Unravelling mysteries of the ages, etc
Jan. 29th, 2018 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettI have for some time been quite perplexed about what exactly constituted the biological mechanism underpinning the bit where, for many years, it's been the case that I'll spend the 2-3 days before my period becoming an increasingly tense tangle of generalised panic, and the moment my bleeding starts the entire thing just dissipates, instantly, whoosh, and suddenly I'm not hunched into a miserable ball and I can think without the background screaming.
It turns out, naturally, to have nothing to do with the bleeding -- and everything to do with the enormous endorphin hit I get in response to the onset of severe pain.
The downside is, of course, that I've discovered this because... the severe stabby pain has gradually started beginning further and further in advance of the bleeding. Such that the endorphin hit has a chance to wear off before my endocrine system generally purges itself of the progesterone.
It turns out, naturally, to have nothing to do with the bleeding -- and everything to do with the enormous endorphin hit I get in response to the onset of severe pain.
The downside is, of course, that I've discovered this because... the severe stabby pain has gradually started beginning further and further in advance of the bleeding. Such that the endorphin hit has a chance to wear off before my endocrine system generally purges itself of the progesterone.
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Date: 2018-01-30 04:34 pm (UTC)*wishes could offer a cyborg body with no hormones*