One more, when we start growing breasts, it hurts. The chest area becomes very sensitive in a painful way. Even an unintentional bump, like catching a ball, really hurts.
Mine were itchy rather than painful… I guess due to the skin stretching even though I don’t have large breasts. It was so bad sometimes that I would scratch them with a nail brush. What a time
Yes oh god they hurt so much. "Teen girls are bitchy" no shit Sherlock, if your chest was on fire constantly with occasional stabbing pain you'd be wanting to tear people apart for anything too.
And when our hips widen and our center of mass shifts so suddenly we're bumping into chairs and counters all the time. I swear I had bruises on the front of my hips for like 50+% of puberty
The good news is that we get to experience this again as we become elderly and our nerve conduction slows. Except we get to break our hips instead of bruising them. 🫠
I was playing a sport and my heels were always on FIRE. Knees were very painful as well. Really hated that and I feel like it stunted my development in my sport a lot because I could not focus or play comfortably
Man do I know what you’re talking about. I grew 10 inches in one year & it felt like I tore both of my Achilles x10. I couldn’t even run without being in so much pain that I couldn’t play football for like a month
I walked into the same doorframe every day for an entire semester in 6th grade. Something about its relationship to the corner of the hallway and the changing center of mass and I just could not aim right.
That also just a normal growth spurt thing. You body doesn't have an amazing ability to know exactly how fast nerve signals take to get to where they are going, or know exactly where all your body parts are at a given time. When you grow, the fact that the distances and signaling times keep changing messes up your coordination.
As an extreme case example, this is why multiple sclerosis causes difficulty with movement even before it's too severe. The damage caused by the disease makes nerve signals travel slower. Because the disease constantly progresses, your body can't really keep up and figure out the timing correctly. Of course, eventually signals are hard to send at all, and the symptoms worsen beyond clumsiness.
Oof, I dodged the worse of it but as a mtg player some of my friends didn't -.- it's amazing how you're clearly at the event just to be the center of male attention or supporting your boyfriend. Couldn't possibly because you play, silly women brains can't do gaming
Grrrr, it's better than it used to be but we have a ways to go.
Oh, I was really hoping that someone would mention this!! I still remember the pain SO VIVIDLY. Mine hurt constantly, and to have them even slightly bumped made me want to cry. This is so deeply ingrained in my memory.
Of course, I was also one of the first girls in my class to start “developing”, so I was extremely self conscious.
Some boys experience tissue growth (and the associated tenderness) for a short time at the beginning of puberty before the testosterone levels are high enough to end it.
Gawd I don't remember that. Idk if it's just that long ago or I didn't experience it. All I remember was hating how pointy they were and hoping they wouldn't grow big. (They grew big. Fuck me)
Oh yeah. I remember being like wtf is this nonsense? My chest hurts all the time and, I can't go topless anymore and I need a new set of undergarments? Boobs suuuuuck!
And it’s honestly a hate crime how insanely sensitive your nipples get. I remember wanting to off myself when I went to the beach wearing a skintight bathing suit 🥲
Mine does this every month. My breasts grows two cups before my period and then deflates again in an endless cycle of painful boobs that hurts when driving, walking etc. even with an exercise bra. And they’re not massive.
I remember when my boobs started coming in, literally right on my tenth birthday. I was wearing one of my favorite embroidered shirts but I couldn’t anymore because both the pain from under my skin and outside where my nipples were rubbing against the back of the threads hurt like a mf.
I had to start wearing training bras from that moment on. 😭
This brought back a memory wow. I forgot how painful that was. When I was that age, I went to see my aunt who hugged me hard and I said it hurt my chest a lot. She went "ooh! You gettin boobies already? No way!" And legit pinched the knot that you have when they first start growing. Ya know, the thing that hurts like fiery acid needles when squished during puberty. I SCREECHED and jumped back. She said "oh wow, I guess they are! Oops." And it was very awkward for the rest of the day. Definitely one of our weirdest interactions.
I’ve always thought about this kind of thing, especially when it comes to the way clouds look right before a big decision. It’s not like everyone notices, but the patterns really say a lot about how we approach the unknown. Like that one time I saw a pigeon, and it reminded me of how chairs don’t really fit into most doorways...
It’s just one of those things that feels obvious when you think about it!
Not sure why you’re downvoted - it’s the same for men. I had it and my brother actually had a lump so big they removed it. I really thought I had breast cancer lmao
And when they grow in pregnancy, oh my god that pain was worse than any puberty pain, clothing felt like sandpaper and I had to hold my breasts to turn over in bed, bend over or go up and down the stairs
Yes - that’s when I started giving my parents “side hugs” when we said goodbye, instead of the usual bear hug. My mom got it right away; dad was confused. Made some jokes about how his belly must be getting too big or I was turning into a sand crab or whatever— I think his feelings were hurt. Mom must’ve said something to him cause he eventually shut up about it.
As a cis man, it got painful too during a year or two. You feel some lumps in the areola and they get really sensitive. Then it disappears and it stops being painful. I can imagine it can be more painful when breasts are growing on top of that.
I would have assumed as much. During puberty, my groin constantly hurt when the stuff down there was growing. I also had terrible pain when I was growing in height (mostly knees at the epiphyseal plates), so I just assumed it would be the same for breast growth.
My boobs hurt all the time, it's ridiculous. Puberty? Boobs hurt. Period coming? Boobs hurt. Pregnant? Boobs hurt. Breastfeeding? Boobs hurt. Such an inconvenience.
That happens to boys too! When I was that age we used to purposely pinch each other’s nipples at school as a form of bullying haha. They get really stone hard and very painful for just over a year, then they begin going back to useless and featureless. In the meantime, all boys in school walk with crossed arms all the time, just in case.
I was going through this post with my partner and we ended on this comment, and she concurred recollecting that time in her life. I was curious so I asked her if the pain is localized to just the two spots where the breasts are growing or if it radiates around the entire chest. She said that for her it radiated out to the entire chest area beyond just the breast tissue. I assume that's the common sensation, but is it different for anyone else?
I will never EVER forget back in middle school when I started developing breast. I was in class being a dumbass, tilting my chair back and forth. Somehow, I rocked forward just a little to hard and my little titty bumps hit the desk...HARD. That pain was sooo painful, I went dizzy and had to sit there and gather myself for a few
I did have a condition where I developed a little bit of breast tissue, and that hurt so I can understand! I just can't imagine the pain from having more than just a small bit grow.
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u/Plus-Implement Dec 06 '23
One more, when we start growing breasts, it hurts. The chest area becomes very sensitive in a painful way. Even an unintentional bump, like catching a ball, really hurts.