Absent Menstruation (Amenorrhea)

It doesn't come. No pulling, no blood, no cycle. Where there used to be a rhythm every month — a tidal movement that floods the body and releases again — there is now silence. Not the silence that follows completion. But the silence of a river that has frozen over.

Medically, the absence of menstruation has many possible causes — hormonal disorders, extreme stress, underweight, thyroid problems. All of this needs to be examined. Yet when the physical findings remain unremarkable or fail to provide an adequate explanation, a deeper question arises: What in your life has become so frozen that even your body has stopped flowing?