Dakota Johnson On Her Traumatic Periods: It’s Ruining My Life

Advika Hue|Feb 22, 2019

The lead actress of The Fifty Shades - Dakota Johnson - has opened up about her menstruation issues that are affecting her life.

Recently in an interview with InStyle as a promotional activity for the new fragrance collaboration with Gucci, Dakota Johnson talked about her menstrual problems and how the "hormonal changes affect her life".

The main actress of The Fifty Shades confessed, 

Also, Dakota Johnson shared that the monthly changes on her period to her brain and body were so bad that they are disturbing her.

The actress also said that during her period, her breasts were eight times bigger than their average size and it happened every month. It was such a traumatic problem that she couldn’t deal with it. Not only that, but the various symptoms have also made it difficult for her to find the right solution for birth control.

Dakota’s period issues have inspired her to work for Global Citizen's reproductive education program. She wanted to understand her body and help other women.

The 29-year-old actress said all of those bad experiences had led her to question about being a woman and how to honor her body in the right way.

On her work front, Dakota is expected to appear in the two upcoming films that are going to be released in March: The Peanut Butter Falcon and Wounds, a psychological horror film.

Both of Dakota Johnson’s parents, Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, are famous actors, so she naturally has excellent acting skills in the blood. However, she’s trying hard to find her position in the film industry.

Dakota Johnson's parents: Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.