been struggling with her health for months on Emmerdale. Mood swings that led her to feeling incredibly angry or depressed, coupled with painful and heavy periods, led to Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) prescribing the pill to the troubled teen.
This helped to manage the periods, but the mood swings continued and, if anything, got worse. Cathy put herself in danger with her reckless behaviour, while everyone around her was treading on eggshells not knowing how to deal with her.
It’s now thought she has something called Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, an extreme form of PMS that could affect her for decades – and discovering this diagnosis hit Cathy hard.
Apart from Cathy, the person who’s been most affected by all this has been her dad, Bob (Tony Audenshaw). His attempts to support his daughter have often gone wrong and made things worse – and this happens again in upcoming episodes.
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