I think it is important to have repeated engagements with people you would not otherwise regularly encounter– thinking of this post acupuncture appointment, I’ve been going to the same practitioner for about six months and have now formed a connection with him where he knows general items of my life and is invested in their development (I started seeing him for a laundry list of things, one being my pmdd symptoms- six months ago, as I mentioned, and today he asked me how my last cycle was and celebrated with a smile and shake of his fist when I told him I did not experience my usual premenstrual terror).