Mood Swings

Real questions girls asked this week, painful cramps, brown blood, packing pads, big mood swings, and yellow discharge, answered warmly and honestly.

Hating your period, dreading it, or wishing it would come, every one of those feelings is normal. A girl's guide to the emotional side, plus ways to feel steadier.

This week you asked about cramps, blood clots, headaches, nausea and tender breasts. Here is what is normal, what helps, and when it is worth telling a grown-up.

Some days period feelings hit hard, and that's okay. Here are gentle, real ways to get through the harder moments, one small step at a time.

If your feelings seem to ride a rollercoaster some weeks, you're not imagining it. Here's how your hormones shape your moods, and how to ride the waves.