Aunt Flo and PD behaviors.

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Many women struggle with mood etc at various times in their cycle depending on their individual hormone levels at the various points in that cycle.

I think that healthy individuals come to know themselves and will make efforts to reduce the impact on others.  They may veg out and binge watch a show on a given day or resort to picking up fast food or calling for pizza to reduce their chore load.

A PD person will often have a feelings as facts orientation.  Feeling poorly physically or emotionally may be manifested in exaggerated pd-ness as they use their negative PD coping mechanisms/abuse styles to lash out.

A other thing to toss into a discussion of menses enhancing pd-ness is that the various endocrine systems are interconnected.  The thyroid gland can influence menses and visa versa. Thyroid can have a great impact on mental health and brain chemistry.

Additionally things like blood pressure and the adrenaline response of a given person can influence the degree to which they are in flight or flight mode, eg operating in reptilian survival mode with no empathy etc.