January 05, 2005

The Beautiful Thing

. . . about being depressed/unhappy at this time of month is I'm absolutely sure it isn't hormones. After all, this is supposed to be the happy/horny era, and all I want to do is hide under the bed and weep.

This timing business is more important than you might imagine. After all, if I might be PMS-ing (and it's never that clear these days, as perimenopause sets in), I'm never certain whether I can trust my perceptions or not.

It's lovely to know that I can at least think clearly without physiological interference. Provided, of course, that I remember to eat a little, and that I manage to sleep.

It's the mind-body problem. Or, if you like, something akin to the observations of Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion about what happens to residents of Los Angeles during a Santa Ana wind. Except that it's all inside one human being, and the weather guy doesn't ever let you know.

Neither, these days, does the calendar.

Posted by: Attila at 09:13 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Attila, I experience sadness to some degree most days of the month, whether pre-menstrual or not. It comes on both slowly and suddenly. But, I confess to feeling a tiny but more justified when it isn't occurring on day 26 and 27 of the month....

Posted by: Rae at January 05, 2005 10:26 PM (Nf9gk)

2 The thing is when it gets just overwhelming, and one simply feels there's no redemption to be found anywhere. That's when I usually check the calendar; nine times out of ten, that's the answer.

Posted by: Attila Girl at January 05, 2005 11:03 PM (8TapF)

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