Our Menstrual Cycle is Struggling - My Take on What’s Happening
Our period is our fifth vital sign. It tells us how our health has been in the past month(s), how our hormonal balance is reflecting other systems in our body (like our immune system, fertility, etc), and where things have been more difficult for our body. When something is off, our period lets us know.
An uncomfortable period is a way our body is trying to communicate with us. This means that a period that talks is a functioning period. We just need to learn what to do with that information.
Because for most women… something is, indeed, off.
Most of us are malnourished. The foods we eat contain less and less nutrients, and our bodies are having a harder and harder time to absorb them.
Our body gets the signal that there is not enough food, and in the wrong proportions.
Most of us are stressed constantly. Whether that is physical or emotional stress, our nervous system is stuck in the sympathetic response and creates waves of dysregulation in our body.
Our cycle collects feelings and sensations that, little by little, push our body into survival mode.
Most of us are disconnected. We’ve never been taught to read our symptoms, to understand our cycle, or to inhabit our own body. We do not speak the language of our body.
Our body gets the signals that something is slightly off, but has no means to be understood. The imbalances increase.
Most of us are isolated. By not knowing our bodies, we depend on other’s choices about it. We go on living a day to day life in a world that isn’t always very woman-friendly, without knowing how to ask for what our biology needs. Our trust is broken, and we don’t know where to turn, especially towards other women.
What Does That Mean For Us?
Our body responds to all of these signals, and our period starts to feel like a curse.
There is a global hormonal dysregulation epidemic, and we’ve normalized it.
If we don’t address it, a couple of things can happen:
We’ll need to rely on hormonal medicine (the pill, hormone replacement therapy, etc) for longer than what these types of medicines were meant to be taken.
Symptoms will start to shift places, and start popping up in more and more places (insomnia, weight gain, hair loss, digestive troubles, etc), disrupting our life deeper than we’d like.
Perimenopause can come earlier and be heavier, sometimes leading to a complicated menopause.
Fertility gets more complicated (according to WHO, 1 in 6 people today is affected in their fertility, and the numbers are on the rise).
We have no tools and language to teach the next generations of girls about their body and period.
I Want To See That Narrative Shifted
When we address the root cause of our hormonal imbalances through holistic and natural ways, we’re giving our cycle the chance to flip the reality completely.
Our period and our symptoms are lighter (and eventually, our symptoms are completely gone).
Our perimenopausal transition is smoother.
Our relationship to our body and health gives us more peace.
The next generation gets a better experience of their cycle and well-being.
And so much more.
This is why Spotless Girl exists, and why it’s created the way it is. This new reality is my dream for us all.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
