I was misdiagnosed with PMDD, once upon a time. It turns out that with specific kinds of trauma can impact your relationship with your body; after I did years and years of bodywork, my periods became much more managable. But I am so sorry to hear that y'all struggle with it so much!!
I have bipolar depression and often experience depression after C-PTSD is triggered. I'm not sure that it's 100% applicable to this thread and my experience is not going to be everybody's experience. Nonetheless.
My "downs" are soul-crushing. It starts with a general agitation and a "fog" where...