Women experience many periods of hormonal shifts throughout their lives that can have a profound impact on their mental health and brain function. From puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause, the brain and body is constantly adapting to changing levels of hormones. These hormonal fluctuations can lead to a variety of symptoms impacting your mood, sleep, focus, energy levels, and overall health.

Women may be at higher risk for certain psychological conditions or experience them at higher rates compared to men, due to a combination of biological, social, and environmental factors. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders are more commonly diagnosed in women.

Factors like societal expectations, gender roles, stereotypes, etc can contribute to mental health challenges in women.

These factors can also hinder their ability to seek or access mental health resources as women may find it difficult to recognize their mental health struggles, to seek help without fear of stigmatization, etc. This can turn into a harmful cycle—mental health challenges begin to affect overall health, disrupting sleep, hormonal balance, and immune function, which in turn further worsens mental well-being. Mental and physical health are deeply interconnected, and when one suffers, the other is inevitably impacted.