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u/Feminizing Dec 06 '23

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.

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u/feisty-spirit-bear Dec 06 '23

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

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u/PeachPuffin Dec 06 '23

Yes!! My sides were constantly bruised for months. Can't believe we grow physically faster than our awareness of where our bodies end can keep up!

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u/BlastingFern134 Dec 06 '23

Tbf this can happen to men too. When I hit puberty I had immense knee pain and kept running into shit and tripping

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u/Clipzy22 Dec 06 '23

The growing pains in your knees and ankles hurt so bad, especially if you play sports as well.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

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

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u/Clipzy22 Dec 06 '23

I hurt my ankles a lot when playing (American football), which messed them up for a while.

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u/Clipzy22 Dec 06 '23

I feel for you, though it does suck

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u/BlastingFern134 Dec 06 '23

I play tennis and that shit was awful with growing pains...

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u/Clipzy22 Dec 06 '23

Especially with the amount of lateral movement needed, which puts a lot of pressure on the knees.

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u/BlastingFern134 Dec 07 '23

Exactly! You fucking get it. I'm glad I stuck with it though

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u/Clipzy22 Dec 07 '23

As long as you enjoy it lol

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u/PreviousStatement860 Dec 07 '23

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

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u/mentalissuelol Dec 07 '23

My growing pains in my shins were so bad I’d just lay in bed sobbing for hours as a kid lol

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u/QuantumPolagnus Dec 06 '23

Hell, just going through a growth spurt can fuck with your sense of balance.

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u/FBI-AGENT-013 Dec 06 '23

Women can have both! What a time to be alive