Disturbances of Menstrual Cycle

Disturbances of the cycle are read through a woman's relationship to her own womanhood and to the masculine. The pattern is guilt and anger around being female - resentment of what one feels women must submit to, or toward men, the father, or a marking male figure from childhood - which unsettles the cycle. Sometimes there is a sense that one's parents wanted a boy, so one downplays one's femininity to feel loved; an unstable love life and a fear for the future sit alongside. The short explanation's "feeling very insecure and confused in relation to the male" is exactly that strained bond. Relief is described as accepting and valuing one's womanhood, easing the anger toward the masculine, and finding security in oneself.

Example from the findings: cycle disturbances are read as guilt and anger around being female and toward the masculine figures of one's life.