5th year Health Psychology PhD Candidate and creator of the Dear Grad Student podcast, Elana Gloger, chats about maintaining wellness - creating space between where you’re at, and your tipping point to becoming unwell. She encourages leaning in to your unique needs and remembering that ‘you’re not other people.’

Elana opened up previously, in episode 27,  about how premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) impacted her life and PhD before it was well managed.

CW: swearing, sexual references

This episode touches on:

-  Running through the woods, reality TV, and the desire to be a mother

-  Alleviating fears of medication

-  Accepting that seeking external help is not a weakness

-  Impacts of unmanaged PMDD on a partner

-  Common treatment options for PMDD

-  Selecting an appropriate and affordable provider

-  The annoying fact that exercise actually helps

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Resources:

Dear Grad Student Podcast

- Twitter: @deargradstudent

- Instagram: @deargradstudentpod

- Facebook: Dear Grad Student

- Website: deargradstudent.com

- Mental health podcast episodes: deargradstudent.com/mental-health

PMDD resources

- @iapmdglobal (twitter) and iapmd.org (website) provides evidence-based information about PMDD.

- Tory Eisenlohr-Moul studies menstrual cycle effects on PMDD

YouTube: ‘Your cycle in 3 minutes’ – contemporary dance interpretation of the impacts of the menstrual cycle

App: Flo – for learning about and starting to track your menstrual cycle

Full transcript of the podcast is available here, with many thanks to Dan Ranson. If you find these transcripts useful, please consider supporting accessibility! 

Mental health support: please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/

Recorded: 14/01/2022.

Sound: Mindset by Ketsa