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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/crs379 on 2026-06-12 01:35:41+00:00.

for some context, i am incredibly emotional before starting my period. it gets so bad that sometimes i cry over very small things. well the night before my period, i had a pretty bad emotional breakdown. i won’t get into detail, but ultimately i decided that i was going to watch some seals swim on youtube to help me calm down. Instead of feeling calm, i started crying more because of how cute they are, and had to turn it off.

a couple days later, i had an appointment with my psychiatrist and told her about me crying over seals. looking back i thought it was funny… long story short, she didn’t. she had me do some surveys and informed me that it would be best to start an antipsychotic which is definitely something i wasn’t expecting. i just took my first one tonight and i’m already starting to feel much better, i’m hoping it will improve my mood not only before my period but in the time between as well. it’s crazy how something seemingly so small and insignificant can expose that there’s actually more beneath the surface. thank you for reading this and i hope this made you laugh.

TL;DR: it was the day before my period and had a mental breakdown, and then i cried watching seals swim because of how cute they are. told my psychiatrist about it as a funny anecdote and she made me start an antipsychotic.