i was at a friend’s dinner last night and i spent way too long explaining how my cycles are supposed to work with pcos/anovulation when they just… aren’t.
it wasn’t even that dramatic, like talking about insulin resistance or progesterone fluctuations after ovulation - just basic stuff the people around me didn’t get… they kept asking if i was ‘pretty sure’ my body chemistry was fine but looked good otherwise.
kinda exhausting having to prove the invisible part of being chronically unwell. what’s your usual tactic for explaining this to people who just don’t grasp that a pattern is more important than how I look on a given day?