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Bad Quaran-tude: A PMS Story
I just have to remind myself that although I am physically alone, I am not when experiencing the effects of COVID-19. Not even through PMS.
COVID-19 is, in my opinion, the great equalizer. No one in the world is safe. While this is a bit ominous and terrifying, it’s also humbling and unifying. Everyone in the world is experiencing a level of discomfort. This discomfort expresses itself in different ways based on the individual. It’s easy to feel as if confinement is only experienced by us. It’s not. We are unique beings, but not when it comes to COVID-19. It’s the same comfort I give myself when I experience PMS. Women around the world, monthly, are experiencing the same sore breasts, the same cramps, and the same attitude shifts as I am.
Quaran-tude: A bad mood amplified by quarantine.
The quarantine changed my PMS symptoms. What used to be more than usual snippesh-ness and one day of exhaustion has been grossly exaggerated. The appeared dramatization of my hormonal characteristics threw me into what I now call a Quaran-tude: A bad mood amplified by quarantine.
I am, historically, a morning person. I am also, traditionally, a cheerful person. I am human, and these qualities of mine ebb and flow but not significantly, not even with my monthly hormone monster. This quarantine season is not one to be measured…