I saw a really great idea for a blog a while back. It was called The Lunachick Diaries. It was a group of PMDDing women who publicly wrote about their PMDD as it happened. It is no longer active though. I tried to join them but none of their contact information or links are working. The last entry was November 2011.
I understand the desire for PMDDers to keep their craziness, for lack of a better word, private either because they are embarrassed or remorseful about it or maybe they tried to be public about it before and got shot down, treated differently, or lost friends as a result. But I think what the Lunachicks were doing was actually a great idea!
What better way to spread awareness than by showing people exactly what goes through our minds during this period of our lives? Maybe then people would take us more seriously.
So I started my own public PMDD journal or diary or whatever you want to call it and told a few friends about it, but none of them are on board or have the energy to do it yet.
It is called My Monthly Monster, and I'm asking for volunteers. Please contact me at itsnotjustpms@gmail.com or through our Contact Us form if you are interested in becoming a contributor at this separate blog.
I'm not the best at recruiting people. I'm even thinking of changing the name up a bit.. My Monthly Monster Chronicles or something like that.. The Chronicles of My Monthly Monster. ? Although calling myself a "My Monthly Monster Chronicler" doesn't sound as cool as "Lunachick". Maybe I'll change the name completely. I don't know yet.
Is anyone with me on this? Am I the only one who thinks being public (but anonymous) about our PMDD episodes is a good thing?
I understand the desire for PMDDers to keep their craziness, for lack of a better word, private either because they are embarrassed or remorseful about it or maybe they tried to be public about it before and got shot down, treated differently, or lost friends as a result. But I think what the Lunachicks were doing was actually a great idea!
What better way to spread awareness than by showing people exactly what goes through our minds during this period of our lives? Maybe then people would take us more seriously.
So I started my own public PMDD journal or diary or whatever you want to call it and told a few friends about it, but none of them are on board or have the energy to do it yet.
It is called My Monthly Monster, and I'm asking for volunteers. Please contact me at itsnotjustpms@gmail.com or through our Contact Us form if you are interested in becoming a contributor at this separate blog.
I'm not the best at recruiting people. I'm even thinking of changing the name up a bit.. My Monthly Monster Chronicles or something like that.. The Chronicles of My Monthly Monster. ? Although calling myself a "My Monthly Monster Chronicler" doesn't sound as cool as "Lunachick". Maybe I'll change the name completely. I don't know yet.
Is anyone with me on this? Am I the only one who thinks being public (but anonymous) about our PMDD episodes is a good thing?
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