Men get mood disorders too. No shrink ever told me is was because of my hormones!
In the 15 years psychology has a crack at my issues, they couldn't figure it out. I had to work out the cause of my PTSD myself, and that was also the cause of my mood disorders too - my family!
I've gone through life feeling like i was worthless, i was always bullied, or abused in relationships, and would wonder why me? Why do people even my family always look down on me. I always thought it was something I did, until I finally asked the question, when did my family start treating me differently. I thought it was going to be a daunting task digging up old memories, except the memories i needed were instantly there, because they were all those incidents throughout childhood, teenage, adults years that i could never shake off, they were triggered too easily, and this time around I realised they were showing me that my family had always treated me differently from a very young age, well before I could ever be held responsible for my actions.
I was never allowed to stand up for myself, the punishments would get harsher leading up to solitary confinement. (Abusive people do not want to give up control, and will fight, kids cant fight adults). My PTSD started with a memory of being abandoned by my family, which led to depression and behavioral issues, which lowered my families opinion of me even further. Goodwill never applied to me, it never mattered what effort i put in, one false move was enough to be severely punished, or denied ever single major birthday my brother had.
I tried talking to family about this for years, and was told it's all in my head, i'm playing the victim, get my head out of the past and move on. But i was never able to move on form the past because the answer were there. I realised I wasn't the weak one, my family were the weak ones for taking their issues out on the easiest target, the high functioning autistic kid who would struggle to form sentences, and they still are to this day, because they can never admit they have a problem, and will never fix it.
The cycle of violence runs in my family, and I developed a mood disorder purely because of their treatment. I also realised that my family and a lot of society treats me the same way women have been treated for thousands of years.
I think saying the problem is caused by hormones undermines women, by making them think they are the cause of their own problem, not society/families.
