I (23F) just moved to a new city post grad for a job two months ago and adjusting to it has been stressful to say the least. My sleep has taken a hit and I have not been getting good rest.
This has affected my period. My previous one came on time but was weirdly light at first and got heavier slowly but lasted like 12 days.
My current period came on day 55 of my cycle. About 2 weeks ago my mental health became terrible and I was feeling insanely anxious, lethargic, depressed, with absolutely no energy.
Two days before this period I woke up with a sore throat and extreme malaise. When i went to work that day, I accidentally messed up something with the coffee machine and my coworkers sent me a picture of it on teams and my boss saw it too. I began crying and ran out of the building to work from home. The sick feeling and anxiety didn’t go away the next day so I took half the day off only to have a terrible nap that left me with a pounding headache and even worse weakness.
The next morning I woke up and started crying, unable to comprehend what was happening to me. It got so bad i didn’t want to be alive anymore. Then i got my period. A heavy and painful one because it’s been 55 days. My problems disappeared and life seems worth living. My sore throat is gone, my weakness gone in an instant.
What the actual fuck is being a woman