They say I was moody - Here’s what was really going on

Suddenly, things I had once tolerated politely felt physically unbearable.

Noise. Chaos. People. Expectations. My patience didn’t fade—it expired. And that’s when I knew something deeper was happening.

What People told me

They told me I was moody. Everybody!

I visited my doctor and he told me it was ‘hormonal.’ I looked at him straight in the eye and left making sure to slam the door behind.

What did he mean? I’m too young for that. I just have zero tolerance for stupidity.

What he didn’t say because I left

If I’d kept eating the way I did all my life, I would feel irritable most of the time. I wouldn’t be able to sleep, or I would wake up feeling as if I were dying. No one explained that my body no longer buffered chaos the way it did when I was… 19?

No one said sugar would hijack my thoughts. Food I love such as Bread and pasta would make me bloated and cause weight gain faster than I had ever seen before.

No one mentioned that if I’d eaten ice cream, I could start a revolution because they didn’t add whipped cream. Not to mention that poor sleep would spill into anxiety, and constant stress would live in my nervous system.

The underlying message felt like this: Your body is the problem. Let’s manage it. But the more I paid attention, the more I realized my body wasn’t malfunctioning. It was communicating.

When hormones shut down & you keep eating the same food

Sometimes it’s not a personality shift. It’s not a moral failure, and it’s not even just hormones. I wondered if I had to live feeling miserable for the rest of my life. This is what I observed after eating my regular diet:

I gained weight—from 140 lbs to 198 lbs in eight months—despite killing myself at the gym every single day.

I woke up at 2 a.m. with a strange sensation all over my body, as if I were going to die at any moment.

I became the queen of the “overthinking movement.” Tell me anything; I would examine it word by word, retrieve it, and interpret it multiple times.

Palpitations? Millions I wanted to cry over anything. The world felt so unfair. Why me? Why you? Why whatever?

What I discovered

I decided to track what I ate and how my body responded.

The pattern was clear: my body had tolerated certain foods, not because they were healthy, but because hormones masked the consequences. That protection was gone.

I created a spreadsheet, and kept tracking my meals, timing, and whatever happened to my body right after 30, 60, 90 minutes.

That’s when I noticed moody reactions, panic attacks, sleepless nights, overthinking scenarios, and sudden crying episodes.

The data showed an unbelievable pattern. Every lemon pie, every pasta marinara, every pizza, and every ice cream caused devastation in my body and well-being.

What was I going to Eat?

Back then, I believed my diet was normal. Then, I found Dr. Eric Berg and the keto diet.

Wow! That’s too extreme, I thought. I’m too young for that.

However, I followed his advice and planned a fasting for three days and the new meals after it. Everything he said made sense.

So I stopped eating for three days and paused intense exercise because instead of losing weight, I’d been gaining it—and my body was clearly overwhelmed.

I chose walking therapy and it work almost instantly. To my surprise, the fog lifted. I could think clearly again, and I stopped gaining weight.

I stripped my diet back to basics: real food only. No processed products, no cereals, no starches, flours or sugar.

Was it hard? Hell yes—at the beginning only.

But as soon as I changed my diet, my body reacted. No more strange sensations, no more overthinking, no more panic attacks, no more overreacting, or being ready to fight.

Joint pain? Gone!

Now, I sleep, I love, and my view of the world changed. I realized it was not the end. I still have more time in this wonderful world.

I added supplements to my diet to compensate any nutritional deficiencies. I replaced my intense exercise routine with walking therapy and resistance, and the weight came off almost effortlessly.

Final Thought

I wasn’t moody. Nothing broke inside me. I became irritable because my body stopped absorbing the damage quietly.

What I learned is this: after a certain point, the body no longer negotiates. It speaks clearly, sometimes loudly, sometimes uncomfortably—but always honestly. Mine wasn’t asking to be silenced. It was asking to be listened.

Once I stopped fighting it, stopped blaming myself, and started responding with better food, gentler movement, deeper rest, and real nourishment, everything softened.

I didn’t lose my softness. I reclaimed it—by changing how I cared for myself.

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