Hi there! I’m Kim and I am the Community Outreach Manager for The PMDD Project – the first UK charity to focus on PMDD. As well as supporting this incredible charity, a lot of my time is spent managing my various health conditions. As anybody with any chronic illness and/or neurodiversity will testify… being “different […]
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Guest Blog Contributor – Phoebe Vickers It is 2022 in a dark uni room in Southampton, and I am googling the symptoms of bipolar disorder surrounded by Jaffacakes and ASOS parcels I don’t remember ordering. I hate my life. I hate my friends. I hate this university, and I am not smart enough anyway. I should lose weight. I
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Unmasking : An Introduction Hi there! I’m Kim and I am the Community Outreach Manager for The PMDD Project – the first UK charity to focus on PMDD. As well as supporting this incredible charity, a lot of my time is spent managing my various health conditions. As anybody with any chronic illness and/or neurodiversity
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An interview by Kim Cormack (Trustee) and Independent handmade jewellery designer/crafter Francesca Dedomenico. Support is everything. As with any new (ish) Charity, we are always heartened to receive any kind of support, whether that be monetary or in kind. With The PMDD Project, we know what we are up against, generations of neglect, misinformation, stigma
The Stina Bracelet: the accessory raising funds for The PMDD Project. Read More »
The Decision Long Read By Kim Cormack (Trustee) I knew it was coming. Since my first, life changing consultation with Dr Khan in 2021, I was fully aware that this decision had to be made. For nearly four years, the numerous 1-2-1 conversations with my nearest and dearest, friends and family members, with Dr Khan
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Tell me where it hurts – a courageous new play about Premenstrual dysphoric disorder Kim Cormack (Trustee) Interviews James and Tayla (Teepee Productions) about their new work in progress “Tell me where it hurts”; a semi autobiographical piece about living with PMDD. Getting to know you… Teepee Productions was founded by co-writers James Piercy and
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Interview with Mind, Body , Calm. By Kim Cormack (Trustee) I get to know the magical human that is Karen Sarai Lopez, a Birmingham based Bodywork Practitoner, who specialises in Somatic, massage and trauma informed complementary therapy via her company Mind, Body, Calm. Let’s find out more about this fascinating practice and how it can
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Where to start? It’s often one of the harder questions for people with PMDD (premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) to answer in a succinct way. Do we start with onset of symptoms? Onset of more “noticeable” symptoms? When were the symptoms finally taken seriously by a medical professional? Diagnosis? Treatment? The present and future? As someone with
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