Getting on ye olde soapbox for a second - grifters and rule 4
Hi y'all. Friendly neighborhood mod here. Just wanted to pop in for a chat.
So, this morning I woke up to someone dm'ing me about their PMDD seminar. This person had been banned previously for spamming the community about their seminar... and also supplements (and obviously didn't realize I was a mod here lol). Unfortunately we can't do much about what lands in your DMs, but we can give you a heads up: if someone reaches out pushing a seminar, a course, their blog, their website, supplements, or anything that gives you even a little bit of a bad feeling, trust that instinct. You're allowed to block them, ignore them, or report them to Reddit. You don't have to be nice about it either.
I'm going to get on ye olde soapbox for a just a second - me personally, I have a strong, strong dislike of people grifting on our condition for money or clout or both. And I want to be clear about what I mean by that. PMDD is a real, serious, life-disrupting, life threatening condition. A lot of us spent years being dismissed, misdiagnosed, or just told we were being dramatic. So when someone shows up and decides that our community is a good place to build a personal brand, make a quick dollar, or poach from, it genuinely makes me furious in a way that is hard to put into words politely. We are not a market. We are not a content niche. We are not the next big trend. We don't want your supplements or seminars. We are not your book, your blog, or your tiktok. We are human beings and we are here for support and community.
That being said, we have absolutely nothing against real researchers, clinicians, scientists studying PMDD... heck, we even love the high school students who want to do their projects on PMDD and want to post some questions. Honestly, we want way more of that. But every research post that comes through here gets checked by your mod team to make sure it has proper HSB/IRB approval or oversight before it ever makes its way on the sub. This is why Rule 4 exists. That's not us being Petty Bettys.
Everything we do is to keep this community safe for y'all because we appreciate you and we respect you. We're gonna keep doing that.