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title: What emotional patterns are part of PMDD? | Niyora
description: Women with PMDD experience deep emotional patterns centered on shame, worthlessness, despair, and desperation that are connected to their physical symptoms.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/identification-of-emotion-schemes-in-women-with-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-2024/
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Interview study, 2024

# What emotional patterns are part of PMDD?

Women with PMDD experience deep emotional patterns centered on shame, worthlessness, despair, and desperation that are connected to their physical symptoms.

 Early or limited evidence

10 women with PMDD

## What they did

Researchers interviewed 10 women with PMDD. They asked about their emotional experiences and analyzed what patterns emerged in their stories.

## What they found

The women's experiences showed emotional patterns of shame, worthlessness, despair, and desperation that were connected to physical and bodily reactions.

## What it means for you

Understanding these emotional patterns could help therapists treat PMDD with emotion-focused therapy. The main limit is that this was a very small study of only 10 women, so the patterns may not be the same for everyone.

10

women interviewed

2

main themes identified

8

subcategories of patterns

## About the study

Original title Identification of emotion schemes in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) using an emotion-focused therapy (EFT) approach: A qualitative study Authors Dehnavi SI, Mortazavi SS, Ramezani MA et al. Journal Journal of education and health promotion Year 2024 Study design Interview study Participants 10 Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_935_23](https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_935_23)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)

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