Serious question, does anyone else get completely irrational rage fits before their period?

I was at the grocery store in Denver last Tuesday, just trying to buy eggs and bread. Some lady innocently asked if I was in line and I snapped at her like she insulted my whole family. I literally had to walk out and sit in my car for 15 minutes crying because I felt so bad. Has anyone found a way to actually manage this or is it just a monthly curse we all deal with lol?

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the_wendy11d ago

Notice how society expects women to keep it together no matter what, even when our bodies are flooding us with hormones that make a grocery store feel like a battlefield. It's the same pattern as when people expect you to be cheerful at a family gathering while you're exhausted or grieving, just with an extra monthly kick in the teeth. Learning to say "I need a minute" and actually taking it has been my best tool, though I still have to apologize to strangers more than I'd like.

park.miles10d ago

Is it really society's fault or just brain chemistry being inconvenient for everyone?

blakestone11d ago

And then we still get called "crazy" for being human about it.