What are hormones?
Hormones are chemicals that signal the body what it needs to do by traveling in our bloodstream. They are absorbed by every cell in our body that has the corresponding receptors for these hormones. Think of it as a lock and key; this is how our body communicates. Some of the functions that hormones regulate include metabolism, digestion, sensory perception, sleep, respiration, stress, growth, sex, menstrual cycle, mood, and more.
Your hormones are you, your identity, your beliefs, your behavior. Your female sex hormones influence sex, attraction, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotional regulation, aggression, mood, learning, and so much more. The pill contains artificial hormones and therefore affects all these areas and more. The pill actually changes things that are you, turning you into who you are!
All the hormones in your body, natural or synthetic, will be absorbed by all your cells that have receptors and will influence which version of yourself your body will create. While doctors put a lot of effort into side effects, blood clots, strokes, acute survival threats, the side effects of the pill, they don't check what it does to the brain and therefore to the person you are.
The pill changes the brain.
Brain scans of women taking the pill and not taking it showed structural and functional differences. Women on the pill don't have the cortisol spike in response to stress, which is vital for survival and the circadian rhythm response, and this can impair their ability to adapt to changes.
Further concerning data about the pill is that it may affect whom women using the pill choose to have sex with, marriage patterns, and even divorce rates.
During our cycle, just before ovulation, we have an increase in estrogen. Estrogen is responsible for all things related to entering pregnancy, produces cervical fluids to aid in pregnancy, and allows women to be the version of themselves that allows all this to happen. After ovulation occurs, the dominant hormone is progesterone responsible for implantation, pregnancy, and behavior that enables these activities.
One of the things the pill does is inhibit the release of the egg, keeping women in a post-ovulation state where the synthetic equivalent of progesterone (progestin) is dominant. It also prevents the body and brain from doing things they're supposed to do at times when they have estrogen, like the desire for sex and intimacy.
When we're not on the pill, our smell changes, we are attracted to people who will improve our genes and pass on the best to our offspring, but studies show that this changes when we're on the pill. The pill changes our chemistry throughout the body, similar to how we are after ovulation.
An interesting study conducted in a strip club showed that men tend to give higher tips to women they prefer and allowed researchers to check where they were in their cycle. The results were that dancers close to ovulation earned $70 per hour, around $35 per hour during their period, and $50 per hour at any other time. Women on the pill earned around $37 per hour consistently.
Interesting, right?
The pill changes your hormones to create a different version of yourself, lacking the psychology and behavior that occur during high fertility.
The "progesterone" in the pill is called progestin and is not made of what our natural progesterone is made of; therefore, it cannot bind as progesterone binds to its receptors and act in the same way progesterone acts. In some cases, they actually bind to testosterone receptors instead, so the messages our body and brain need to "read" from progesterone are somewhat flawed and inaccurate.
Studies have also shown that the pill might shrink or change the structure of your hypothalamus https://catholiccitizens.org/news/90043/contraceptive-use-linked-to-shrinking-brain-size-researchers-find/ and thus impair and risk some of your cognitive abilities. https://www.psypost.org/2020/01/women-taking-hormonal-contraceptives-have-reduced-perseverance-on-cognitive-tasks-study-finds-55347?fbclid=IwAR2YwbU0hJ0UXp7kfy62F7DQ_K1THLajMRPVuqkUmKWBD68XEOXvT8AJMBw#.XisJ6a3ecWk.facebook
There are also studies that found that the pill changes other senses like smell, hearing, and everything related to senses, which makes sense because that's how we best perceive the world around us in order to survive and tell your body if it's a good time to reproduce or not.
The pill has made a huge change in female behavior since it was invented in the 60s, while then it was the feminist thing to do. Today we are starting to understand that not everything is good. Studies have started to accumulate showing the negative effects they have on our brain and body, on us. Although I'm writing about the pill, this actually applies to all hormonal contraceptive methods.
There are much better and healthier options than hormonal contraceptives, and I invite you to look at my online course on the Fertility Awareness Method.