8 Thoughts To Ignore When You’re On Your Period

There are a handful of things that will get a man the death glare from his partner, and that’s when he insists that she’s only saying, thinking or feeling something because she’s on her period. And it’s well-deserved, too–it’s never up to anybody else to tell us why we’re feeling a certain way. But, if we’re honest, just between us menstruaters, we really can’t trust the things we say, think and feel when we’re on our periods. Our hormones change so much that they affect the way our brains work. Some of the neurotransmitters that usually help us combat feelings of depression or anxiety stop firing. Some of the chemicals that tell us it’s time to mate right now go into overdrive, and we end up hornier than we ever knew possible (bad timing, of course). The good news is that that roller coaster of a time is only temporary; the bad news is that some of the decisions we make and actions we take during that week or two can have long-term consequences. That’s why these are thoughts every woman should ignore when she’s on her period.