@Jes Fleming yessss omg I stumbled across her a couple years ago! But I didn’t realize she had a book!!! Getting it now 😍

@Najwa Parkins yummmmmmy!!!!! Bergamot is definitely an oil my soul resonates with too! And patchouli is my go to when I need to get IN my body and really feel I’m here!! You might dig the app “Essential Emotions”! That’s what I use to tap into all the deeper aspects 😍

@Jes Fleming Thank you!!!

@Athena Etzell YES! You too!! Thank you for sharing your story and it made me think back to PMDD setting in for me at 18 and being SO freaked out and all the fear and turbulence and WTFness and just sending you a HUGE hug 💜💜💜

I just watched Jessica's video for PMS vs. PMDD and it's super short and clear so that's a great way to provide your partners the differences then describing how it can make you feel typically is great. Although I can get such amnesia as soon as I'm done bleeding so taking notes about how you're feeling when you're in it if it's possible has helped me a ton. I loving call the PMDD, Dark and Stormy time. I am a very sunshiney person to go from that one day to waking up like Eeyore because a totally different storm system with heavy fog and thunderstorms and unpredictable weather has come to settle in for however many days. This is a common way I have been able to describe it to my husband and friends. The Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde scenario is also the most clear cut image for me to use along with the feeling of having no control over turning into a werewolf on the full moon and the werewolf me is a totally different feral animal who is on a hairpin stress trigger and all my very valuable coping tools and relationship skills I have access too pre-ovulation go out the window. But sharing with my partner and friends and family the facts of what's happening to my body and then how it feels when I experience it have been supportive to my relationships in increasing their understanding and compassion.

@Athena Etzell here!! In classroom tab 😍