Bounce Magazine September 2018

SEPTEMBER 2018 | ISSUE #71
Emily Fazah is 28 years old, originally from
Suffolk, she moved back from London a
couple of years ago after working for a
recording and publishing company.
She decided that the 9-5 office slog was not
suited to my lifestyle and decided to move back
to greener pastures… Moody Girl was created
by Emily after years of suffering in silence with
severe PMS.
She explains, “From the age of 15 onwards I
noticed a huge difference in the way I suffered
with my periods compared to other girls at
school. When trying to open up about both the
psychological and physical effects it had on me I
realised that this wasn’t something people spoke
about honestly and from then on I learnt to
suffer in silence and to just get on with it. There
came a point when I just couldn’t ‘get on with
it’ any longer and I decided to speak with my
local GP. Unfortunately, my woes were met with
the same blank expressions. All that was offered
was the contraceptive pill (which sent my moods
completely wild) or anti-depressants, which I
refused to take, as I knew deep down this wasn’t
depression”.
“Finally, after extensive research I was referred to
the Chelsea and Westminster PMS clinic where
I spoke to the first doctor who understood why
I had been suffering all these years and since
then things have got much better. For so many
years I felt so alone and like no one else was
going through the same as what I was. But then
I thought to myself ‘what if other women have
been suffering in silence like I have?’ It was then
that I decided to start Moody Girl, aiming to
open a line of communication between women
suffering with premenstrual conditions”.
Moody Girl has an online forum for women to
chat through everything menstrual related. The
best way to be involved is to sign up and post
any questions you may have or answer existing
questions asked by other users.
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www.moodygirl.co.uk