Reply #11: I know many a severe PMS sufferer who experiences

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"intermittent explosive disorder." I know that I did, myself on occasion years ago. Somehow labeling hormonally-influenced behaviors as mental health disorders is not likely to do a lot for women.

Yes, I know many of these will be refined in terms of definition, but the line behind "early stages" of behaviors (hoarding for instance) and full fledged disorder are likely to be fuzzy. Plenty of OCD behaviors have been labeled as such over the years, but little research has gone into finding treatments. Trichotillomania, for example.


I am not anti-mental health profession at all. But, I am old enough to remember when homosexuality was a DSM disorder. Categorizing what is "normal" and not, is a difficult process, and one which "hard science" has provided little, in terms of underpinnings.