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PMS: The Not-So-Calm Before the Storm
If you’ve ever felt like a completely different person in the days before your period — more irritable, more emotional, more tired, more everything — you’re not imagining it.
For some people, it’s subtle. For others, it’s impossible to ignore. Either way, there’s often a pattern: things feel manageable…until suddenly they don’t.
That shift - the build-up before your period - is what we call PMS.
The Menstrual Cycle: Your Monthly Programming
We’re taught from the start that a “normal” menstrual cycle is 28 days. But that’s like saying every person should be 5'6" with brown eyes and a love for iced coffee. It’s a baseline, not a blueprint—and your body has its own version of normal.
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