THE PRE-MENSTRUAL SYNDROME

HOW CAN WE HELP OURSELVES?

I believe that the greatest healer is oneself. To heal ourselves we need to be aware of certain helpful facts and guidelines. Firstly, the understanding that female sex hormone imbalances may play a role in depression is helpful. Women are more prone to depression than men, this depression usually starts after puberty, is worse pre-menstrually, after childbirth and during the zone of the menopausal years. Without this understanding, these disturbances often continue with cyclical regularity and no one does anything effective about it even though disorders like PMS are eminently treatable.
Women need to be aware of the biological model of psychological disorders where it is realised that our state of mind is influenced by our hormones, diet, nutritional status, drugs, lifestyle, general health and the environment and not just psychological factors.
If we can see womanhood as an advantage like a special gift, we are less likely to be intimidated by the cyclic nature of our biology, wanting to explore both its strengths and vulnerabilities. This is easier to enjoy when one knows that if the strengths diminish and the vulnerabilities increase, modern-day hormonal and nutritional therapy can restore the balance.
We need to tap into the wealth of healing resources and knowledge found in our inner selves to keep a balance with our accumulation of scientific and academic facts. By having faith in our inner female intuition we can gain confidence in changing ourselves and any misguided situations around us.
As an academic and eternal medical student, I have kept an open mind about new discoveries and this was partly the reason that I became interested m naturopathic medicine. It seemed to click with my inner sense of intuition and, no matter how much it was ridiculed or minimised by the establishment, It continued to make sense and produce good results. Like all doctors I have accumulated considerable medical wisdom by communicating my patients, who, together with my intuition, have both taught and Inspired n\e for many years.
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