Dealing with PMDD with Elizabeth Ferreira

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome that includes severe anxiety, depression, and feelings of shame. It affects 5-10% of women, and most don't even know they have it. On today's episode, Forrest is joined by his partner Elizabeth Ferreira to explore what PMDD is, how to know if you might have it, effective practices for managing PMDD, and how to create a happy, healthy, fulfilling relationship alongside it. About Our Guest: Elizabeth is a graduate student studying somatic psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. If you'd like to hear more from Elizabeth and learn about somatic psychology, she's just started a YouTube channel! During this conversation we focused on psychological and lifestyle change-based interventions for PMDD. Not everyone has a life that allows them to make these changes, and in addition to these practices many people need significant medical intervention to feel relief. Treatment options range from oral contraceptives and SSRIs to chemical menopause or even a full hysterectomy and oophorectomy. Some of these interventions come with significant side effects, and this podcast episode is no replacement for consulting with a physician. To learn more about medical options, check out the links below: The International Association for Pre-Menstrual Disorders IAPMD Facebook Support Group Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 2:00: What’s PMDD? 4:45: Diagnostic criteria for PMDD. 8:20: Challenges of awareness around “invisible” problems. 10:00: The experience of a PMDD episode. 15:15: Practices that help PMDD. 27:05: Externalizing PMDD. 29:45: Therapy and PMDD. 33:30: Accepting your needs. 39:30: Dealing with shame and isolation. 44:45: Continuing to meet the challenge. 49:00: Partnering someone with PMDD. 54:45: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.9	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of last
0:15.0	and well-being.
0:16.2	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:19.2	This is normally where I would say that I'm joined by Dr. Rick Hanson, but instead we
0:23.6	have a very special episode today and I'm joined instead by my lovely partner Elizabeth
0:29.8	Ferra.
0:30.8	So Elizabeth, how are you doing today?
0:32.6	I'm really excited to do this episode with you.
0:35.8	Yeah, we've been really looking forward to this.
0:37.6	Yeah, no, I'm very excited.
0:39.1	I feel a bit like, ooh, I'm in the podcast.
0:41.8	You made it to the main roster.
0:44.7	Yeah, no, totally.
0:46.5	We've done a couple of these for Patreon, but this is your first time doing it for the
0:51.0	kind of main edition of the podcast.
0:53.1	I'm really looking forward to talking with you about this because today we are going to
0:56.2	be talking about pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, otherwise known as PMDD.
1:01.8	So PMDD has a bunch of symptoms that include anxiety, severe bouts of depression and even
1:08.0	suicidal ideation.
1:09.9	It's essentially a very, very severe form of PMS and it afflicts about one in 20 women,
1:18.1	though it's really, really challenging to find exact numbers on this sort of stuff.
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