How long can stress delay your period? Like, can it stop my period completely? Ideally you are not so anxious that your body interprets your stress level as running-from-wooly-mammoth-high, but you get it. While yes, this does introduce a whole new set of stress, your body probably thinks that Cavewoman-you would likely not have time to ask, “Oh crap, why is my period late?” in this scenario. Stress causes your body to go into fight-or-flight mode, and if you’re running from a giant wooly mammoth, let’s say, it makes sense that your body would be like, “Oh this would be a not-so-great time to have a baby right now” and hit pause on keeping your reproductive systems ready-to-go. Think about it from a cavewoman perspective. Yup, stress can actually cause your period to be late or delayed when your body is so freaked out by keeping you calm and what’s happening around you, that makes you anxious, that your body’s hormones hold off on critical parts of your menstrual cycle, like ovulation. Why does stress cause delayed/missed/late periods?Įven if you rarely have to deal with irregular periods, sometimes stress can throw a wrench in the works and mess up your whole menstrual cycle. Stress less and use our period tracker to know when you’re period is scheduled to start and when it is scheduled to stop. Or in this case, stress-about-the-not-fertilized-egg and the not-fertilized-egg scenario. It’s a real chicken-and-the-egg scenario. Stressing about not getting or missing your period can actually make you.not get your period. A recent study found that high levels of stress can cause irregular periods. As if getting your period wasn’t anxiety-inducing enough (time to unwind the heating pad, yet AGAIN - and where is that stash of dark chocolate?), stress can also cause major shifts in your period and menstrual cycle, namely delaying it. Stress and periods go together like peanut butter and jelly. Is stress behind your irregular or missed period? Here’s how to tell.

No period for 4 months not pregnant