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Yeah they don't care about men either

​@@BachelorCigarTalksyeah I can talk for all women and say that we don't care about men with periods

​@@nonmilavodatrans men.

@@liberalbias4462 😬🤷‍♀️

​@@liberalbias4462they're women 🤷🏿‍♀️ if a man bleeds from his penis he needs to seek medical help!

Absolutely! As someone said before, the pain isn't the only problem with Endometriosis. When I stood up more blood would come out and I was constantly worrying, especially in middle school, if I had blood on my pants and that was humiliating when it happened twice. It caused me to be constipated and have trapped gas and I was so bloated that I looked pregnant. I didn't have some of the symptoms other people described but it's a miserable experience. My now ex husband thought I was exaggerating. I didn't have kids and sacrificed ever having kids when I got a Hysterectomy 3 years ago. I will never regret that. Most bosses will just think "it's a part of life and you just gotta deal with it." We can't just call in for a week once a month either. I wish every guy tried this once.

This part

Imagine having to go through this without modern hygiene products or medication. One of the reasons women many didn't work outside of the home

@ salty exactly. With all the pms symptoms throughout the years moreso now I think there should still be that way. Theres always something if it's not one bad symptom it's another. When I was young I'd get insane cramps to the point of literally id throw up. That eventually subsided. Then in my 20s itd just be kind of bad cramps now in 30s and its everything from mood swings , cravings, ibs etc. I dont think anyone wants to deal with a woman that time of month and like it was said..nobody cares !

@@saltyandthebeefcracker4863 I thank whoever came up with the idea of tampons!

We are not responsible for your pain. How about we make every person without cancer experience the pain of having cancer or any other painful disease. Anyways like I have told many other 16% of women have never experienced period pain. And according to the NIH: "Menstrual pain was reported by 84.1% of women, with 43.1% reporting that pain occurred during every period"

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@andrewd4413we are not asking you to take responsibility and the reason why we don’t do Cancer test is because not everyone gets cancer but EVERY women (maybe 0.1% of women may not get it for some personal reasons) in the world gets periods. When someone gets cancer everyone can sympathise with them and I’m not saying period cramps are worse than cancer but when someone complains about period cramps or a girl wants to go to the toilets, the issue is that no one actually understand the true pain they can feel. Also for you’re statistics, you are saying that ONLY 16% of people DON’T get periods, I’m sure that 84% Of EVERY WOMEN in the world is a VERY large number. And the 43% only reported that it happened EVERY period meaning that a cramp will come to most women in a lifetime. When someone says “we need teenage boys to do this” we aren’t saying “boys have to take responsibility of our pain” we are saying that boys should be considerate of women who are on their periods instead of going “haha she’s pissed because she on her period” because that isn’t funny when you have blood dripping down to who knows where. Especially male teachers in Girl schools and general teaching systems/ governments are all ruled by men who have no understanding whatsoever of what it feels like and don’t allow a woman to go to the toilets even if there is a burst of blood going through her uniform. Sounds disgusting? Because it is. having blood leeks may sound disgusting but the behaviour of people who don’t consider it are even worse.

@@Dayuweii If every teenage boy should experience period pain the every girl should experience the pain of being kicked in the balls because that happens to almost every man

@@williambartlett7483 Yeah this is a braindead take, Women can still get kicked in the crotch as can Men. Also the nerve regions in the Female Genitals are equally if not more sensitive than Men, as the Clitoris alone has about 10,000 nerve endings, more than in the entire Penis… Not to mention period pain occurs regularly, whereas getting kicked in the balls occurs infrequently at best

@@williambartlett7483 getting kicked in the balls doesnt have anything to do with health class

I had a classmate who was incredibly fastidious about her appearance, as well as her demeanor and outward presentation, basically very well put together, incredibly well spoken, and very driven by getting good grades...except one week per month, every month: she would come to class in pajamas, no makeup, tears streaming down her raw red face, curled up in her desk just holding on by a thread. That was when not many people knew or talked about endometriosis, but I swear to god, once I saw her and the amount of pain she was in, but still showing up to class because she was so driven (and they wouldn't let her miss much class anyways), I KNEW that endometriosis was real and not something to take lightly. I have had cramps that made me want to throw up, cramps that have left me crumpled in a ball on the couch, and cramps that have made me feel like my guts were going to spill out all over the place, but I still don't think they were anything like what this girl went through. Hope she has gotten some sort of relief from it by now, or at least has a doctor who takes her seriously.

@@imchuckbass4757 What a load of horseshit, she was so driven but she couldn't get out of her pyjamas? Attending classes for hours, not dropping the kids at school or picking up milk from the grocery store.

I’m so sorry! 😢 Time for a more experienced doctor!

‚I as a men iam more pain tolerant than everyone😂 even when I used to be 17. you should try that little simulator toy on me.

Lmao *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*

Yeah, right?🙃

Right that would be great .

I want to like this ten times! .......If I like it ten times you think I can go down a notch on period pain with each like!? 😋😉😆

LOL, right? I'm on my period right now and I feel so sick and constantly nauseous lately. Plus the emotional aspect of periods is almost unbearable for me :/

clicked and held the like button for a few seconds before realizing this isn't facebook and has no react feature 😭💀

Planning around vacations , surgery, low iron, cups with pads , bieng stuck at home for a day or more , ..exactly ivy....this scratches the surface for sure

Yep, I had all of those at one point and still do. It sucks having to go through this every month for what it can feel like a year

There are so many symptoms that vary from woman to woman. I rarely ever had painful cramps but I did have bloating, constipation and/or diarrhea, joint pain, menstrual munchies, and tender painful breasts that would occasionally swell up a full cup size. I'm glad I'm done with all that. I don't think guys are ready for a simulation of the full menstrual package.

And the excruciating migraines!!

I am super scared of blood. It's always the worst part for me to change the hygiene product bc I'm getting nauseous, shaky, scared etc.

Yikes those 'doctors' should be fired

And if a man went into a doctor with that list of symptoms, they would be treated immediately, and there would be priority medical trials to find a cure (rolling my eyes)

You need to be told just like you tell men, NOBODY CARES. Equal treatment.

@@anthonywilliams7052I’m a woman and I care about men’s pain.. I’ve met men And women who don’t care about women’s pain.. And they all sounded like you.. using men’s pain to make yourself look ‘moral’

@@ithinkiknowme6450 So you mean JUST LIKE YOU just did, no accountability, blame us for your behavior, just like the myyde-up stats and the Vicky - tum stories and PERJURY you all seem to love and join them. You CELEBRATE our loneliness and STEWWIE - SYDES. So we should do the same, be JUST LIKE YOU. Men are learning to be JUST LIKE YOU like we are told. You got what you wanted. Now 1000x more, and I want you dig the holes too, no more men doing it for you.

You have no idea to be a man 😂

@@BachelorCigarTalkslook cigar talks, being kicked in the balls is a choice. Periods are not. Stop your crying

@@dustinjackson3318 being kicked in the balls and period pain are not the same thing, my guy 😭

@@dustinjackson3318 do you know what dysmenorrhea is?

@@dustinjackson3318shut up please, being kicked in the ball is a lot less worse, first of all it doesnt happen 10 days a month and second of all you dont cry in bed for a week after

I'd like to see a whole group of male doctors and medical researchers experience this and then be told they will required to wear it for 5 days days, every 28 days, for the next 45 years. Period medications and medical solutions that actually worked would appear on the shelves do fast it would make our heads spin.

Agreed. Though you left out bloating, back pain, joint pain, nausea, and headaches.

Never mind the personality crisis!

Peanut butter jelly poops

and pain so severe it makes you throw up.

🤣🤣

Right? It made me laugh lol. I love seeing men go through this even if it's not even scratching the surface of what we endure as women.

@Reghan they are volunteer and can stop anytime. There is no victim here. Just curious people.

The way they all started shouting "Ten! Ten! Ten!" lmao. Although I do appreciate "We do practice consent." Consent is everything.

@Reghan It really depends on the man (or for other things, woman). Basically, some people need to experience things themselves to understand.

Right exactly. We could be passed out from the pain and the doctors are like "...yep just your period. A cyst probably had ruptured. Go home. Nothing else you can do." Am I right!? Has anyone found any actual solutions!?? 😭

I had my cyst’s surgically removed. I had one in each ovary. They removed them so they wouldn’t rupture

The same thing happened to my sister on her prom night. She was curled up in bed all night and didn’t sleep at all

I have had 2 cyst rupture in different times... tough s**t. We deal with the pain and life goes on. It's great to be a woman 🤬🤬

I feel this. I’ve gone to my primary doctor multiple times about random severe pain. And just normal severe pain that makes me puke when I’m on my period. And I can’t even function cause it’s to painful. And I got shrugged off. And than finally got a doctor to do a cat scan on my stomach. To find out I get cyst on my ovaries and I just have to deal with this for the rest of my time with my ovaries.

Yeah I was about to cringe if they started allowing double standards for consent.

True

@@fluffyou9276this is such a weird scenario to bring in a ‘double standard’ of consent in

you know empathy goes both ways.

Uh I don’t know if you know this. But guys get sleep cramps in their balls and let me tell you it hurts really bad it feels like a burning bladder mixed with nausea

period pain is a myth, it's been proven, women just use it to get their way in arguments.

Any women should have to see what it's like to produce over a million sperm a day and act like a functioning human

@@thedark1901 First I’ve heard, what’s that say? Do you get them every 28 days for 24-48 hours? And you don’t get the flowing mess for a week.

Makes ya wonder why so many of us have it then right?

To all women including myself tho..period pain is normal. So at my age of 46 now ( started my periods at 12 years old). I have never known a time where i didnt have to miss school,miss work etc. I had to try those little blue pills that were supposed to help period pain in my tweens. Nope didnt help. Neither did all the exercises, poses,herbal teas. The only thing that helped was a heating pad,regular tea a pillow and the couch with tv access. And thats all that still helps.

@@RedRoseSeptember22 In my case, it was because almost all the women in my family have ferociously painful periods. Some were due to endometriosis, most weren't. So it was 'normal' for us, as there's a genetic factor involved, but not exactly how the repro system really ought to work.

Its wrong. It IS normal with a some pain. But if its to harsh,for to long,one should consider to check out if it is something more. Its not like pain is unnormal, wrong, or dangerous.

@bina nocht My routine monthly period cramps are usually worse than my labor pains were, at least prior to getting my epidural at dilation 4-5.

Omg I'm 36, still suffering, and can't wait to be on the other side. Your post gives me hope

After my hysterectomy, somebody asked me if I missed "it". I said gee, unbearable pain (taking 4 Advil every 4 hours to just dull some), vomiting, losing 2 weeks out of every month and not making plans for anything? Hell no, lol

Same here. I'm 69 and first got my period when I was 10. Thank goodness they ended when I was 49...free from pain & periods! I didn't get bad menopause symptoms but period pain was the worst! Vomiting, having my mother pick me up from school several times and getting it when I was on vacation! Great way to ruin it. The relief when the pain would finally subside. The doctor telling me that it's all in my head.

And that one guy complaining that the one side was too low is exactly how mine presents sometimes. I always have cramps, but sometimes I have back cramps too and sometimes my pelvis aches so badly my thighs hurt all the way to my knees.

And legs!!

My entire pelvic girdle ached horribly. Severe lower back aches, hip bones felt like lead, deep aches just radiating down my thighs. Yeah the pain is different for all but it's still REAL pain.

I remember in middle school I used to get such horrible back aches during my period that I could barely stand up and would sit all throughout recess when normally I’d be running around playing soccer

I second that!

I third this comment!

Absolutely agreed

But why though

@@lukemonahan7076 builds character and makes men more emphatic to what women go through

The women in my life have always told me everybody goes through this much pain, and I'm not special... but then my sister witnessed me wriggling through my cramps on a 12hour road trip, and she compared my cries to how she was WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH! I've never felt more validated, nor horrified since.

I agree… we need more empathy for people who suffer from period pain. Only a few countries offer leave from it for at least a day or two

It’s usually because women have been working through it all for all of human history. Like if u r being chased by a tiger, it don’t care about u leaking blood. I had one that gave birth at d farm and kept working after s birth, and we didn’t even know till she came home with her in her arms. Pain feels worse when u fight it. They’d show me how to bear it; it works. Bodies r amazing. Work with it.

@@6ColourMeRainbow9 have you gotten a shot or pills to lessen the pain or stop the periods in general?

@@pemanilnoob I take daily pills that stop my period all together. It's not a total exaggeration to say it saved my life, I used to skip tons of class because of my . , and I had to call off work every month. I got away with it as a kid, but that wouldn't fly now. Sure there's side effects, weight gain, anhedonia(especially if you also have adhd), but I'd rather that then cutting the bloody thing out.

middle school, before boys are ruined

Also, we could equip them with knowledge and compassion and raise them to understand their counterparts better, in the future when they are in relationships.

Reminds me of a HS class where kids had to take care of robot babies for a week. We called it “the ultimate birth control.”

@@AjehyLOL.

; *Woman act brave while being safe in the comments, but when it comes to war woman hide under the table and want men to fight, and that men represents real bravery!*

Without being allowed to swear on air!

yes

💯 True.

@@BSBSPSensGirl88 It would be so hilarious.

That would be... realistic.

I have IBS as well, and my period exacerbates the symptoms! The nausea is terrible, and then the initial constipation followed by diarrhea😩. Women are superheroes!

Same. True. Even though my pains are not so horrible compared to many. It used to be actually much worse when I was a teenager - luckily growing up has its own perks. Now it’s the two first days I suffer from pain but luckily basic pain killers usually help. But everything you said - so true. 😩

The FATIGUE, the damn fatigue!!!!!!!!😭

@@flav2689 - Motrim was good in my time, but Advil was God's sent. Before these painkillers, there was nothing but to withstand the unbearable pain. I wonder what took them so long to develop.

Same. Mydol was okay, but I found vibrations help the best. Get a good back massager and just stab that sucker into your cramps, helps a ton.

I'm truly sorry you had to go through all of that.

I feel you sister, you are so strong for enduring it all ❤ I hope you have relief now x

They still cant

You were lucky. I had before, during, and after pain with all that comes with it.

Because she's experienced it before.

lol I kept thinking "Yep. That's about right." It's so true. I mean, people expect you to just keep smiling and doing your work when your abdomen is squeezing you like a grapefruit. It happens so often that we literally hide our pain behind smiles and laughter. At least now we have the ability to give them a small taste of what it's like.

Hasnt she had children? If so, this was a cakewalk.

The more often you deal with blackout level pain, the more you somehow function through it despite the blackouts. It doesn't make the pain any less awful, just that you get used to being able to walk without seeing and falling into walls often.

@@essiesjellybeans well men usually have higher pain tolerance, but for this type of thing, obviously the woman would have a higher tolerance

In return women shouldn't mock men or call them weak. I just want peace between the sexes, yo.

@@str8apem88 A different topic but absolutely true. But I think that’s widely already like that

Than

@@str8apem88 I agree! Although kinda off topic

I be trying to tell my boys. Women pain is a little lot bit different

16% of women have never experienced menstrual cramps according to statistics.

My colleague also had the same issue. She was grateful when she menopause.

She should have showed them the tampon 😂 sorry to be gross

Menorrhagia or menstrual hemorrhage I have it myself and it's miserable.

@@suzannalytle2758 I looked this up and I think I have it. I'm now going to track my cycles and how many sanitary products I use, how often they are changed and how bad the cramps are for a few months before I go to a Dr about it. Thank you for your comment, I felt like it's just in my head and I'm just being a wuss, suck it up and deal with it for a couple of years now, but reading your comment and doing a bit of quick research makes me feel validated, and that there's actually a name and treatment for what I'm going through.

@@suzannalytle2758 thank you xx

whomever you look to on a spiritual plane... may they bless you, good man, from here on out.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

So sorry for your loss and bless you for your kind spirit 🙏🏻 ❤

Aww that’s beautiful

@Lara Gravenor She was also BRCA1 +ve… I’m not sure if that was a link, but it seemed to definitely be a factor in her BC recurrence. Keep strong and stay beautiful!

That’s like me but then I got worse in the menopause

That appears to be me as well.

There is a saying that goes. “ If men had to go through childbirth there would be one child in every family.”

@@sunnydaze2359 Or the human race would die out more like 😆

Exactly, I also had migraines doing this time as well. I always said men need to go through a really bad one ,then they would shut up when we have them.

@@veritas4364 boohoo

:) I doubt that. I know several men with a history of excruciatingly painful kidney stones who will periodically do stuff that always makes their kidney stone issue flare up again. I’ve been around enough people with bad kidney stones & bad issue of gallstones to know it can feel as if you’re on the verge of death, even past some of the time it’s been removed or came out your ureter (kidney stone) or colon (gallstone). If women having painful pregnancies & deliveries (although different deliveries & pregnancies have different levels of painfulness) hasn’t made the human race go near obsolete than I doubt men getting pregnant would.

Exactly within 2 menstrual cycles, I had gone through an entire box of painkillers

Try Midol, you can buy at drug store.

SAME

Yes! That is the moment to do it! Otherwise... 😬

This! Getting it before it gets you, knowing if you leave it too long…!

Awww love, my 17 year old daughter has horrendous irregular heavy painful periods too , it runs in our family , hope you find relief for the back pain ❤

I have the same pain, when I am ovulating it is extremely painful, it is in the lower sides of the stomach

True that! Our bodies are OUR BODIES! Meaning that men don’t control us, we control us! ❤

Diarrhea, back aches, depression, anemia

The nausea. I've spent the last 10 hours lying on the floor, because my nausea is so bad.

@@kerrybee1327 I’ll take the stabbing pain over the nausea. Sorry you’re unwell. Have you tried ginger pills? They work well for me.

@@janiexoxo thanks lovely. I hate the taste of ginger but I'll see if I can find any capsules. X

@@kerrybee1327 I don’t find the ones I take really taste like ginger. It might depend on the brand though

They were at 9 when she ask if they will call in sick tho.

Amen.

I am so glad I don’t have to deal with that anymore. it’s amazing

Menstrual cramps are from a cramping UTERUS (which men don't have). This is just cramping abdominals. Apples to oranges.

@@leenito5808 pain sometimes radiates down the legs and back

would your hour long punishment chamber sessions, create stockholm syndrome, or make players switch sides?

🤣

@@xxqueenofdarkness it's about perspective. have them have the taste of cramps. then tell them: "but wait, there's more". and suddenly, the horror sunks in deeper.

And be given laxatives….

I haven’t ever heard somebody say that to a woman. Like most men would look at a dude who said that like he was a fuckin dumbass

Im so sorry you went through that :( i went through something similar at age 14, which is hard enough because you are just starting highschool :( i got diagnosed with a blood disorder that is autoimmune and basically what happens is that your blood doesn't clot, so you can imagine what that meant with having a period

You shouldn’t be a doctor if you think a healthy girl has her period every single day wtf that’s seriously messed up

There was a time I think I had a hemorrhage and I really I needed help. I fell on the floor and people just looked at me. Worst part was that my aunt was a doctor but like, they didn't care. I was in school too that time going to my next class and the next days I heard people spreading rumors on the whole campus that I was pregnant and I had a miscarriage that's why I bled so much. That hurt me a lot.

Omg, that's actually insane! I had my period for 2.5 months, which I thought was bad, but 2 years is unimaginable. I'm so sorry you had to go through that.

Gosh, you poor lady. That's beyond ridiculous. 😡

Yeah it's hard to simulate the gross trickle of your body squeezing it all out over DAYS.

Yes! I've never seen one of these where they calibrated it to a woman! I don't get painful cramps. I get something more like the feeling you have pre-diarrhea. At the point you start to run for the bathroom. But I don't actually have to go. It's just that feeling, constantly. So when I see men with one of these saying "ow, it hurts" I don't think they're experiencing what I experience.

That's thing, you just feel gross/uncomfortable in general on top of the pain, but have to carry on as if nothing is happening.

It is actually exaggerated since its based off of muscle density which men have more of.

Lol aww i m sorry ..

Up until I saw this, my best analogy was to imagine being kicked in your groin, then every time you started to feel, "Whew. That's over," someone kicked you again. (Though, credit where due, men with something like ulcerative colitis or Crohn's tend to empathize very directly, because the pain can be quite similar.)

I'd almost always just grit my teeth and tough it out through the day. Monstrous. On the few occasions when I gave in and took an aspirin or something, the pain level seemed to at least double, up to the point I'd have to just shut myself in a bathroom until I stopped throwing up. Then I did something inspired. I'd been brought up in a low-sodium household, thanks to having a sibling with high blood pressure. Well, starting about a week before the target day of the month, I'd cut salt down to near absolute zero and keep it there for the week. Using that plan, I rarely had any cramp problems anymore -- like, essentially pain-free from then on.

I puked and passes out cuz of cramps before cuz they were so painful

I was in tears watching these men go from sympathetic to empathetic. And he said women are better than men. It was beautiful to see the other gender be truly understanding.

Two of my sisters have endo. And another had issues and two have had hysterectomies, so two of them are happier now.

Lume!

If I were to describe my period hormones, they'd be more like that clip of pregnant Lois

Every PE teacher, teacher in general, doctor or boss who says that to girl/woman needs to be kicked in the crotch repeatedly then forced to walk around.

Same! Laughing, then teared up realizing some of us have really struggled for years. It can really impact your quality of life, so it's nice to have others empathize.

Sigh, same like my female math teacher in elementary school 😭😭😭

Same with me

Same

I’m sure it’s like when they see a guy getting knocked in the squishy bits. You feel it at the same time and you never forget it.

I actually felt my ovaries again!👻

Man, I've legit got ptsd from my cramps. I'm on hormone pills that eliminate my period now, but even the thought of not having this drug by my side makes me cry with anxiety.

I can’t wait to get to menopause. I am only 19 and haven’t even had periods for 10 years now. When I think about having periods for the next 30 years I want to cry 😢

Me also was holding my womb

I would stay home in the fetal position & have even thrown up from it way back when.

It's possible that your nurse experienced periods with comparatively little pain and/or her pain tolerance was much higher, so periods didn't seem severe to you. Regardless, she should have listened to you and had some sympathy! Good on you for ditching and taking care of yourself.

Hello dear

@@sarcosmic6982 Although I have seen friends have problems, I can only remember twice having to lie down. I had my children easily and no menopause symptoms. I know that I have been more than very lucky. When I saw what friends went through I thank my lucky stars.

@@davisholman8149 yep me too

Oh yes, the headaches!!! Needed Codeine for them, paracetamol or NSAIDS never touched the sides.

Yeup and let’s also add that period symptoms can change at any given time😂 You think you’re familiar with the 6 month routine and then she switches up on you. There was a cycle where I threw up for a whole year. I had to change my schedule just so I’d be home to vomit before going to work.

The bloating oh the bad bloat and granny underwear with them horrible cravings for diabetes anything

Oh my gosh I think my female bosses should go through it too!!!

​@@lizzdoe2821 Don't you think they already experience menstrual cramps?

😂I don’t think they should require us men to use these lol😂

@@cindycindy2894 Unfortunately, there are women who don't experience cramps and think many women are just exaggerating...

@@cindycindy2894 not all women understand painful cramps. Many women don't feel pain just discomfort and will frown on others for not getting through what they consider a discomfort as easily as they can.

@@remembervendicator111 saying kudos to her work ethic is kind of harming the situation. She shouldn't have had to work through that. She should be encouraged to take off work. Just like people saying they've never taken a day off eork in 20 years. That's not a good thing and shouldn't be celebrated. I get what you meant though. It must have been very hard to work through that.

Tracy Hellston, I, too, was a hairstylist for over 40 years. Through the pain, heavy bleeding, and all the other symptoms, I had to smile, do a good job, and make my customers feel good while standing all day. I then went home to a husband that refused to try and understand. I had a huge ovarian cyst removed in my twenties. Twenty years later…my hysterectomy was a blessing from God!!

@@SarahKDB I agree that she should be encouraged to take time off of work, yes. I've been through similar situations while working construction for years so I understand how it is working through that pain. I'm complimenting the fact it sounds like she worked hard, pain or not. So no, I don't feel it's harming the situation when I am giving her praise.

God they're so annoying

Gosh! I feel for you! ❤

Endometriosis pain is equal to child labor. It gets a lot worse.

@@fbbWaddell When I gave birth the third time, I realized I'd had period cramps worse than labor was. Had period cramps I had to hold onto something (table, counter, door jam) to keep from falling to my knees. Had to do Lamaze breathing to get through it. And that doesn't even cover the PMS/suicidal ideations, the mess...

@@DaniLong Wow! That sounds like a combination of things. I hope you were able to get the help you needed to get better.

@@fbbWaddell no it's actually just one condition that could have a secondary condition that is a symptom pmdd

@@DaniLong I get those same cramps....I don't even have to have period. I feel you so much

Same. I visited a doctor here in NZ, and he said "Next time, come back as a man then" as if women can choose which gender they're going to be at birth. It's a pretty common scenario in NZ for doctors to mock patients though, hence why I never go to the doctor if I get sick.

Shame on that doctor!

SERIOUSLY???!!

@Caravan Life NZ Woah, that's terrible! I didn't know it was like that in NZ. I hope you find a doctor you can trust! It's never okay to mock a patient for their health concerns. Where's the education and compassion? @Fuzzy100666 Agreed! @djdissi Yes! I couldn't believe the doctor said that. I said, "Wow, really?! I just need you to help me." He responded with something like "I can explain the cycle to you, but I don't know what else you want me to do here. I guess we can run some tests if you want, but it's not necessary." 😲 I left immediately and found a doctor I could trust this year.

Jeeeeesus

Any doctor who uses those words should be reported to patient services.

Leading up to my total hysterectomy at age 27, I got three opinions. One of the docs didn’t agree so to show him the pain I gave him a rope burn. Kept the pressure on for a little. Then we could talk and he understood at least some what.

Who says that?

@@roxassora2706 doctors, family members, teachings, etc

@@silverdisable I've never had a teacher or doctor say that.

I just stayin bed for the week. Problem solved.

@@Kat-mu8wq I wish I could, and just eat ice cream. 🥰

yes. camoflaging/ hiding skill. Then they don't believe it when i say i'm in excruciating pain, distress since i'm familiar w/ pain tolerance.

Yeah, the moment when you have a poker face and sweat is running down your back and you try not to moan or make any weird noises 😅

You go girl, women like you are the true hero’s

She sounds like a c---- and hope she gets back what she dished out in spades.

wow thats terrible

I'm so sorry about that :( People are so ignorant sometimes....

I can’t even with that women 🤬🤬🤬🤬

@@just_me638 Thank you 💜 I called the labour board on her and have a few other ex-worker’s to back me. So I hope soon she’ll be fired and never allowed to manage again

She is over 50 yrs old. Approximate 35 was very nice though 🤣

@@j.3779 Women have periods on average for 35 years, not that she's 35 years old.

@@jnewcomb ah ok gotcha.

@@jnewcomb I started my period a month before my 9th birthday, and I still have it. I am 54½ . I had cramps and heavy bleeding since my first period. I wish people understood how exhausting and difficult this is.

@@DepDawg *However...Premature menopause is just as bad. **_Count your blessings wherever you can._*

Maybe OTC pain medication would help.

You have my sympathy but Men experience Cancer why there's no permanent cure for Cancer ?

We did lol Russia has this great medicine, it’s non narcotic, it’s so cheap and it WORKS I take one pill and I have no pain my whole period.ONE pill. It’s called “Spazmalgine”

You will enjoy menopause. I got my life back and its bliss.

Have you considered getting a Mirena IUD if you're not thinking of having another child soon? I spotted a bit for the first month or so I had it, then no periods at all until I had it taken out a couple years later. That was really great!

I would take periods over labour anyyyy day of the week (I’ve never experienced labour but from what I’ve heard there’s no way I want to experience that level of pain)

Yeah, I had really bad cramps back in the day. But the worst of it was not having any energy, balance was off, coordination was off, I felt like I was detached from my body except for the pain. Any dude who minimizes this pain etc really needs to wear one of those simulators for 3-5 days. I got zero sympathy from my dad when I'd feel so bad and he didn't understand. This 💩is REAL, y'all

Yep. I have painfull cramps, along with back and legs pain and nausea. One day i was suffering on My Bed and My dad said "well, every woman deal with that". He is a great dad, but i still remember that phrase with anger

"...not to cause them pain, necessarily..." why not? Let them laugh now..lol. Have to get the entire experience.

Yeah. It’s the tiredness as well - lack of energy for day or so prior and to about three days in. Oh and nothing in my wardrobe looks good on me, even my favourite outfits. It’s like I develop a sort of 48 hour body dysmorphia. Proper weird!

@@heywaitaminute1984 🤣😈

Wow. I'm sorry that happened to you. It's sad when even a doctor doesn't believe you. That's why my gyno & GP are women.

Im so sorry, my periods have almost killed me I relate

Sorry for your awful experinces; hopefully times and ppl's mentality through access to info, changes for the better; hope u are better now

@MLMLW Female doctors can do the same thing. It depends on how serious and investigative a doctor is. Quality.

I’m sorry that happened to you.

Thank you! It felt like I got the freaking flu every 28 days!

Don’t forget the horrendous diarrhea 😂. Ugh. Thank GOD 4 menopause lol.

@@eachandeverything1836 Agreed!!!

I need a menstrual hut to scream into for almost 2 weeks out of the month. Must have AC, snack bin, pain reliever, and bathroom.

I went through a phase of being completely wiped out- severe pain and vomiting for a couple of days, just awful.

ikr, males calling women “sensitive” as if it’s a bad thing when they’re the “sensitive” ones..

Yes we are super HER-oes!

Not really God made you to be able to bare that pain so you can be able to bare child (Giving birth) when it’s time because it’s in your nature, just like God made us Men protectors and Physically stronger than y’all when it comes to war.

Fun fact: women have twice as much nerve endings as men, but women have higher pain tolerance.

@@lucamednyanszky749 that makes sense

If you're experiencing this amount of pain all 7 days of your period, then you're definitely an anomaly. I'm yet to meet a woman who has it this bad for an entire week. It's not what an average period is like. It still hurts a lot sometimes, but usually not for more than 2 days. After that it's just bleeding. But I do agree that it's a shitty thing that we have to deal with every month and that teachers especially should be more considerate.

7 days pain? I am sorry for you. Better see a doctor, something seems to be wrong with your period.

Now i dont want to hire woman???

My period cramps used to last only a couple of hours but as I'm getting older it's lasting 1 day. It's sucks because no pain killer is working for me

2 days for you, that great. Day 3 and 4 are blood clot days. I'll have pain most months for 4 days.

You realize each gender gets diarrhea right 💀

Same for me when I had appendicitis. I almost didn’t go to the doc bc the pain was NOWHERE NEAR the pain of a regular period for me.

I hope your leg is healing well! 🙏🏾❤️🇬🇧

100%, broke my leg and my arm as a kid. Obviously, being a kid I complained and cried at the moment but it was less than cramps later on in life. A lodged kidney stone was the pain that was comparable with the main issue being that I already knew how to tackle cramps with none of that managing to even help for the stone..... all in all, basically matched to the point that I initially thought it was an early cramp.

@@blackbeauty7499 Thank you!!🙏🇨🇦

I broke my arm and it was about a 3rd of the pain of my cramps. I used to pray to break my arm every month than to have cramps

Aww

Exactly I dropped my toast once, stared at it and started sobbing. It makes you so emotional especially before period my 3-5 days.

I once cried because we had none of my favorite chips left 😢😅 5 minutes to the next store but I could hardly make it to the bathroom from the couch 😅

Right?! I'm getting ready to ovulate and I've noticed with this cycle I've had a huge surplus of emotional sensitivity, and I started crying when my husband didn't want to hold my hand because he was tired...I wailed "Well I'm sorry holding my hand is such a chore for you!" He instantly felt bad and took my hand lol...I feel bad for reacting that way but OMG the sensitivity is driving me nuts. Everything sounds mean.

@@user-rx7uh9mg4f So funny.

People should start arguments with them too

Wow! 😂😂😂

Should ask them a lot of technical questions and then argue with them about their answers insisting the answer is something else.

Also ask them to smile more while doing the technical questions haha

Maybe this should be brought up in the interview process so that men don't hire useless women.

Thank you!!!!

@@ThePiccoloRocks 💛💛💛

I was diagnosed with Endo Stage 4 at 14 years old and I’m in my 40’s and it’s been a nightmare. At 18, I had a partial hysterectomy and it turned out I also had Adenomyosis. Getting doctors to believe that your pain is severe is a battle within itself.

Rebecca Parker - bless you for this comment! All true 😌

*Uterine fibroids I suffered from labor pain type of cramps Passed big clots Used super plus tampons with a sz 5 infinity pad {change every hour}

Sweating and feeling like passing out too

How about the bleeding!!! The clumps of blood all thru out the day, the possibility of leaking thru onto ur clothes

Don't forget the occasional butt pain 😫 that's what stops me dead in my tracks

@@VengeanceA7X09 Right?! What the hell is the random sharp shooting butt pain?? That is the worst 🙁

headaches

And if painful periods are happening to you at ANY age you should be checked out by a competent physician.

People of both sexes can experience chronic pain at any age. I am a man and have male friends who suffer from chronic back pain 24/7. When I was a boy I had constsnt pain in my legs during school as they were growing. When I was in high school I wore braces with rubber bands pulling my teeth all waking hours of the day feeling my teeth being pulled 24/7.

@@andrewd4413Please don’t compare that to the actual fact that women cannot control when we GET our periods. In addition to many other things that we have to deal with. Such as not being taken seriously and or given the proper time we need. Let’s not forget that we have to pay for our own feminine hygiene products and some places they are taxed! What some of you fail to realize that a period although it is a natural part of life. It can be one of the scariest encounters because she’s a *surprise* that comes with many responsibilities.

@@andrewd4413of course everyone can experience chronic pain. of course everyone can have painful braces. the conversation about periods isn’t meant to dismiss everyone else’s chronic pain, but to bring light to the fact that many, many women suffer in silence through pain that’s often dismissed. from age 10 i was spending 2-3 weeks of a month with stabbing pains in my back, neck, and stomach because of my period. bloating, diarrhoea/constipation, nausea, searing pain all over… that is the specific kind of pain we’re talking about here. distracting from that with “but other people feel pain too” is childish and deliberately obtuse

What 10 year old is going to work?

you are a warrior, Rock on Sister Soldier!

@@harlowjademermaid1882 I appreciate your comment ☺️ but I’m no one special, other than the fact that I’m a women (58yrs old now), and all of us are special warriors in our own rights, as are you. We’re in a great club! Blessings and good health to you and yours. 👵🏻 🤜🏻🤛🏽👸🏾👸🏳️‍🌈👸🏻👸🏽🤜🏿🤛

That’s my hero right there!👸🏼

@@Keefs_c.c.89 And that would be one of my kids lol, my son who left the military, bought a house and moved me and the pupper in when my MS got to the point of needing assistance 24/7 a few yrs ago. He was raised in a house with me and 2 older sisters. He’s a top women’s rights advocate and great kid/man. 🥰 Yes, shameless brag, lol.

@@DB46811 ❤❤❤ ALWAYS okay to shamelessly brag on our kids!

Add to that, passing huge clots that look like liver, overflowing your "heavy duty" pad 15 minutes pinning it to your underwear, overflowing your pad while you are sitting in class to the point of leaving a puddle of blood on the chair, having to participate in gym class only to have your gym teacher yell at you because you have blood running down you legs, having the insides of your thighs aching to bad it feels like someone has been using them for punching bags, having your vulva and vagina aching and feeling like your innards are going to just fall down through there ...... all while you are expected to function like nothing it's all normal ....... and having a GYN tell you that it is all in your head and you just need to "grow up: Tell you what folks ...... I had a total radical hysterectomy finally at 38, no emotional turmoil or upheaval, no feeling of inadequacy or incompleteness as a woman, rather it was a relief to no have to deal with any of that anymore ....... and it was 6 months before I realized on day "hey, I just realized I haven't had a period!" ...... I just had not thought about it after the surgery, had not given it a thought ......

And the worry of leaking, pads could do with being a lot longer so they cover front and back.

The anxiety of getting embarrassed from the odor, stains or anything lack in effort that can give hints that you are going through periods. While physical symptoms are given priority, the amount social pressure during that time in no joke.

Yes. I remember one day i went yo school and i started having my "normal painful cramps" i tried to dealt with that and a friend asked if i had fever. he tried to touch My forehead and i avoided his hand so fast that must be rude. But well i knew i sweating a Lot because of the pain

Restless and aching hips, vomiting and shaking of pain..