The night before mine, and that day and the night to follow, it appears I become extremely saddened and depressed. I lose perspective and think fearfully with catastrophic thinking. I worry, worry, worry, withdraw and cry, cry, cry.
My Ptsd doesn't necessary flare up unless unmanageable triggers arise which so often can when I'm crying alone, and/or when I cry and it is overheard and met with indifference or criticism. The depression and negative thinking gets pretty bad too; And, these threaten me and I become terribly afraid and will just lay there quietly in despair until I fall asleep.
This happened just the other night and then again the next day and night; It seems to be intense, (has come on abruptly and yet be rather short-lived); Like I said, only two days. Somehow I've got to remember this so that I am more prepared for the sudden and intense depression, crying and the impaired thinking/confusion/fear that comes with it.
I'm really glad I read this thread afterall. I'm not much into reading about periods, don't have PMS, and not much into commenting about such, but funny I did.
