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Women Are Sharing The Most Obscene Things They’ve Done While ‘Under The Influence Of Hormones’
“Sandra is really moody today; she must be on her rags.” These kind of comments are still really common, and not very helpful. The stereotypes about a woman being guided solely by her raging hormones - unable to regulate her own behavior and a bit 'crazy' at certain times of the month - have long been used as an excuse to denigrate women in general and are scientifically well off the mark.
However, hormone balances do play a role in our behavior. According to a Guardian interview with evolutionary scientist Martie Haselton, “Our hormones don’t make us crazy, they don’t make us irrational. They nudge us.” That nudge can lead to some pretty unreasonable ideas, as many women themselves are quite happy to admit!
Twitter user "Twinks" decided to share her story recently and asked others to do the same. “What completely irrational things you have done while being under the influence of hormones?” The responses are both painfully relatable and rather funny.
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Hormonal by Martie Haselton is an in-depth book about women’s hormones and their effects. Continuing with her interview in the Guardian, she says that everybody is hormonal, and it all comes down to one primary urge. "It makes perfect sense that our biology is designed this way," she says.
"Hormones are signals generated by our brains and glands associated with reproduction in our bodies. The bottom line of evolution is reproduction. We may choose not to reproduce now, and we may have control over that now, but there were millennia where that was the dictating force behind the design of our brains and bodies."
When asked about the previous ignorance about the impact of hormones on women, Martie said the controlled scientific standards were partly to blame.
"One reason is that scientists were content for many decades with studying the male as the default sex, and that was in part because women had cycles that made them messy," she explained. "If you are doing a scientific experiment, you don’t want noise, you don’t want variation, you want everything to be strictly controlled.
Some examples of hormones acting up include the odours of attraction when a woman is ovulating. “Samples of tampons collected near ovulation were rated as more attractive then samples collected during any other point in the cycle,” Haselton writes, noting that many animals emit attractive odours to beckon mates when fertile.
Haselton also debunks the myth about menstrual cycles 'synching' when women live together. "The reason that it’s so easy to think that menstrual synchrony exists in humans is because “normal” cycles among a group of women can easily overlap – and appear to converge,” she explains.
Check out Haselton's book for more fascinating information about this important, but misunderstood topic, and enjoy the rest of the stories!
Once I and the bus driver spent couple of minutes wondering why my bus travel card did not work. Then I realized that it was a bonus card for one shop. It was exactly same color as the bus travel card so the bus driver also failed to see what was problem with the card. :D
with my cats you need to have tough skin...they can give one mean looks
Being vegetarian is difficult normally, never mind with raging hormones. Girl, if you want chicken, you deserve it!
I had a breakdown because someone ate my Twix bar. I must have been worse than I thought because when I came in the next day, I had about a dozen Twix bars on my desk.
that was the point where you would have to ask a professional employee to help you by competently kick the machine until it falls down.
One cries if it gets stuck in the vending machine
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MIL's can be difficult, but I'm not sure assault is the answer. Being hormonal doesn't excuse behaviour like that.
my gf hit me the last morning after she had a bad dream about me cheating. what a nice wake up
I would cry for the dog, but really NO DOGS deserve to be called ugly :(
I only washed the dirty clothes that were in the hamper. It took several weeks, but my new husband finally learned that I was not going to pick up his dirty clothes from the bathroom, the bedroom, and the living room floor. I was also not going to go searching all over the house, underneath bed, chair, and couch, looking for his discarded socks.
I did the same but threw them over next doors fence. My partner at the time had to go ask realy nicely to the neighbour to ask for them back. XD
I just wanted their little vacuum cleaner friend that cleaned up everything.
I feel like i'd do that anyway... i love my dog and would want to comfort them.
Okay, mines not funny but it made me realize how powerful hormones can be. After I had my first child I couldn't get ahold of my parents. I was sure that something horrible had happened to them. I called the police and made my husband drive to their house. I was so scared. They were fine just having phone issues. I've never panicked like that before or after that. Also I had a halucinattion of a Whataburger cup floating in my room.
See, that’s the problem. People assume that the other half is the husband and everybody starts to label him abusive and controlling while literally every other story sounds similar or even worse but people are okay and are even applauding their actions. Double standards?
You are blessed that he understood it was the chemicals affecting you, not your true personality.
"Chucked an absolute screaming wobbler" is now and forevermore my new favorite description of a tantrum.
I remember doing things like this with my ex when I was on birth control pills. I couldn't stop myself, it was as if I was standing to the side of myself, just in disbelief at my behavior. I would actually set him up, knowing I was unreasonable, yet unable to stop. It was horrible for both of us. Obviously for him, but the loss of control over my own actions is something I still feel something like PTSD from
There's a short story about that. The woman then cooked and served the lamb to the police who came to investigate!
As a woman with hormonal issues, I feel that alot of these women are using it as an excuse to abuse men..you can control yourself when it comes to doing physical petty things like cutting toes off socks or throwing things out the window. It's just an excuse to act abusive and get away with it in my opinion. While I can decide whether something will make me angry or sad, i can decide what I do about it. If someone actually can't control themselves to that extent then they seriously have some issues that are not connected to raging hormones
I also have hormonal issues and I completely agree with you. Not being able to control your emotional response is understandable, but breaking stuff and what not is not acceptable. Damaging your partner's possessions is an abuse tactic.
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Most of these people sound awful but i find it really strange that people are finding their actions funny and are applauding them. Just reverse the roles and u’ll get the perfect scenario of an abusive relationship. I think such kind of behaviours should not be brushed off by labelling them as ‘hormonal actions’ and definitely should not be cheered or applauded.
Hormonal changes are a real thing. I for one, can not control my emotions at that time even if my life depended on it. You have to be in our shoes to understand what happens during that time. I get crazy and I am very aware of it, but I can’t help it. We don’t like feeling that way either.
Load More Replies... My husband was a violent man...he used to hit me for silly reasons....I used to release my anger out by dipping his toothbrush in the toilet everytime he hit me.I used to happily give him his morning coffee after he had brushed his teeth.Now we are not together because I moved as I couldn't take his beatings anymore.Just walk out of violence..Revenge doesn't help.
These are silly and idiotic. I have recently been hormonal and my husband has been a t*** to me, admittedly exacerbated by my hormonal state. I actually hated him for significant chunks of time this weekend. But... all his belongings remain in tact, because I'm not a d**k.
Some of these are funny and some are just really depressing situations.
PMT is a terrible, horrible uncontrollable thing. Believe me, we don't want to feel or act this way. I never did anything crazy, but had uncontrollable crying when "under the influence". Just sayin.
I think a lot of these women need professional help , some of their actions we're very dangerous and even abusive! And I'm saying that as a woman. It's normal to cry over silly things and be grumpy but these are ott I'm on antidepressants for my anxiety it sounds like these ladies might need some! When does it become more than just hormonal? When you've knocked your hubby out with a pyrex dish??!! Serious!
Some sound related to hormones- sponsoring donkey's, craving food and driving km's to find it, taking it out of someone's basket etc, but quite a few sound like serious issues and that hormones aggravated the problem and needs to be addressed.
Sounds like your standard collection of Borderline Personality Disorders, cluster B, histrionic and narcissistic.
Crying over grapes that look too sad: funny, relatable and somewhat cute. Becoming a raging whirlwind of destruction and getting violent against things or even people: seek help, please. And apologize to your loved ones. And the furniture.
I was in the hospital while pregnant with my son, and was (for some reason) watching the Walking Dead for the first time. I started sobbing hysterically, and when the nurses came in because my heart rate had changed dramatically I had to tell them I was crying because the horse in the first episode got eaten by zombies.
OMG,feminist b******t is strong in this comment
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One day when my monthlies were showing up-or about to, we were at the mall, and my boyfriend suggested Cold Stone ice cream. I'm not always in the mood for ice cream and I don't care much for Cold Stone. I wound up practically hysterical going "I DON'T WANT ICE CREAM! PLEASE TELL ME WE DON'T HAVE TO GET ICE CREAM!" He was very sweet about it and told me that we didn't have to get ice cream. He always respects my opinions though. I thought this was both embarrassing and funny though. 😊
STOP PRETENDING THAT WOMEN CANNOT BE ABUSIVE AND MEN CANNOT BE VICTIMS OF ABUSE!
At 8 months pregnant with my first, I stood in front of the wardrobe bawling because I couldn't find anything to wear... It was jammed packed with heaps of clothing. Crying about nothing on TV, because it was slightly sad... THAT'S hormonal. Throwing s**t at the one who's supporting you, isn't.
Do most women become this psychotic? I've never had a girlfriend who's been like this at all (about 12 of them). Have I just been lucky or is it a minority that are so irrational and frankly unbearable?
Something that disturbs me is after so many instances where posters have irrationally mistreated their SO's (and recognized they did so), that they seem to have little or no remorse (and are almost bragging) about it. What's even more disturbing is that so many don't recognize a disconnect here. After reading this kind of stuff how can anyone really wonder why so many in the U.S. think that having a female president may not be a good idea. Although I'm certain the Founding Fathers knew about it, our Constitutional system of checks and balances doesn't cover dealing with PMS.
stroller beside washing machine, fell over and hit me in the head, so threw it out the backdoor. Only problem was, the door was closed and it was glass..... Teenagers, while I was out shopping, ate a full loaf of bread. Took the new bread out of the bag and jumped on it til it was flat.
I've only been overly hormonal and crazy one time in my life. My mom warned me that no woman in her family could take birth control without going batshit psychotic. I was like, "Haha. That's funny. I'll be fine." Guys, I wasn't fine. By day 3 or 4 my husband (then fiance) came home early and I hadn't done dishes from the day before yet. I just started sobbing that how could he disrespect me in my own house by coming home early. I lost my mind. And then he started breathing funny. I mean, I get it. He was controlling his temper and trying not to yell at an insane woman screaming at him that he was breathing weird and if he didn't like the way I was acting he could go spend the night at his mother's house and she could baby his poor little baby feelings. I called him an hour later crying because I thought our relationship was over and I would never again behave that way. He didn't come home until the next morning to give me my space.
So men saying that women will behave irrationnal because of hormones is a sexist stereotype.... but women can get away with horrible, abusive, violent, unforgetable things by just saying "it's my hormones, LOL" ?! The level of hypocrisy and double standardness in this is TERRIFYING.
My housemates were ungrateful that i cooked for them. I'd do all the shopping, pay for the food, and cook it, and all they had to do was keep the kitchen clean. They didnt. I put myself on a meal replacement milkshake diet. No more good food for them, no more obesity bracket for me.
This is really really stupid...So just blame it on the hormones so you can act like a completely idiot?So if two men fight,do they blame their hormones?No,they are idiot monkey who can't behave like normal human beings.I never heard someone say "ugh,my testosterone went trough the roof".I am suffering from anxiety and depression for 18 years now,i know what it means to have a f****d up brain,but that does not mean that i have a right to act like a complete idiot and blame it on something like hormones.Jesus christ,just this is pathetic...
I periodically have issues with a depression like state where I get very very down for no apparent reason and during those times pretty much anything can set me off on a crying jag... most recent was when I found out because both my husband and I work as state employees I can't be on his insurance and have to have my own through the state (kind of dumb and costs more) and because they only found this out after I had been there a YEAR they were docking my pay in arrears... cried most of the day over that one....
Let me share this beautiful thread with my ex, who thought PMS before periods & during pregnancy is not a real thing, real quick! XD
Nope,for once they are pretty right.Moral of the story:don't be an a*****e,and when you are,apologize.Dont blame it on your hormones
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Got into an argument with my now ex husband on valentines, he brought me roses (I dislike roses) and I put them down the garbage disposal. Another time, I called my cable company and was yelling at the CS agent and spelled P-I-S-S-E-D while screaming about how angry I was!!! lol I was not pregnant, just hormonal.
I was at the grocery store and was hungry, 30 weeks pregnant in the summer, and really not feeling happy about being in the store. Got to the Checker and this store makes you bag your own groceries. Lost it, completely lost it. Sobbed that I just cant, why do they not pay someone to bag them, who will load them? It was my husbands first child, and he came sprinting from a few lanes over to do it all while I ate in line.
I am crying with laughter as I can relate to so many of these hormonal episodes. They change you so completely; at times you can barely recognise yourself. My husband can relate too. Meds helped me enormously. Don't want advice or judgment, it is what it is. Laugh out loud at yourself, in hindsight it feels so good !
Okay, for someone that went through mentalpause....I related to ALL of these. How utterly hysterical. Just what I needed today. Thank you!!!
I have horrible PMS. For me that’s the time when I go from angel to devil and I really start to question my character. My dreams during that time are also affected. One night I dreamt that my then, boyfriend cheated on me. I woke up next to him and hit him so hard, he jumped out of bed. I must’ve yelled at him for about an hour. I was so furious. I remember not talking to him for the whole day after.
How about 77 irrational things men do when hormonal? I’ll kick off: World War 1
If the roles were reversed, then these would be abusive relationships! But if they are women, it's All FINE. I understand pmt and hormones, but the fact the these "idiot" husband's or boyfriend's are put in the wrong is offputting to me
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Genders do exist, but the gender spectrum is huge.
Load More Replies... As a woman with hormonal issues, I feel that alot of these women are using it as an excuse to abuse men..you can control yourself when it comes to doing physical petty things like cutting toes off socks or throwing things out the window. It's just an excuse to act abusive and get away with it in my opinion. While I can decide whether something will make me angry or sad, i can decide what I do about it. If someone actually can't control themselves to that extent then they seriously have some issues that are not connected to raging hormones
I also have hormonal issues and I completely agree with you. Not being able to control your emotional response is understandable, but breaking stuff and what not is not acceptable. Damaging your partner's possessions is an abuse tactic.
Load More Replies... Most of these people sound awful but i find it really strange that people are finding their actions funny and are applauding them. Just reverse the roles and u’ll get the perfect scenario of an abusive relationship. I think such kind of behaviours should not be brushed off by labelling them as ‘hormonal actions’ and definitely should not be cheered or applauded.
Hormonal changes are a real thing. I for one, can not control my emotions at that time even if my life depended on it. You have to be in our shoes to understand what happens during that time. I get crazy and I am very aware of it, but I can’t help it. We don’t like feeling that way either.
Load More Replies... My husband was a violent man...he used to hit me for silly reasons....I used to release my anger out by dipping his toothbrush in the toilet everytime he hit me.I used to happily give him his morning coffee after he had brushed his teeth.Now we are not together because I moved as I couldn't take his beatings anymore.Just walk out of violence..Revenge doesn't help.
These are silly and idiotic. I have recently been hormonal and my husband has been a t*** to me, admittedly exacerbated by my hormonal state. I actually hated him for significant chunks of time this weekend. But... all his belongings remain in tact, because I'm not a d**k.
Some of these are funny and some are just really depressing situations.
PMT is a terrible, horrible uncontrollable thing. Believe me, we don't want to feel or act this way. I never did anything crazy, but had uncontrollable crying when "under the influence". Just sayin.
I think a lot of these women need professional help , some of their actions we're very dangerous and even abusive! And I'm saying that as a woman. It's normal to cry over silly things and be grumpy but these are ott I'm on antidepressants for my anxiety it sounds like these ladies might need some! When does it become more than just hormonal? When you've knocked your hubby out with a pyrex dish??!! Serious!
Some sound related to hormones- sponsoring donkey's, craving food and driving km's to find it, taking it out of someone's basket etc, but quite a few sound like serious issues and that hormones aggravated the problem and needs to be addressed.
Sounds like your standard collection of Borderline Personality Disorders, cluster B, histrionic and narcissistic.
Crying over grapes that look too sad: funny, relatable and somewhat cute. Becoming a raging whirlwind of destruction and getting violent against things or even people: seek help, please. And apologize to your loved ones. And the furniture.
I was in the hospital while pregnant with my son, and was (for some reason) watching the Walking Dead for the first time. I started sobbing hysterically, and when the nurses came in because my heart rate had changed dramatically I had to tell them I was crying because the horse in the first episode got eaten by zombies.
OMG,feminist b******t is strong in this comment
Load More Replies... One day when my monthlies were showing up-or about to, we were at the mall, and my boyfriend suggested Cold Stone ice cream. I'm not always in the mood for ice cream and I don't care much for Cold Stone. I wound up practically hysterical going "I DON'T WANT ICE CREAM! PLEASE TELL ME WE DON'T HAVE TO GET ICE CREAM!" He was very sweet about it and told me that we didn't have to get ice cream. He always respects my opinions though. I thought this was both embarrassing and funny though. 😊
STOP PRETENDING THAT WOMEN CANNOT BE ABUSIVE AND MEN CANNOT BE VICTIMS OF ABUSE!
At 8 months pregnant with my first, I stood in front of the wardrobe bawling because I couldn't find anything to wear... It was jammed packed with heaps of clothing. Crying about nothing on TV, because it was slightly sad... THAT'S hormonal. Throwing s**t at the one who's supporting you, isn't.
Do most women become this psychotic? I've never had a girlfriend who's been like this at all (about 12 of them). Have I just been lucky or is it a minority that are so irrational and frankly unbearable?
Something that disturbs me is after so many instances where posters have irrationally mistreated their SO's (and recognized they did so), that they seem to have little or no remorse (and are almost bragging) about it. What's even more disturbing is that so many don't recognize a disconnect here. After reading this kind of stuff how can anyone really wonder why so many in the U.S. think that having a female president may not be a good idea. Although I'm certain the Founding Fathers knew about it, our Constitutional system of checks and balances doesn't cover dealing with PMS.
stroller beside washing machine, fell over and hit me in the head, so threw it out the backdoor. Only problem was, the door was closed and it was glass..... Teenagers, while I was out shopping, ate a full loaf of bread. Took the new bread out of the bag and jumped on it til it was flat.
I've only been overly hormonal and crazy one time in my life. My mom warned me that no woman in her family could take birth control without going batshit psychotic. I was like, "Haha. That's funny. I'll be fine." Guys, I wasn't fine. By day 3 or 4 my husband (then fiance) came home early and I hadn't done dishes from the day before yet. I just started sobbing that how could he disrespect me in my own house by coming home early. I lost my mind. And then he started breathing funny. I mean, I get it. He was controlling his temper and trying not to yell at an insane woman screaming at him that he was breathing weird and if he didn't like the way I was acting he could go spend the night at his mother's house and she could baby his poor little baby feelings. I called him an hour later crying because I thought our relationship was over and I would never again behave that way. He didn't come home until the next morning to give me my space.
So men saying that women will behave irrationnal because of hormones is a sexist stereotype.... but women can get away with horrible, abusive, violent, unforgetable things by just saying "it's my hormones, LOL" ?! The level of hypocrisy and double standardness in this is TERRIFYING.
My housemates were ungrateful that i cooked for them. I'd do all the shopping, pay for the food, and cook it, and all they had to do was keep the kitchen clean. They didnt. I put myself on a meal replacement milkshake diet. No more good food for them, no more obesity bracket for me.
This is really really stupid...So just blame it on the hormones so you can act like a completely idiot?So if two men fight,do they blame their hormones?No,they are idiot monkey who can't behave like normal human beings.I never heard someone say "ugh,my testosterone went trough the roof".I am suffering from anxiety and depression for 18 years now,i know what it means to have a f****d up brain,but that does not mean that i have a right to act like a complete idiot and blame it on something like hormones.Jesus christ,just this is pathetic...
I periodically have issues with a depression like state where I get very very down for no apparent reason and during those times pretty much anything can set me off on a crying jag... most recent was when I found out because both my husband and I work as state employees I can't be on his insurance and have to have my own through the state (kind of dumb and costs more) and because they only found this out after I had been there a YEAR they were docking my pay in arrears... cried most of the day over that one....
Let me share this beautiful thread with my ex, who thought PMS before periods & during pregnancy is not a real thing, real quick! XD
Nope,for once they are pretty right.Moral of the story:don't be an a*****e,and when you are,apologize.Dont blame it on your hormones
Load More Replies... Got into an argument with my now ex husband on valentines, he brought me roses (I dislike roses) and I put them down the garbage disposal. Another time, I called my cable company and was yelling at the CS agent and spelled P-I-S-S-E-D while screaming about how angry I was!!! lol I was not pregnant, just hormonal.
I was at the grocery store and was hungry, 30 weeks pregnant in the summer, and really not feeling happy about being in the store. Got to the Checker and this store makes you bag your own groceries. Lost it, completely lost it. Sobbed that I just cant, why do they not pay someone to bag them, who will load them? It was my husbands first child, and he came sprinting from a few lanes over to do it all while I ate in line.
I am crying with laughter as I can relate to so many of these hormonal episodes. They change you so completely; at times you can barely recognise yourself. My husband can relate too. Meds helped me enormously. Don't want advice or judgment, it is what it is. Laugh out loud at yourself, in hindsight it feels so good !
Okay, for someone that went through mentalpause....I related to ALL of these. How utterly hysterical. Just what I needed today. Thank you!!!
I have horrible PMS. For me that’s the time when I go from angel to devil and I really start to question my character. My dreams during that time are also affected. One night I dreamt that my then, boyfriend cheated on me. I woke up next to him and hit him so hard, he jumped out of bed. I must’ve yelled at him for about an hour. I was so furious. I remember not talking to him for the whole day after.
How about 77 irrational things men do when hormonal? I’ll kick off: World War 1
If the roles were reversed, then these would be abusive relationships! But if they are women, it's All FINE. I understand pmt and hormones, but the fact the these "idiot" husband's or boyfriend's are put in the wrong is offputting to me
Load More Replies... Genders do exist, but the gender spectrum is huge.
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