Overcoming emotional turbulence and PMDD

The challenge

Female aged 29 years old with a diagnosis of Pre-menstrual Dysmorphic Disorder.

The client reported emotional outbursts, rage and widespread pain all over her body, mainly down her left side and brain fog that started approximately 18 months ago. Binge eating during the 2 weeks of PMDD symptoms each month and viewed it to be cyclical. This included occasional suicidal thoughts and erratic behaviour that caused concern to others.

The client had given birth to her second child around the time that the symptoms started. Her husband had also decided that he did not want any more children, a decision not shared by the client. The client was still breastfeeding and the birth was a good experience.

The client had seen a kinesiologist who had prescribed supplements, the combination of which surmounted to several hundred times the recommended daily intake for many supplements on the list.

The client had tried HRT for 4 months, which had not helped.

The client was not on any contraception.

The client had also recently turned Vegan, which also did not appear to be helping.

The client reported a difficult relationship with her father, a good relationship with her mother and husband and 2 boys.

The effect

For 2 weeks of each month, the client reported being anxious, in a low mood, almost insufferable to live with, short-tempered with her two young sons and wanting to hide away and wait for it to be over.

This understandably made her feel low but she did not identify with being depressed.

The client felt that there were no 'medical' solutions and wanted to try something that helped her sort out what was happening inside.

The client felt determined to resolve this as the alternative was not an option, she recognised how damaging her mood swings were to the relationship with her husband and boys.

Her husband and parents had become concerned for her mental health - to the point of worrying that she might act on suicidal thoughts.

Solution

1) We started with identity work. Her feedback was via PSAC which was highlighted and the client was tasked to be aware and take positive action to change these.

The client was coached to an abundance mindset around food.

2) The client reported feeling better, less pain, calmer with her children and relationships with her husband had improved.

The physical pain in her shoulders and feet was mechanical and I coached her to use a spike ball and sent physio videos to follow for remedial work on tight muscles in her back.

The client was shown the Vagus nerve reset method and sent guided visualisations to listen to.

The client was coached to focus on the positives.

3) The client had significantly reduced the episodes of binge eating.

Her back pain had improved since using the spikey ball and remedial exercises.

There was still notable pain in her feet and right hand.

I sent a video clip of the Meta Mirror for the client to work through to avoid drama triangles.

We did the parts process on getting sucked into situations/conflict versus the choice to watch from the sidelines, not get involved. The parts process was a successful integration.

Result

The client reported that she had a month without any PMDD symptoms and a better relationship with her husband and boys—more energy and clear-headedness and changing her old habits of getting involved in dramas that weren’t hers.

Several weeks later the client reported a continuing improvement, occasional blips but the NLP strategies I had taught her were empowering her to overcome the old neuropathways that had resulted in the PMDD symptoms.

Her husband and family noticed an immediate and transformational change in her mood and behaviours. All this whilst the client was working through additional life challenges with more confidence, resilience and calmness - a new version of her that was much more capable and happy.