#pmdawarenessmonth2022

[living-with-pmd]

On April 27 we reflect and honor those who have lost their lives to PMDD or PME.

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[pandoramsbox]

#pmdawarenesschallenge Day 29 and 30: Reflection and Looking Forward. "How are you?" "Exhausted," was a conversation that I have repeatedly had lately. Between my mother visiting and the final program of the season opening at work, the past two days have been full. So, this final post is going to be a twofer. My favorite part of #pmdawarenessmonth2022 was finding new #pmdpeeps to follow, and having an excuse to draw again, which I used to do regularly, but have seldom done since college. However, life got crazy busy and stressful this month, making daily drawing difficult to impossible after a certain point, which is why I had to abandon the concept mid-month. Looking forward: I am glad this month is over, and the busy season at work will follow. I am looking forward to travel and reunion with friends and family in the next month. Beyond that, I am hoping for time and space to reestablish routines and rebuild my baseline health. But first sleep. (at Sunset District, San Francisco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdAO7SFrtVs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[living-with-pmd]

PMD awareness month 2022 may be over, but there is still work to do promoting the research and understanding of premenstrual disorders.

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[pandoramsbox]

#pmdawarenesschallenge Day 28: Hope. Coming off of 2 years of pandemic living, and a 6 week dead run of events, it's hard to feel hopeful for good changes coming, because they have been in short supply or revoked. I don't mean to be pessimistic, just temper expectations to head off disappointment. Yet, I keep getting up, and trying and striving for improvement in myself and/or the world around me. My refusal to give up is a form of hope. For all the complaining some fans do about the recent Star Trek shows, as dark as they may get, hope springs eternal. I genuinely love Star Treks Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks and Prodigy. My favorite new universe building in the live action shows is the Qowat Milat, a Romulan sect of warrior nuns whom believe in the Way of Absolute Candor: or unfiltered emotional communication, the opposite of the typical cagey Romulan communication. They champion lost causes, and before they engage a combatant in battle urge them to "choose to live." It was revealed that "choose to live" is an abbreviation of the larger phrase, "The path you are on has come to an end. Choose to live." The phrase resonates with me because whether consciously or not, we make a constant stream of choices daily: i.e. chose to get up, chose to shower, chose what we eat, chose how we respond to the world, etc. Those of us with premenstrual disorders did not chose them, but we can chose how we face them. We can chose bitterness at our lot, or trying to prevent future hurt to ourselves and others. In the face of pandemic, climate disaster, and personal adversity, chosing to live is an act of hope. #pmdawarenessmonth2022 #startrekpicard #startrekdiscovery https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7A7flrmWO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[living-with-pmd]

Art by @alyseruriani for PMD awareness month 2022

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

Hey all!

Below is a link for a petition to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting they fund research into a cure for PMDD. ✍🏼 Only takes a second and you can find more information in the petition itself.

https://chng.it/ThPDwXJpM6

Thank you @purplekittenwar for making me aware of this!

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

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[living-with-pmd]

You may have noticed my blog name has changed to Living-With-PMD instead of Living-With-PMDD (new matching header coming soon).

This is following the International Association of Premenstrual Disorders broadening its annual awareness month from just PMDD to also include PME.

Both disorders are linked to the menstrual cycle and can be incredibly debilitating.

This month we are raising awareness and support for sufferers of premenstrual disorders, both PMDD and PME.

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[pandoramsbox]

#pmdawarenesschallenge Day 26: Strong. "Don't pick that up, it's too heavy!" my mom or grandma used to say to me, when I would try to pick up boxes or heavily loaded grocery bags. They did this to me not in my childhood, but when I was in my 20s, as if I didn't carry around 20-30lbs of film or videotape on a regular basis. That's the fun part of being an archivist: your wardrobe needs to look professional, even as you do a job with minimum lift requirements in the job description. I always found packing and moving 2in videotapes around most satisfying when I was femmed up in a pencil skirt and heels. These days, my archivist skills are limited to the digital realm. I do enjoy weightlifting though, even if it's just relatively light weight barbells. I seldom look like my femme archivist ideal self as I do it. I catch my reflection in the mirror and am reminded of Vasquez in Aliens (Dir. James Cameron, 1986). Though my mental inspiration as I do reps is a different James Cameron badass: Sarah Connor from "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1992). I used to dislike Connor as a character for years, thinking "T2" was a film obsessed with putting her best down relative to the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger). With adulthood came the realization that Connor's moments of weakness were usually rooted in PTSD from the events of the prior film. With that realization came new respect for this messed up, but resilient woman who could single arm pump a shotgun. Strength comes in many forms, and can coexist with weakness. My stubbornness is both strength and weakness. My highly oversensitive body is capable of feats of strength. My sense of self is always my strongest attribute though, whether I look like a femme fatale, butch space marine, or whatever suits my idiom on that particular day. #pmdawarenessmonth2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc1vrWOrWBE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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