Struggling with PMDD since adolescence can feel like a never-ending battle against a tide of emotions and lost time. In this episode, Jes dives deep into the journey of living with PMDD from a young age and how it impacts the flow of life, relationships, identity, and beyond. Together, we'll explore the grief of lost years and the hope of reclaiming your life from these symptoms.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The average time between PMDD symptom onset and diagnosis and its impact on life.
• How undiagnosed and misdiagnosed PMDD affects adolescence and early adulthood.
• The implications of misdiagnosis and how it shapes personal identity.
• Understanding the trauma link with PMDD and its effect on symptoms.
• The reality of PMDD in terms of lost days and how symptom mapping can be vital.
• How grief and hope coexist in the journey toward healing and reclaiming life.
• Practical steps for shifting the narrative from being a problem to facing a challenge.

Key Quotes from This Episode:

"PMDD might feel like your whole story, but it's just a chapter, and you get to write what comes next."

"There's a huge overlap between PMDD and trauma, and the trauma is one of the root causes of PMDD."

"You can't grieve something you can't see, and you can't see it clearly until you start to get far enough away from it."

"Even now, I still feel like I'm playing catch-up in my career, in some of my relationships, in my sense of self."

"The grief means that you're far enough out of the worst of it to finally see it."

Resources Mentioned:

See links below for all HMM resources.

HMM Resources + Services

https://courses.hermoodmentor.com/pmdd-resources

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Listen to the PMDD Pep Talk Podcast

https://courses.hermoodmentor.com/podcasts/pmdd-pep-talk-2

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You can find Jes:

Instagram: @hermoodmentor https://www.instagram.com/hermoodmentor/

Youtube: @hermoodmentor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCScMMMsmLZDfzjZEQ-1l9lA

Website: https://hermoodmentor.com/

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