If you’re here because parts of your cycle feel emotionally overwhelming, physically uncomfortable, or deeply disruptive to daily life, I want to start by saying this clearly: you’re not imagining it, and you’re not “too sensitive”.

The Christmas countdown is on. The parties are booked. The family WhatsApp is blowing up. And somewhere underneath the fairy lights and mince pies, you're quietly calculating how to get through the next six weeks without your hormones completely derailing you.