Executive dysfunction struggles in hormonal cycle
Does anyone struggle to do anything at all during certain periods in their cycle?
The week before my period everything seems to get so much worse.
I want to lie in bed staring at the ceiling, can’t force myself to do any work at all unless it’s seriously urgent. Simple ish tasks like packing a rucksack to go stay overnight at my parents house or to go into the office seem literally impossible.
The thought of making small talk with people is awful, but then if I leave the house and socialise it’s always actually fine. It’s just the dread of doing anything.
If i have any trips planned the thought of packing makes me wish I wasn’t going on holiday at all.
i just want to rot in bed and not see anybody. But if I do, I feel bad for getting nothing done which makes my mood/irritability worse and my partner annoyed in return (understandably). I do try to warn people i’m not in a great place but they still kind of say “well don’t take it out on me” if I’m snapping but I find it really hard to act normally and actually wish I was just alone in a cabin in the woods somewhere instead lol so I don’t also have to deal behaving normally around people.
(Most of the time I manage to hyperfocus on my work as I find quite addictive/satisfying so I don’t really have this issue. I kind of also do that with chores around the house or baking or cooking and ultimately end up jumping between a load of tasks but also accomplishing lots in other weeks of my cycle, but in a very chaotic way haha)