Redefining Life: Life w/ PMDD

Feeling down when everything is good…

I sometimes feel guilty for feeling down when everything is so good. I know there are people in the world that have it a lot rougher than I do.

Maybe this is why I share so freely everything about my PMDD. It feels wrong to me to feel down in the dumps when I think of all the good I have in my life. So, if the people around me understand, or at least realize, I am not down because of bad things, but because of hormonal problems, it just feels better. I don’t feel as though I am being ungrateful.

I have 4 children that all have their health, my husband has a great job, I am blessed to be able to stay at home, we are able to provide for our kids, there’s just so much to be thankful for. Yet, I am still down in the dumps for 2 weeks every single month.

When you say it out loud, it just sounds wrong. For those people that don’t understand PMDD, or any other Mental Illness that causes individuals to feel this way, it can look as though we are down-right never happy or ever satisfied with life.

I like to think of myself as someone that sees the cup as half full, I believe in love at first sight, fairy tales…you get the picture…

I tell you all of this because if you are living with someone that has PMDD or any Mental Illness or you, yourself have PMDD, it may be difficult and frustrating to understand. I hope that you will research and try to keep an open mind (whether it really makes sense to you or not) and not judge us. I understand it can be so mind boggeling to wonder why someone wouldn’t be happy when you see their life from the outside and it looks great.

Just remember, you don’t have to understand, you don’t even have to agree, but you can still have compassion for another individual. You can make a personal decision that no-one would truly ‘want’ to be unhappy so something must be going on. You can be a listening ear without responding~ a great friend.

Look at it this way…You have a friend going thru a divorce, yet you have never been thru a divorce. You still listen, you are there because you are their friend, you show compassion.

You get the picture now.

Remember, you never know what life will bring your way. One day compassion and a listening ear may be all you need. Like I teach my kids, treat others like you want to be treated. I believe this should still hold true for adults.

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