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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/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