Just wondering if this is something you can relate to. The example I’m giving is also about having a poor sense of time, really, or maybe just being generally inattentive.

A while back I went to the doctor and when she asked me “When was your last period?” I had no idea. Maybe two weeks ago? Four weeks ago? If someone told me it was actually nine weeks ago according to some tests, I’d have believed it. 

I took a guess at it, and told her my cycle is irregular so it’s not something I keep track of -- I just deal with it when it happens.

Sometime later, after reading about PMDD, I decided to log my periods to see if there is any link between them and my moods. I did that for over a year.

It turns out there isn’t much of a link, and it also turns out my periods are very regular, almost like clockwork. I always thought my cycle was irregular. It definitely was irregular in my early teens, and I think that is quite a common thing, but it’s like I never reconsidered or even noticed the subject in all the years since (I’m 33). 

I could predict it with some accuracy, if I had ever tried. I had no idea.

Have any of you noticed this in yourself – poor physical self-knowledge (if that’s the best way to put it)?