“I went to doctors for years with no answers.”

As a Viral Resident Writer at BuzzFeed, I cover politics, trending news, and pop culture through a lifestyle lens.

—u/Loose_Acanthaceae201"Perimenopause, periodt. Get you on that hormone replacement therapy (HRT), girls. I don’t know about you, but I don’t care to go through puberty twice. (Because that’s how it feels.)"—u/tinysmommy

—u/slutyyHoneybee"How much suppressed emotions can make us sick, how much society tells us to do exactly that. If you want to be emotionally and physically healthy, you have to find safe ways of expression and movement."—u/Abject_Quality_9819"We store trauma in our guts. If you have a ton of unexplained stomach issues, I’d be willing to bet you have a ton of unresolved trauma. I went to doctors for years with no answers until one day a regular ol’ general practitioner (woman) told me this and asked me to consider therapy. Therapy was the best thing I’ve done for my mind, heart, and stomach."—u/justalittledonut

—u/bookjunkie315"Periods are supposed to be obnoxious, not debilitating. If they’re debilitating, see a doctor."—insertcaffeine