This month is Stress Awareness Month – an opportunity to increase our understanding of what causes stress and how it manifests for us, and learn about the actions we can take to minimise and manage stress optimally.

Low self-esteem is something everyone grapples with from time-to-time, however, it’s particularly prevalent in people with PCOS.

Treating PCOS can be incredibly distressing – as you may well know from personal experience. 

If you have PCOS, it will probably come as no surprise to you that people with PCOS are around 3 times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than people who don’t have PCOS.

PCOS can present a number of unpleasant symptoms, and among the most difficult of them to manage is hirsutism – an excess of dark or coarse hair that grows on the face, neck, chest, back, tummy caused by high level of androgens (commonly known as “male” hormones). In fact, in one study, hirsutism was reported as being the most distressing symptom of PCOS.