Does premenstrual syndrome drive you to spend whatever it takes to get rid of it?

 Does premenstrual syndrome drive you to spend whatever it takes to get rid of it?

From what I've gathered from reading various publications and talking to various colleagues in the health and therapy professions, it seems that a lot of women are looking for a solution to their monthly misery. They couldn't care less about its origin or the reasons it become worse in the last month! Neither do they give a hoot about the fact that it didn't manifest until after their fifth wedding anniversary or about the fact that they've experienced PMS since their first menstrual cycle...

Despite the fact that their hormones should be sleeping all the time, many women are willing to take a medication to regulate their biological system, which causes them to dance the night away. If it's not a needle that helps them suppress their periods for three months at a time, they try vitamins and different ways. If that doesn't work, they take pharmaceutical antidepressant medications. To sum up, it seems like they believe that a remedy for premenstrual syndrome comes from somewhere other than themselves! What gives?

After giving it some thought, I've come to the following conclusion about the many effects on modern women: from our mothers onward, women have been repeatedly advised to stay quiet or else leave the house. It may not have been for the best that a lot of us departed from the kitchen, but I digress.

"Women have been told to take their Motrin and shut up!" relayed a wise male friend of mine who works in the medical sector. We have evidently followed the rules. It makes me think of the old adage about how women might be hysterical when they're furious, whereas men tend to assert themselves. Did you know that the word "hysteric" is closely related to the procedure of removing the uterus, often known as a "hysterectomy"? Oh, here's something to think about. Another thing I realized is that medical science has been given so much power over us since they know so much more than us. No one is willing to challenge them anymore.

Since women joined the scientific field, two factions have emerged: one that blindly follows the lead of males in an effort to become more masculine, and the other that struggles mightily to add an intuitive dimension to it all, but ultimately fails.

I think there are valuable traits and compatibility between the sexes, but here is where the formula got muddled. We live in a patriarchal society, and men have been in charge of science for far too long. More and more people are incorporating alternative ideas into their lifestyles, and I think it's a good thing, regardless of what science says. When conventional methods have failed, the medical field can still accomplish things that fall short of miracles, but so can other approaches. However, there are those who continue to dismiss non-traditional methods as little more than "old wives' tales." And supporters of conventional medicine frequently ignore the repeated evidence of alternative medicine's efficacy.

Candace B. Pert's Molecules of Emotion discusses the male-dominated scientific community's lack of understanding and opposition to her quest for truth. Even rational science seems to have trouble staring feelings in the face. No matter how many pieces of evidence Pert presented, guys simply would not believe her. This could be due to their own unwillingness to face a particular truth. According to Paul McLean's basic neuro-cognitive study, the frontal lobe is more "feminine" because it is responsible for human vision, which cannot be observed via a microscope from a scientific perspective.

In Joan Borysenko's A Woman's Book of Life, you'll read about a doctor who tapped into her intuition and started treating patients with a "inner eye." People are more than just their physical attributes; she'll show you that.

Another person who has caused a stir in the scientific community is Caroline Myss, a medical intuitive. As she entered adulthood, she came to terms with the fact that she could accurately diagnose ailments in people she had never met, even from a distance, and her ability was later validated by medical science. Even if the majority of us choose to ignore or deny its existence, we can't help but acknowledge that it does, at least in our hearts. The seventy-something Dr. Gladys McGarey has helped her patients connect with their feelings and emotions for decades.

All of these ladies have come to terms with their intuition and given science a priceless gift: the mind-body link. Since each of these truth-seekers contributes an essential and indisputable element, I find myself drawn to them. The words of Wayne Dyer resound: "We are spiritual beings going through a human experience." That is absolutely correct!

I can only hope that the women who have told me that medication is their "soup du jour" for premenstrual syndrome will take a moment to consider who they are as a whole and all the parts that make them up. Maybe then they will be more receptive to exploring other ways they can heal from the inside out.

It is possible that we have gone too far in our efforts to enable women to come out of the closet and be recognized as equals. We have forgotten what it means to be feminine, to have intuitive gifts, to connect with nature, and, most importantly, to listen to the voice of our inner healer. However, we can still get back on our feet. Taking the road less beaten and seeking one's truth may require a different mindset, that much I'll concede. Realistically, because every single person is different, it's extremely challenging—if not impossible—to create a "one pill fits all."

The women I've worked with regarding premenstrual syndrome have all had distinct backgrounds, strong feelings about their symptoms, and restrictive beliefs about what can and cannot happen to them. Because change is terrifying, many were afraid of changing. But you know what? You will stay exactly as you are if you refuse to evolve. Keep doing what hasn't worked in the past if you expect a different outcome. A rule of nature states that if you do not change, you will eventually become stagnant and go backward. Although the truth doesn't always have to be shocking, there are occasions when it will irritate you before it sets you free.

There is an effect for every deed and every idea. Our culture has indoctrinated us to be so preoccupied with the mundane that we forget to tend to our inner medicine woman, our personal healer.

Because it's so much simpler to just let the "Big Medical Guru" decide now, we've truly forgotten how to think for ourselves. In their pursuit of professional success and social acceptance, many women have abandoned who they really are. This is what we've learned to be most familiar with, so we keep looking outside of ourselves. I find it incredibly disturbing that the incidence of breast cancer among women is increasing, considering cancer is already one of the most common and deadly diseases in our country. For many of you, doesn't that sound familiar?

Before we come to terms with the fact that we are attempting too much, how many lives will we permit to be taken? Nowadays, it's not uncommon for women to put in long hours in the office, at home with the kids, and even more hours as volunteers in their communities and churches. Perhaps cancer should be renamed the "Saint's disease!" For example, German oncologist Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer has demonstrated that, in thousands of cases, every patient diagnosed with cancer had a traumatic event in the months or years leading up to the onset of their illness. Dr. Bernie Siegel frequently inquires about this history of emotional trauma in his cancer patients. Herein follows Dr. Hamer's quote: "Through the millennia, humanity has more or less consciously known that all diseases ultimately have a psychic origin and it became a "scientific" asset firmly anchored in the inheritance of universal knowledge; it is only modern medicine that has turned our animated beings into a bag full of chemical formulas."

As I wrap out this piece, I want to implore all the women in the world to examine their own self-limiting ideas with a critical eye. You need to start visualizing the ideal life for yourself. Things don't work for free!

In contrast to a short-lived painless remedy that subtly guarantees long-term anguish, I hope you come to terms with the value of suffering in the short-term in order to enjoy pleasure in the long-term. Please update me on the status of your PMS. May you all be blessed!

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