.theguardian - 6 days ago

The 24-hour day might be perfectly synced to men’s hormonal cycle – but the menstrual cycle takes a longer view …Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsOnce a month without fail I decide to give up on all my goals and ambitions. “There’s just no point,” I sigh to my mother, who smiles and asks what day of my cycle I’m on. I grumble back, insisting it has nothing to do with my period, I just happen to have lost all motivation and inspiration. “What’s the point anyway,” I add, “when we’re watching the world burn?”Nine times out of 10 my period shows up shortly afterwards and, a few days later, my creativity, motivation and drive all come flooding back. You’d think that growing up with a menstrual educator for a mother – and having a fairly solid knowledge of the cycle myself – I’d remember this each month when feelings of disillusionment and apathy creep in. But deep in the slump it’s hard to convince myself that it’s my hormones playing tricks on me again. Continue reading...

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