My journey of getting my period back…

15 Dec 2023 · 2 min

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In this personal vlog, the speaker recounts a nearly year‑long period of amenorrhea that left her feeling disconnected from her femininity and creative energy. She describes how, within the detox community, she adopted the belief that women might not need to bleed, only to realize that prolonged absence of menstruation is a stress response similar to severe constipation— the body perceives itself as unfit for pregnancy and shuts down reproductive function. She explains that extreme stress or starvation from extended fruit fasting can trigger hormonal chaos, leading to emotional volatility. The core advice she offers is that women can practice fruit fasting, but only for short durations and specifically in the post‑menstrual to pre‑ovulatory window; otherwise, the body may enter a stress mode that disrupts hormones. The narrative blends personal experience, critique of detox myths, physiological explanation, and practical timing guidance for safe detoxing.

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It took me almost a year to get my period back. A really long time. Yeah. And I felt very disconnected from my femininity, my sexuality. I kind of felt like I was asexual and I just— not getting my bleed once a month disconnected me from my creative energy. You know, I, I wasn't doing what my body was supposed to do. And in the detox community, actually, some people say, well, women aren't meant to bleed. And I went into that belief system for a while and think, oh, maybe I'm not meant to bleed. Maybe this is true health. But actually what happens when a woman stops bleeding is no different to like when a woman's really constipated. Basically, her body is so scared that it can't even bring the energy to create a baby. It's like this body isn't strong enough to have a baby, so we're not going to give her that privilege to do so. So the body's— when the body is really, really stressed, systems shut down, and that's what happened. So for anyone that is thinking about detoxing, women I speak to specifically, you can do fruit fasting but for a shorter period of time and at the right time of your cycle. That's the core message. Not any time of your cycle, at the right time of your cycle, which is after your period, leading up to ovulation. That's the best time to detox. Or otherwise, your body can go into starvation mode, it can go into stress mode, and your hormones can go chaotic. And then you turn into that crazy bitch that no one wants to see, you know.