PMDD / PME - Understanding and Coping with Premenstrual Anger, Irritability, & Hypersensitivity

- How Anger, Irritability, and Hypersensitivity typically show up in hormone-sensitive disorders
- What causes Anger, Irritability, and Hypersensitivity
- How they are related to the other symptoms of PMDD / PME
- What treatments/skills may help patients to reduce the impact of irritability and anger in their lives

Speaker: Jess Peters, PhD

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Time stamps:
0:40 - 2:55 introduction – what is irritability?
2:55 - 4:16 how do hormones impact your irritability levels?
4:16 - 5:37 irritability - increased sensitivity and sleep quality
5:37 - 6:30 link between irritability and suicidality in adolescence
6:30 - 13:15 what’s going on in the brain during premenstrual irritability?
13:15 - 22:18 how to cope with irritability
22:18 - 24:27 how to remind yourself when you might become irritable
24:27 - 25:00 self-care plan in toolkit
25:00 - 25:50 SSRIs in patient treatment guidebook
25:50 - 26:41 stabilizing your cycle
26:41 - 28:49 other forms of anger e.g. secondary anger
28:49 - 32:48 interpersonal vulnerability
32:48 - 34:16 function of secondary anger
34:16 - 37:07 behaviors that increase anger and how this relates to menstrual cycle
37:07 - 41:40 managing secondary anger
41:40 - 47:00 skills to reduce conflict
47:00 - 52:13 collaborating with family/partners
52:13 - 53:44 Q&A - should I give up alcohol?
54:20 - 56:16 Q&A PME & borderline research?
56:34 - 1:02:13 Q&A tips for shame and rejection?
1:02:13- 1:04:44 Q&A suggestions for getting out of a heated moment?