What’s the science behind stress affecting menstrual cycles?

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What’s the science behind stress affecting menstrual cycles?

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I don’t have personal experience (I have am a man) or scientific specialty in the subject, but I’m pretty sure it boils down to hormones.

Hormones are like workers in the body. They each have a specialization. Stress releases its own ‘workers’ that make the other ‘workers’ have to work harder. Sometimes even preventing them from doing their job. The menstrual cycle revolves around these ‘workers’ being on a tight (or loose sometimes) schedule. Stress will affect this

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