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With menstruation comes hormonal changes that can cause emotional and physical symptoms each month. For some women these symptoms are mild and for others, distressing and difficult to manage.

Emotional responses:

 Mood swings, irritability, anxiety, frustration, anger

 Depression, sadness, crying

 Low confidence and self-esteem.

How you might behave:

 Inability to focus and concentrate or achieve as much as usual

 Withdrawing from groups and social activities

 Being irrational and impulsive

 Abandoning normal physical activity

 Greater inclination to conflict with others; easily offended.

‘Periods can be a problem for female tennis players. I often lose if I'm on my period. I suffer when I have it. I always have one bad day when I'm tired, I have no energy and all I want is sugar. Playing at Wimbledon, with its all-white dress code, makes things even more difficult. You're in short skirts and tiny shorts. It's the worst thing – and so distracting.’

Heather Watson. Tennis player