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... in fact the pressures of being 'superwoman' are more likely to blame, says a leading expert.....unhappiness as a biomedical condition.
"...PMS and PND are essentially a form of repressed rage women feel rather than a medical illness. Our research has shown that their distress often stems from women trying to do too much for everyone - except themselves," says Professor Ussher....women feel compelled to be the 'good wife, mother and emotional nurturer of others'.
"It's a form of self-censoring. Women feel that they are expected to cope with the gamut of responsibilities - including their job, partner, children, extended family, housework etc - without complaint.
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Ich don't theeeenk so. At age 11, when PMS struck me so hard that at times I could barely function, I felt no pressure to be superwoman, no compulsion to be a good wife, mother, or emotional nurturer, and no expectation to cope with responsibility of any kind without complaint.
I would agree that stored-up emotion exacerbates PMS, though.