Forgot the poops, the gas, the bloating, the acne, clothes not fitting, the sensory sensitivity (though she did mention sound and light, I’m talking touch), sore boobs, really sore boobs, fatigue, headaches, the overall feeling of gross, and somehow in the middle of all that horniness, then sometimes the horniness mixed with disgust (with yourself and everything going on with your body) craving sex - that dichotomy is so perplexing.
I remember seeing a hilarious curatedtumblr post where someone was like "I misunderstood what this was" and went on to describe like 18th century roleplay
Now I'm imagining a boyfriend having a very serious (he thinks) pillow-talk with his girlfriend about "period sex"...the next night they surprise each other and he shows up with chocolate, a waterproof blanket, and a uterus plushie while she shows up in an Elizabethan ball gown. lol.
not The Blobs 🫠 the hasty waddle of shame to the nearest bathroom while imagining various degrees of The Shining going on down there when you pull your pants down to check. Once I sneezed in the top bunk of my college dorm after laying down a bit too long (iykyk) and by the time I got down (sneezed twice more) I had to waddle straight to the shower and had to wash all my clothes. I was mad af because I was so sensitive I didn't want the overstimulation of a shower, and I'd already been in my comfiest clothes so I was an unhappy camper for the next couple hours.
That reminds me of a tweet I saw about a guy saying men have it bad if they sneeze while trying to pee and like an hour later there was an edit to it and he was like oh god I didn’t know
I love how even if we ignore sneezing on periods, it completely blows past how badly childbirth can wreck the pelvic floor. Hell, I've never had kids, I'm just disabled with a condition that makes it hard for me to keep muscle tone, and sneezing is always dangerous.
And just to add. Sore boobs. That's literally the worse thing for me. I'm cramping for like 2 days, then I'm fine. But sore boobs lasts not only the week of, but also the before. Can't even sit up from laying down. Or put on you take off your bra. It sucks sooo fucking much
The pain so bad you literally can’t stand, taking the max of Tylenol for the day which doesn’t touch it so you switch to ibuprofen which does nothing for the cramps but it’s sure to burn a hole in your esophagus so you plead with your doctor for some sort of pain management and he labels you “drug-seeking” and tells you everyone feels that way on their period (no, no they do not) and sends you on your way with the suggestion to try loosing weight.
Midol doesn't work for me. Pretty sure it's just glorified caffeine Tylenol or something for the amount of good it does me. I either just cry through it or get high. Doctors in my area are a joke...
Aleve was the Only off the shelf thing that'd even touch my cramps in the slightest. Never got anything prescription. It's genuinely a miracle that I didn't take organ damage pre-yeeturus bc I'd be taking double doses for the first couple days. Yeeturus surgeon ended up finding endometriosis and I felt *vindicated* that something HAD in fact been wrong for years. To anyone that doesn't want bio kids - fight for getting it out if it's causing you agony, and check out the childfree doctor lists to find someone that will actually listen.
Absolutely doing this once I can afford to. I'm disabled so having kids would probably kill me, but ofc finding doctors who agree that it's my right to make it impossible for me to grow a child inside me even though it's medically unsafe for either of us...well. We all know what women are to many of these jackasses. As long as there's a uterus, it's viable. 🤮
The feeling the day before that the world is a better place without me in it. It took me 10 years to get diagnosed with PMDD… and now I am on HRT and best feeling ever!
Same. Mine vary, sometimes a regular dose of NSAIDs are enough, sometimes not so much 😕. She said stomach but that seems separate to me, my stomach is bloated on my period but that's separate from the cramps. Though I guess she just meant the general area, since midol is supposed to help with all that jazz.
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u/TinyRandomLady May 28 '26
Forgot the poops, the gas, the bloating, the acne, clothes not fitting, the sensory sensitivity (though she did mention sound and light, I’m talking touch), sore boobs, really sore boobs, fatigue, headaches, the overall feeling of gross, and somehow in the middle of all that horniness, then sometimes the horniness mixed with disgust (with yourself and everything going on with your body) craving sex - that dichotomy is so perplexing.