Being in tune with our bodies makes dealing with our periods much more manageable, but as we all know, PMS symptoms can differ from month to month. Some of us get emotional, some get cranky, and some of us have to deal with annoying bloating and sore boobs. But just like men tend to blame our bad moods on that time of the month, many women do too!
According to the March issue of Glamour magazine, 58 percent of women polled admit to blaming their emotional outbursts on their period. While I am no doubt emotional during that time of the month, I think blaming PMS for a hot temper is a cop out. I might be alone on this one so do tell, do you ever blame your emotional outbursts on your period?
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Tom Tailor
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Not really, no. I'm usually an even tempered person anyway, though.
1I defitely do. I dont have a bad temper and I'm usually a pretty level headed and patient person. But... one week a month I go bonkers. I pick fights with my man, cry for no reason and every little tiny thing annoys the sh!t out of me. I know my man hasnt done anything different so I realize it's just PMS. Thank god he realizes it too so he just ignores me for most of that week.
2Some months I do get very sensitive more so than I am normally. I don't "blame" it on it but I know it's a factor in any random mood swings I have.
3I was on lybrel, so I didn't get my periods, for that reason and also cause I would get horrible migraines. But do to my depression, I still get a little worked up my not as bad as when I would get my periods. Now that I'm preggo I have to deal with all of that emotional baggage.
4I don't blame it on my period but I know that it is caused by my period. I am a pretty laid back person and it takes a lot to get me mad but the few days right before my period I feel like everything is making me mad and I have to constantly bite my tongue and walk away from situations to calm myself down. Once my period starts I feel totally calm and relaxed.
5no, normally it would be attributed to stress in my case
6Some months I get pretty irritable, but I don't sit there and "blame" it on PMS. My boyfriend knows when I have my period -- mainly before anything happens, like I may go ballistic in the next few hours or start crying for no reason, I tell him "So, it's the time of the month again", and he says okay, and that's it. Blaming outbursts on PMS does seem like a cop out, but there are just times when you know you wouldn't do something if you hadn't had your period.
7Sometimes it might be a cop out if period symptoms aren't that bad, but I have uterine fibroids and cysts that flare up around that time, I have horrible mood swings and pain, so I absolutely blame my foul mood on my period. If those things weren't happening to my body I wouldn't be in a foul mood! Period! hahahaa...
8I totally blame mood swings on PMS, because that's typically when my emotions spiral out of control. I have the Mirena (hormonal IUD) and I think it makes things worse.
9Yea. I start crying about everything around the same time of the month ... every month. There's no way of denying that PMS is responsible for my otherwise stoic nature.
10It certainly doesn't help... but my psychotic episodes are always triggered by some sort of other stress. I noticed this past week that I was unusually well-behaved, probably because I was out of school for the week with little to worry about. I can't really blame a lack of self control on PMS, it just makes it a little more difficult.
11yes! I am generally a nice and fun person to be around, however, when i have my period I'm awful to be around! I definitely blame my period for my terrible behavior
12i actually cannot control my emotions during pms (actually i have pmdd). the moment my period starts, i am fine. i don't want to sit around blaming it on hormones, but it truly is and that is something my boyfriend knows and he is often the one to calm me down by reminding me that it is just hormonal.
13Ha, I don't know about you girls but when my bf says that I am hormonal or accuses me of having PMS (I actually have pmdd too pixie and Yaz is a lifesaver) I want to rip his head off and throw it across the room when I'm in a mood. Poor men.
14haha hiding..I agree! I hate it when my boyfriend tries to blame it on that...umm no I'm just angry!
15I really don't blame it on PMS or my period, because generally it's not because of that. My moods are pretty up and down on their own, I don't really notice too much of a change during that one week...
Working on fixing that...
UGH I hate this. I fully accept PMS and PMDD as actual diseases, but don't blame hormones on behaving badly. everyone has irritable days or feels crappy and they don't fly off the handle and then offer biology as an excuse for being rude
16i do blame my period. however, i instantly realise it's only because of PMS when i get emotionally sensitive. it's obvious because every little thing annoys me and i have a bad manner towards anyone... which doesn't happen when i don't have my period.
i want to rip his head off too as Hiding said 
17and yes, thankfully, my boyfriend knows it too, so he just teases me.. which makes it even worse
sometimes I'm more emotionally sensitive, but I'd never use PMS as an excuse for acting differently (especially angrily or rudely) toward someone.
18No, that's dumb.
19I'm an insufferable b*tch when I PMS! I mostly keep it inside, but I think the meanest things the three days before my period.
20No, i blame everything on unemployment.
21As woman, we all have our "attacks" as my bf calls them. When I get my period, Some things annoy me, and I have that lazy groggy feeling. But other than that...I'm pretty much in tune.
22As woman, we all have our "attacks" as my bf calls them. When I get my period, Some things annoy me, and I have that lazy groggy feeling. But other than that...I'm pretty much in tune.
23Yes, I can tell when I'm feeling a little bit angry/depressed and it's related to my period. I find myself very little patience to stuff that I can usually just brush off and ignore.
24ha ha ha
yes
he always knows when i am due!
25I always get mad/upset right before and at the beginning of my period. I'm on BC, so I get it the same time every month. I recognize that my reactions are outbursts and kind of irrational, but the very fact that I can recognize this lets me know that it *is* because of my period. I'm not blaming my behavior on my period, but I have legitimate reasons to say that some of my more extreme behavior at that time has something to do with it.
If you're a b*tch 24/7 and you blame it on your period, though...well, that just is what it is.
26Emotional outbursts, no. Fatigue, yes.
27hahaha, rockandrepublic. funny only because i totally know where you're coming from. not funny because it's unemployment and it sucks ... big time!
28My best friend is really weird in regard to her period; it actually makes her happy. Yes, before and during her period, she is the happiest she can get-and that's saying a lot. I always tell her how much I envy her-my periods sometimes make me unbearably emotional.
29I agree with margokhal, I don't BLAME my periods, but I'm aware that my BC changes my behaviour somewhat at that time of the month. Actually, my old BC was terrible, I was one Diane, and I'd get super upset or angry, now I'm on the nuvaring, and I don't really have those emotional mood swings any more.
Usually it's friends, family or the bf who blame it on the period - 'have you got pms? are you on your period?' rather than be being all 'omg, I can't help it, Aunt flo is here, so that excuses my irrational behaviour' LOL
30Dearsugar, you need an edit post button!
I don't blame my BEHAVIOUR on my periods,
I was ON diane...
usually it's my family rather than ME being all...
sigh. Loads of mis-typing in that post! sorry!
31Nope its not my period I just can't stand people.
32Sometimes I do when it is really bad, but I have outbursts because of something else, too.
33I go to an all girl school so if I ever get snotty with someone or someone is like that with me, we know it is that time of the month and shrug it off.
It's not neccessarily blame, it is what it is. I get extra irritable around that time.
34yes.. gawd how could you not? Cramps and red stuff and no nooky with my boyfriend.. grrrrr
35Just make it simpler and blame it on being a woman.
36yes, because thats the truth! im on the pill and every month, i get very emotional and moody the week before i get my period
37I'm surprised and to be honest, disappointed that someone who seems to be fairly in touch with a lot of human (especially female) issues would refer to it as a "cop out." There is a real, physical change in hormone levels at that time, and some women have much more intense experiences with it than others, just like some women get unbearable cramps while some hardly get any at all. So it makes perfect sense to attribute it to PMS/period because that is very often what causes mood swings, emotional outbursts, etc due to the changing hormone levels and other factors. Many chronic disease symptoms can also worsen during that time of the month.
38I have blamed raging hormones before. I never blame my period as I'm on the pill, and I know when I'm going to be a raging harpy, so I can hide away when I feel like destroying things.
39I think of it as the REASON I'm feeling the way I am, not as a excuse for it. I try to avoid and walk away from situations that are upsetting me and not inflict them on others. That said, this month's been hell! So much work stress that it affected my period both physically and emotionally. It was all bumped up x10!
40i agree with a million suns. Anyone who doesn't have PMDD wouldn't know how much the hormonal change before your period can affect some. In my case, my brain reacts so badly to a change in hormones that the year leading up to my FIRST period, when I was 11 years old, caused me to have severe chemical depression and OCD, AND my hair turned from pin straight to super curly. I'm now 21 and the week before I get my period I sometimes develop OCD tendencies again and I also get extreme anxiety and depression, obviously very chemical things if you've ever taken psychology, especially when you know there is nothing to be upset about but you feel it anyway.. it's very strange and scary. It is in no way a "cop out" to blame your mood changes on PMS, your brain chemistry makes up your personality and mood in the first place, so if there is a huge fluctuation in your hormones and if that affects you drastically, like it does for many women, then of course you can blame it on your period. People suffer from this, it's not a cop out.
41I would like to say yes to this one, but my husband thinks I am emotional regardless of what time of the month it is. I am a little on the sensitive side and one would think I would be the exact opposite thinking I'm a teacher.
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