that's what comedian bella humphries has done for her debut show at the edinburgh fringe this august,emenstrual dysphoric disorder or pmdd, an extreme form of pms. the department of psychiatry at oxford university looked at studies across the world and found that 1.6% of women and girls sufferfrom pmdd, that is around 31 million globally although they believe this number could be higher earlier i spoke to bella humphries, a comedian who turned her period condition into a stand—up show at the edinburgh fringe festival. i thought it would be really important to, you know, use the sort of platform and the voice that i have and it's something i would have loved to have seen when i was growing up. i got diagnosed when i was 27, but i've had pmdd since i was ia and i was never really aware of it. so i think that if, you know, people could see and hear about it in a way that's really accessible and fun, then it might help to spread some awareness about the condition and help more people get diagnosed with it and get the treatment and help they need. bella, i confess i hadn't heard of pmdd ei

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