dosing Of SSRIs For PMS - MGH Centre For Women’s Mental Health

https://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/intermittent-dosing-of-ssris-for-pms

Posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma characteristics are correlates of premenstrual dysphoric disorder - Corey E. Pilver, Becca R. Levy and Rani A. Desai

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404806

The prevalence of early life trauma in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) - Jayashri Kulkarni, Olivia Leyden, Emorfia Gavrilidis, Caroline Thew and Elizabeth H X Thomas

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34999294

Childhood Trauma and Premenstrual Symptoms: The Role of Emotion Regulation - M Azoulaya, I Reuvenib, R Dancd, G Goelmand, R Segmanb, C Kallab, O Bonneb and L Canett

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0145213420302921

The Highly Sensitive Person and PMS - Shannon Callarman

https://www.thundermooncoaching.com/blog/pms-highly-sensitive-person

Progesterone Selectively Increases Amygdala Reactivity In Women - GA van Wingen, F van Broekhoven, RJ Verkes, KM Petersson, T Bäckström, JK Buitelaar and G Fernández

https://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038%2Fsj.mp.4002030

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Freyia Lilian

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Nicole Roehrig

D I S T R I B U T I O N P A R T N E R

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M E N T O R S H I P

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Mili Mehta (she/her)

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M U S I C

Foxhunt (he/him)

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/foxhunt-official

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Will Ainsworth (he/him)

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If you are concerned about your mental health, Folie À Deux always recommends turning to trusted members of your community first.

In the words of Drs Amelia and Emily Nagoski:

“The cure for burnout isn’t self care, it’s all of us caring for each other.”

Access allowing, spending your time and resources finding a supportive professional you gel with can be invaluable to your journey.

If you are in crisis and you don’t know where to turn, Strong 365 hosts their own free 24 hour peer led online mental health chat which can be found here:

https://www.7cups.com/p/strong365/?wla=strong365

A thorough list of mental health helplines for a range of countries can be found here:

https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm

The world is better with you in it.