22/10/2025
In honour of International Mastocytosis & Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day, here’s a glimpse of what’s happening when your body feels like it’s constantly in overdrive ❤️🩹
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) occurs when immune cells release inflammatory mediators too easily, often triggered by stress, hormones, or environmental sensitivity.
Because mast cells interact with your gut, brain, and hormones, they can cause symptoms that look unrelated but share one root cause: an immune system trying too hard to protect you.
For neurodivergent women, this sensitivity often peaks with hormonal changes, around ovulation, the luteal phase, or postpartum, when estrogen naturally boosts mast cell activity.
Awareness matters.
When we connect these dots, we move from confusion to clarity and from restriction to regulation. 🌿
If your symptoms fluctuate with stress or your cycle, it might be time to explore what your mast cells are trying to tell you.