Surprising Spiritual Insights From My Persistent Hormonal Imbalance
The separation of your soul and your body is just an illusion
I suffered from hormonal imbalance all my life. It is definitely less scary compared to many other diseases out there. But to me, this life-long inconvenience was the cause of many scars — physical and mental. From undergoing tumor removal surgeries in my teenage years to mental health issues in adulthood, my out-of-whack hormones did as much damage as they could.
The worst of the imbalance occurred last year, when I was going through a lot of huge life changes, all while being stuck at a job that was sucking the life and joy out of me.
What’s it like to have a lack of balance in your hormones? It’s like living an imbalanced, disproportionate life with your internal state of mind always on a rollercoaster for 10–15 days of the month.
The depression leading up to my period
Every month, this unwanted friend called depression would knock on my door. Even though I knew that it was just my hormones and “that time of the month” making me feel an existential crisis and a sense of purposelessness, it was still very real. Temporary pain doesn’t make the pain any less, does it?
