Period Pain Simulator Gets Tested on Cowboys & Raises Awareness
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2022
- This simulator is teaching people who don’t experience periods what those debilitating monthly stomach cramps are like - now let’s add the bloating, headaches, and everything else 🥴
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They forgot to gaslight them about the pain and tell them it's not that bad
@@sargentchef8092 Seriously?? I've always seen the opposite. Nobody I know questions the intensity of a solid ball tap, and he can take a much time as he needs to recover. Most women I know are fully expected to go about their normal day, without complaining, without being grumpy, like nothing is happening.
@@sargentchef8092 lol I get that you're just trolling, but it's still worth pointing out to everyone else that that "ounce [sic] a month" can go on continuously for about a week. The pain of the majority of crotch-kicks, while severe in its own right, generally passes within twenty-four hours.
Yea they were way too nice to them
@@sargentchef8092 Let's be clear... one week out of every month, possibly from age 8 - 55. That's a huge chunk of life. Also, how many women do you know that go around announcing they're on their period?? We typically keep that to ourselves, regardless of the pain we're in. Lastly, not sure how YOU got triggered, there, partner, I was agreeing that being nailed in the balls seems awful. Sooo... have a nice day?? 😆
@@sargentchef8092 Lord, no it isn't. Read the medical studies. Being kicked in the nuts isn't fun and it definitely isn't funny but some period pain tracks on to cancer level pain. The menz whining about their nuts are just full of pathetic "whataboutisms" and it is a tired argument.
I once saw a young girl, no more than TWELVE, go to a period simulator to "see if it's accurate." she didn't flinch until it reached nine. This is what these little girls and older women have to experience for a week every month and live regular lives.
The average man is weaker than a 12 year old girl..... Wow.... I feel kinda incompetent now.
Fun fact from a female, they don't always last a week. They can be less then a week with the symptoms continuing the entire week, and they can be more then a week and progressively get worse till it just goes "poof!" and it isn't there any more, then start up a few days later with the pain and no period. Pain associated with periods isn't just in the period week either, it could be most of the month with that pain for some.
@@str8apem88 men have higher pain tolerance than women, and it’s a proven fact, this literally makes no sense
@@str8apem88Kinda late but what is kinda weird that y’all aren’t really talking about strength y’all are talking about having to experience it for years if a woman got a swift kick in the balls then she wouldn’t be able to handle it but if a man got kicked in the balls for a few years every month the yea he wild probably have a lot more endurance
@@str8apem88women are stronger in endurance than men
Women biologically have more endurance capacity
I once watched another video like this and the guy asked the lady "how do you deal with this??" And she just replied "I dont really have a choice"
That's something I could relate
Yurp... we just have to "deal with it". 😞
When I was a child/pre teen I would be so angry that I was born a Girl 😂 ... to have to live most of my life in pain, at least once a month for however long my cycle was.
Now I think, well we can tolerate all kinds of pain and symptoms in our bodies from our cycles. We are prepared.
It's kind of a extra skill to have, pain tolerance.
Still frigging SUCKS though.
Yup we don’t and it sucks
What was the video? I wanna watch it
Just the other day I told a guy about how bad my period pain is. He told he couldn't live that way, and I pointed out that I don't have a choice. It's either live this way or die, so I have to just push through. (I have endo btw)
boys: “woman are so dramatic, it doesn’t even hurt that much”
Also boys:
love your pfp
Yeah because boys say that all the time about period pain...🙄
This treatment should be given to all men ✍️
To make them realise their limit ☕☕
@@hiiii092men will be ☕☕🤣🤣
Literally 0 boys have said that
And that's just the pain - not the mood swings, not the bloating, bathroom lovelies, cravings, headaches, nausea... Men count yourselves lucky.
Men experience all that! I just gave birth transphobe!
@@seanmccartney5177 😂😂
@@seanmccartney5177 😂😂😂
Well... men do suffer having to deal with the pain, mood swings, bloating, bathroom lovelies, cravings, headaches and nausea that women around them have, don't they?
That's why they try to find places without women, to take a rest.
@@parametr Why don't you stay there forever, then, and leave us alone?
They should find a way to simulate how when you sneeze on your period, you suddenly feel a warm gush in your pants and are left wondering if it leaked through your pad or not. Fun times.
Or just standing.
My sister showed my tampons... Changed my life.
Yes🤦😂
And at times even the heaviest tampon doesn't last long enough thru a meeting and you have this fear that it will soak thru and you just wish the meeting will f**king end. ..
@@eeyore345 I had this exact same experience in my high school religion class, I also had undiagnosed PCOS and I'd never know when I'd get my period so I was lucky if I even had a tampon on hand lmao
And trying to sneak out sideways, a sweater around you waist, to check in the bathroom. It is really problematic that the blood is so taboo, because it makes it so much harder to deal with. If people would treat it taboo-less and with a slightly heroic tinge like dressing a wound, it would be so much more fair and a lot easier.
Most women are used to intense period pain. 😢 That one girl who barely reacted to level 10 is a perfect example of grace under pressure. We women have to continue with everyday life while feeling like we are going to die, so most of us just get on with it
The only times I outwardly react is if a mood swing has me completely off balance and I can't keep it completely together. Otherwise I'm just focused on getting through the day and not letting it get to me.
@@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953 Exactly 💯
That's not an option for me. I have endometriosis, and my husband doesn't care. Some months, it feels like a badger is trying to burrow out of my lower body and no pain medicine works, even if I can keep it down and I'm alone. So. I can't keep going.
@@elisabethpuck I'm SO sorry, Elisabeth
Womp womp 😂
All young men should have to try this in High School health along with the taking care of a baby unit. It would totally change how they view and treat the women in their lives and benefit any future women they live, work, and/or interact with. Total game changer.
Gasp! Wouldn’t this be an amazing teaching tool? Women already change tires, work on cars, clean garages, mow lawns, weeding, everything men do but pee standing up. All while this is going on. 🙄🙄🙄 Gimme a real challenge.
@@JeepGurlAZ Women can buy those devices to allow them to pee standing up. I've even met some who have practiced so much, they don't even need the device (I work in the field). So women even do that too
@@restrictedmilk Cuz that’s not ridiculous at all. My comment stands.
@@JeepGurlAZ I don't see how it's ridiculous. Why so judgemental? It's just a fact that some women find it convenient to pee standing up and women are, in fact, able to do it.
@@restrictedmilkit's ridiculous because you don't need too do that and you only do so cus you wanna feel better about yourselves...shouldn't have too explain thousands of years of facts too you.
The involuntary leg twitch is totally real, but y'all left out the best part - period cramps are caused by high levels of prostaglandin release which ALSO causes diarrhea. Fun times!
And the gush
Omggggg period diarrhea is the worst
@@Butters1251 , yes the gush!!!!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh
That explains why I dread using the bathroom during periods
Don't forget the phantom need to defecate and constipation!
"Come on you got to go to work. Nobody cares about your period pain!"
The split second look of disbelief on his face.
Gold moment
🤨🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@noname72390 "Everybody! Boo this, ngga!" ☝🏾
@@noname72390 We do. We have. We will continue. But you couldn't.
@@JustTheTruth-Please Preach to the choir🙌🏼👏🏼
It would be really good if they had this in schools in around 14-15 years old. Also, those infant simulators that kids take home so they understand the responsibility of a child. This would help young men to understand why some girls may skip certain events at the last minute due to not only the pain but many other symptoms.
Bro doing this on 15/ 14 yo would be too harsh 🥺
I don't wanna do this
@@boostedaura406 girls as young as 9 or 10 have no choice but to suffer through it
@@boostedaura406 🤣 you are funny , tiny 11 year old girls go through it and the first period is also the heaviest and the worst
I might disagree on this. It is like saying people should wear blindfolds because they need to know the pain the blind people have to endure. Also, not all boys treat girls' periods badly.
@@jeanrodriguez2078 agreed but it should only be implemented on insensitive dudes
I was a heavy bleeder during my periods. Dealing with the embarrassment of possibly soiling my clothes along with the massive pain was an every month ordeal. And I went to school and then to work everyday. And the woman administering the pain levels to the guys was right….no one else cared about my pain. Begging my gynecologist for a hysterectomy was my priority after child bearing years. I applaud those men for trying it. Bless their hearts….
Firstly, I care about menstrual pain. And hope one day in the future women get healthcare products free, and get weeks off work and school to recover. Secondly, why are you applauding these men? You should be laughing and rubbing it in their faces.
I had to go to 3 different doctors to get an hysterectomy. I feel your pain.
@@str8apem88 I’d say it’s because they don’t feel spite, or anything. I’ve learned that some people who are in pain merely want others to believe them. They want their pain to be understood. So if a group of males volunteer to learn what this particular pain feels like, then that’s a good thing.
@@str8apem88 Because they cared enough to try, so they might understand better?
@@p.f132 Exactly!
Keep in mind, these can last for HOURS. The worst ones are so bad they leave you curled on the floor in the fetal position and throwing up if you try to stand. After the last time that happened to me, I got back on birth control and never looked back.
Hours? A lot of women with endo or adeno have this 24/7
Yep. I remember it hurt so bad I was curled up in bed, threw up then passed out from the pain. And this was on medication AND a heating pad. Birth control really helped even things out.
@@Sarah-re7cg I've only fainted twice. The first time was on my first ever period, I was so stressed I just collapsed into my bed and woke up a few minutes later to my ears beeping and my whole body covered in cold sweat. I went to school right after drying me up a little. Nice introduction 😂. The second time was years after, I was alone at home and couldn't figure out if I had to go on the toilet, puke or lay down to ease the feeling 😭 when walking back to the couch I fell head first onto it and lost all body strength. I was laying on my stomach in sweat for an hour or so until I fell asleep. After that the pain was tolerable enough that I could lay back around 😅 atleast... Periods are wild, I'm considering birth control if I'm honest..
I used to throw up and have diarrhea at the same time. Sometimes I spent the entire 1st day of my period on the toilet until I eventually passed out on it. I'm on birth control now and I'm so glad that I am. Turns out that I have lots of ovarian cysts on both sides. The thing is, I always knew something wasn't right but no one believed me. My mom always thought I was just being dramatic but I knew that couldn't be what normal cramps were like.
That's a mood, I debated moving to an implant, but I don't what those things back if it doesn't have the same affect 😂
I'm a woman but I would like to try this out to know how bad my periods are. It's interesting how different people experience pain.
You won't feel anything. You're a woman, this pain is nothing to you.
@@str8apem88 nah period cramps hurt like a b!iych !!!
Me too. I'm interested as well. 😲😊
It's only a tens machine
Get one off amazon.
Yeah me too
I'm a female who doesn't get period cramps, and I can only watch as these guys writhe in pain with this period pain simulator. Respect to the other ppl who go through this stuff.
I want to see how women with painless periods react to this. Will they take it to 10 without feeling anything, or will they react like the men?
@@str8apem88 Yeah. I imagine I'd have a very rough time if I was hooked up to this machine.
@@unnamed217i think so too. I dont bravely live through pain. I rarely go beyond very mild discomfort. Definely nothing comparable to common cold or fever or migraine etc.
You're lucky. My period pain can get insane.
I've had friends who didn't have much in the way of pain. However they often had bad menopause symptoms.
Now imagine this with constant puking, bleeding, tired body, mood swings and people invalidating your pain
“You gotta go to work. You gotta go to school. No one gives a duck about your period pain” love that because that’s true
Its right no one cares, take a painkiller and get on with life
You protested for the work. You gave the government what they wanted. Now mothers trust the state to raise kids and BOTH adults have to work to survive, lowering the wage that workers would get with more in the workforce. Also more tax money for uncle sam. Great job!
@yama yag abble yabba balle do ☆ gIvE uS eQuAliTy
@yama yag abble yabba balle do ☆ Exactly women dont need any special attention if they are so strong and equal and tough
@@RustyShackleford776 Trolling, or . . ?
Always when guys do these simulation they sit down on a chair or lie down on a bed relaxing. And they do it for a minute.
Wish there were some who did it while having to do other things, like doing a test at school, doing a presentation at work, shopping groceries or taking care of a bunch of kids for a day or so. Or five. Without the "please make it stop" option.
While someone is telling them to smile.
Yup. "I did every thing he did, but backwards, and in high heels."
With the added bonus of someone whose never experienced the pain telling you your being dramatic.
Absolutely!!
Telling them to smile is perfect
Preach!
As someone with endometriosis, I'm glad people are making others aware of how bad this can be. I know that these boys would be screaming if they dealt with that kind of pain.
Please don't be sexist. Even if it is kinda true that women are tougher than us, I guess.
@@str8apem88 How is this sexist? She literally has a medical condition (which is more common than you think) that gives her severe pain and she is simply stating her experience and how she wants more awareness. HOW is it sexist to say that these men who are already reacting so strongly to a regular period would probably feel much worse pain if they had a simulator for a medical condition that makes it much worse? That's literally a fact.
@@irenerosewell5944 Well, if there was a biological pain men experienced, or something men was better at overall than women, and if men said women couldn't handle it, would that be misogynistic? Yes it would. So women shouldn't be allowed too say men can't handle certain things either. Fair is fair afterall for equality.
I had stage four endo and I would be throwing up with my pain. Bedridden. It was horrible! Being a woman is so hard, it’s unbelievable.
@@str8apem88 Actually no cause that’s something that only men would have. If men had a pain to deal with every month and women didn’t, we couldn’t say that it’s nothing cause we never had it before just like you men can’t say that we’re weak cause we think periods are painful. Everyone has pain and no one can judge that if they never had it.
I can’t believe one guy made it to 10. That’s the strongest I have seen to date. What a trooper!
Yes! I was impressed! Also it is good for him (and all women) to know that his pain tolerance is super high. So if he gets some twinges of pain to his heart, he may be having a heart attack.
The same that more women die for heart attacks as the pain level in them is the same than if you had periods cramps. Women do not even recognize it as pain...same as this one cowboy.
@@SatumainenOlento yeah, I've heard of multiple women that had appendicitis and didn't realize they needed to go to the hospital at first because they literally thought it was just their upcoming period
I’ve needed one of these for every male doctor who has just shrugged and told me, “Well, women perceive pain differently than men, and tend to overdramatize it.” 🤬🤯
Yet this is “just period cramps.” Can you imagine them pushing out a baby? 😝
Idk that one woman didnt even seem phased when they went up to 10
Also apparently they have a childbirth pain simulator
EDIT: I meant this as a joke
There are multiple studies that show women's pain is all too often not taken seriously. From my experience (and my body *really* hates me, so I spend an unfortunately large amount of time in medical facilities), if a woman actually makes an appointment to tell a doctor that she's in pain, it means the pain is severe enough that she's willing to be ignored, treated like a toddler, and outright mocked, just to get some relief. 😔
@@fdfischer Dear Fellipe, If from the age of (on average) 10yrs, every 3-4 weeks, for 40ish years, you were subjected to pain (along with all the other symptoms), you would find your tolerance has grown. That's not to say that you no longer feel the pain. A boxer for example is stiil going to feel every punch, just not gonna get KO'd in the first round. Then there are the women for whom it just gets worse and worse and worse 😢. We women🦾
@@fdfischer Well not everyone has the same pain tolerance, like I’m lucky enough to have mild cramps to the point that I don’t feel any pain.
I definitely know if I had that thing up to ten on me I probably be agonizing in pain.
Edit: fixing my grammar
Men have babies! What are you talking about?
I love the woman who’s like “I mean sure I can FEEL it, & sure it’s painful but I mean 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ Meh”.
She's been in that fire. Worse fires. This is nothing. 😭
Probably feels worse for men since they never had/never will have to deal with periods
It's probably a comparative cake walk just to feel the cramps (knowing you can turn them off at any time) without any of the other host of symptoms on top of it.
Then there are the Trans people who say oh I want to have a period it must be so fun...yeah I think they should mandatory try that simulator out beforehand.
Must have been really worse...
A FELLOW HEAVY, PAINFUL, AND LONG PERIOD GIRL!
*yay* :(
Now, add in mood swings, headaches, body aches, brain fog, irrational anger, sensitivity to heat and cold, exhaustion etc etc etc, and you'll be getting somewhere close.
Honestly proud of these guys for trying it and pushing themselves even when they’re feeling a lot of pain. Most guys I see do this give up as soon as they start feeling it. I think it shows respect and wanting to understand. (Though competitiveness may also play a role haha)
Oh yeah, lady with a sadly working uterus here. I tried one of these with my best friend of 5 years and I managed to go up to a 10, the highest setting, without even flinching. My friend only got up to a 6 before tapping out. As we left, he looked at me and went “I knew your periods were bad, but the fact that they’re maybe 4x as bad as what I felt is just awful”, because I had mentioned that the 10 was a mild day for me, some days I would be a curled in a ball for hours with a heating pad on max, and the only thing that could work on them was a max strength Aleve. Periods are no joke people, you’re basically getting physically tortured for not getting knocked up.
Sounds like you need better painkillers and an IUD. My IUD pretty much deleted periods from my life. Life changing!
@@MyDuckSaysFucc The unfortunate thing is atm, I am unable to get an IUD. I’ve been working on it, or at least getting birth control to ease the pain, and seeing if maybe I have PMDD or a severe issue with my lady organs. They’ve been this way since really the moment they started, so I’ve kind of just managed to use my own system to manage.
Highly recommend getting checked for endometriosis. Ask/demand for an ultrasound to check for ovarian cysts. After years of trying a handful of gynos (men and women) FINALLY a doctor took me seriously. Found out I had a cyst and now we're working through a couple different methods to see if it will prevent the pain from paralysing me each month. Likely will get surgery to remove the cyst and I want to have her take out the ovary to prevent regrowth.
Even if you don't have a cyst, endometriosis can still cause uterine tissue to grow on any organ in your body, including your brain!!! But this goes undetected unless you ask for exploratory laparoscopic surgery. Advocate for yourself! Research the doctor before you go to see what patients say!! Take your life back!!
Edit: if you are on birth control with estrogen, and especially if you have searing migraines that lasted for weeks like mine did, talk to a doctor ASAP to switch to progestin-only bc. I was informed last week that I would have had a stroke if I remained on bc containing estrogen since they caused migraines.
Love the convos and support everyone is sharing. Don't be afraid to speak up!
Mine were also horrific from the minute they started. I tried over 45 different pain medications, not a single one worked. I had to go on continuous birth control to stop having periods altogether, though sometimes it would cause me to have periods for months at a time. After 10 years of Depo, it failed completely, and my period pain came back (without a period) worse than ever, which I didn't think was possible. I had to have a total hysterectomy and oophorectomy. Turns out there was absolutely nothing medically wrong with my organs. Sometimes you just get the shittiest end of the stick. Menopause is fantastic though.
@@olispinoli THIS! I had endo for years and was just gaslighted by the male drs--try this ibuprofen, try this birth control pill, what, it made you vomit, try this birth control pill. I called a dr in Atlanta (I live in SC) who specializes in endo and was told they could get me in the office in 4 months and I told them I would be dead. The dr came on the phone and I cried, told him my experiences and in 3 weeks I had no uterus, my endo stickies were all cleaned out and I was able to start my own business and work happily after 18 years of BS. You have to pursue your own healthcare in the US. The drs are trained to disregard women's health issues and pain. Be a bully for yourself if you have to. F pain. F pain right up its butt.
They had one of these at a fair a few years ago and my husband, brother and cousin’s husband all tried it. They all 3 stopped at 7. They weren’t convinced that it was realistic and my cousin’s husband said “there’s no way your periods are that bad”… Understandably us women felt challenged so we decided to try it and we all 3 got to the highest level without even grimacing, and then I even did some jumping jacks while it was going lmao. In my honest opinion, the highest level was actually somewhat moderate for me! Afterwards us women told them to remember that on top of those pains you can usually expect migraines, stomach issues and an overall feeling of depression. My husband has never once not babied me during my period since that day. 🤣
That’s awesome!!!!
That is amazing!
I was wondering if a lot of the men would end up thinking “There is no way this is what it’s really like.” I’m so glad you ladies showed them otherwise!
I really think that's why men don't handle being sick as well as women. We're used to feeling sick and in pain at least a few days a month. That along with the added emotions.
Not only that but your bowels stop moving and you feel like your on edge all the time.
Oh gosh yes I get a migraine almost every cycle and it's way worse than my cramps but yes. I love my boyfriend but men are sooooo dramatic about pain and illness compared to women.
Do they know it lasts several... DAYS.? Not one day... Or a few hours. Periods and pain lasts for at least 3 days in my case. Raise more awareness. Good work guys!
I got my first one at around 12/13. At first my cramps weren't that bad, not that I would try to remember it. But now, I literally want to curl into a ball and die, they are dehabilitating, and extremely painful. It even comes to the point where I was curled into a ball on the couch, with a heating pad on my stomach, in utter pain, tears running down my face, trying to wait for the pain meds to kick in, and my dad tells me to get up, "cause I need to get out of the house". My mom had to tell him off, before I started swearing at him. Then he tells me that it isn't that bad. You CANNOT tell someone that something "isn't that bad" if you've NEVER gone through it. Mine have gotten so bad, that I'm immune to even the heat from the highest setting on the heating pad, just on my stomach. Watching Lux talk about periods has made me realize that there is probably more going on than just a normal period.
I used to have 8 day heavy flow periods and the only time I couldn't go to school was if my autoimmune conditions flared and I couldn't walk. As the years have passed my periods have gotten shorter but the pain has increased to debilitating. I have to change my diet two weeks out of the month and heat and curl up in bed. Some time ago NSAIDS
stopped working. I've dealt with chronic pain since childhood...this is worse.
Ask around and find a good specialist who listens! I was 19 when I finally found out that I had endometriosis. Huge blood clots and tissue. Curled up in a ball. Screamed if anyone touched me. Passed out a few times too. Please get help so you don't suffer for years like I did!
You might have varicous veins. I did. After two babies I had enough and had a hysterectomy.
I love when she said "come on you gotta get-up-and-go to work nobody cares about your pain"
It is literally that real. I'm in my forties and I'm like seriously come on now
To be fair, many women fought for the ability to enter the workforce and be treated equally. I shouldn’t be treated differently just because I’m a woman is how I’ve always felt about myself. It’s like 2 sides to the same coin.
@@jollyrancherchick But why should the norm be structured around the assumption that you don't suffer period pain. It's not 2 sides of the same coin. Being treated equally does not mean being treated the same. It means the norm should not be built solely around the male experience. Treating everyone equally should not equate to treating everyone like fully abled men. That's still essentially putting everybody else at a disadvantage.
Yeah but fortunately we have things like ibuprofen... so it's not like we're just completely stuck suffering through the pain all day
@@xXxChiefxXx well then how will women compete with fully abled men in workforce? In labour market you are not a man or woman, you are a resource if you won't have productivity then why should employer hire you?
@@kristenc8967 It depends on how well it works for you. Ibuprofen has side effects that can follow you forever if you need to take it often.
I love how the woman takes it so easily when it goes up to level 10.
She's a badass.
its more that she is both used to the pain and that women have a higher pain tolerance
@@devon1485 yeah
@@devon1485 I mean if you just watch woman’s football you can see they start crying and go down easier
Because women are stronger than men. (I'm a man btw.)
For me, it wasn't the cramps or even the heavy flow that would bother me...it was the migraines that would floor me. 😢
I feel you, migraines are torture :(
Same!!
Yep, worst part 😢
Do this to all the doctors who diminish the pain women go through on their periods, especially those who deny they have a medical issue.
That one girl sitting there like “Yeah, it hurts but…” LOL. She was so nonchalant. You can tell we women are used to it.
I really wonder if intestinal cramps could be as bad as that, I do not get periods but when I was younger, I used to have very bad intestinal cramps, I could not even walk, anyway, I kinda got used to handling a lot of pain, being punched, slapped or kicked do not hurt me as much as it did when I was younger for some reason, I once heard that lack of sensation could happen because of depression, for which I also have some emotional numbness.
@@ws6778 but why were you getting punched, slapped, hit? Also if you suffer from depression now, you most likely have complex PTSD from childhood trauma (basically being mistreated as a child mentally, emotionally and/or physically). Neglect and emotional neglect can also have this effect. I highly recommend seeking therapy. And very best to you. 😊🙏🏼
@@ws6778 Of course people probably could have worse intestinal cramps than me. But I have IBS and I have had periods (thankfully my contraception stops them for me nowadays). For me intestinal cramps are pretty bad, but period cramps were worse. The pain is different to be honest, it's a sharper, but lower level pain for intestinal cramps (for me, of course, I absolutely believe you if you had them worse, we're all different after all). But period cramps feel more painful, but that pain is less sharp, more of a feeling of your insides being torn apart versus cut apart (IBS pain), if that makes sense. And periods come with other kinds of pains too, you get backaches, breast aches, the worst for me after the abdominal period cramps was thigh pain, the weight of 1 leg on top of the other was too much and would make the pain much worse, but then you want to be in the foetal position to relieve the pain at least a little bit, which requires being on the side and having legs like that. Also there's less likelihood of making a mess on the bed if you lay on your side vs on your back so as someone with heavy periods I did my best to remain on my sides. And I'd have to put pillows between my thighs to alleviate it at least somewhat. I've cried, just laying there curled up and crying, doing breathing that people do during labour. I've not passed out or puked from pain, but I've been very close to passing out. It's impossible to concentrate on anything when you're like that. But you still have work, school, other commitments and lots of people do not understand. Another thing about period pain is that it comes in waves, but those waves are long. At least for me. A cramp would start and then pain would just be there for an hour or until the painkillers finally kick in. And not all painkillers would kick in. And not every time. Finding c0-codamol when I moved to UK from Eastern Europe was like finding Holy Grail. I couldn't believe there was medication I could get in a pharmacy that would ACTUALLY help with pain, and only in half an hour. It made such a difference. But you're still experiencing the discomfort. Which is another part of it all. There isn't just pain. even when the pain isn't there there's still a feeling of discomfort. Both sleeping and activities are very difficult because you just feel like a pile of garbage.
Tells you who the strongest are! 💪
@@ws6778 yes, intestinal cramps can be as bad as period pain! I had very bad/difficult period pains when I was younger (to the point I couldn’t walk and would have to try to get home once they started because I was that incapacitated). As an adult I have certain food intolerances now (not sure what exactly but pops up a lot with dairy, sugar, and bread) and before I figured out which foods to avoid I would have the worst intestinal cramps after eating. They were so powerful they would wake me from sleep and prevent me from getting any rest. Absolutely awful and make me want to weep. Having experienced both, the pain of both is awful BUT period pain comes with so many other unpleasant symptoms I would choose intestinal cramps over periods any day.
And this doesn't include the mood swings, the constipation *and* diarrhea, and that thing where you're craving food but the food you're craving is *also* making you nauseous. Fun times.
Mood swings are so annoying Dx and don't even get me started on the bowel movement issues, ugh
I just ordered wings cause I was craving it and then I ate some of them and I was like, "Eww the smell", but I still ate them. lol
@@Cantetinza17 With me, it's, "Ugh these taste too much like poultry." 🤣
The hemorrhoids that come out of nowhere, the acne.
The subtle mix of headache and nauseous
Nobel peace prize should be given to ever created this machine
Love that this has popped up again and again when I get my period. Idk what my level is but it just makes me smile to see awareness
and yet 'Turning Red' is considered inappropriate for talking about periods. it's not a taboo topic, people! I love that this brand is raising awareness & ending the stigma.
that movie made me cry like a baby, so awesome in so many ways 😭
@@Myrathosghost anyone that watches the movie sees that it is not about periods, but it brings up the subject which is taboo for young girls to even think about cause they think it's not normal, it's awesome that the movie touches on the subject
@@Myrathosghost it absolutely is about generational trauma -- but the people deeming it "inappropriate" aren't getting past the periods bit.
@@junohypot no. Turning red is marketed to a bunch of 5 to 7 year olds. I dont think they should be talking about periods at that age. Plus the movie threw in a assumed pedophile scean where the mom assumed her daughter was being touched inappropriate. And the daughter ended up being embarrassed. This teaches kids not to tell their parents anything about periods or when touched inappropriately because they will be embarrassed.
@@Myrathosghost eh, Encanto was about generational trauma but I think Turning Red was more about independence and the strict cultural grasp parents have on their Asian children. The creator and director said that the idea of the movie was based on her own life because her mom wouldn't let her even go to concerts. I personally know a lot of Asian children (mostly female) who have way overly protective and restricting parents. This can be classified as generational trauma to some extent but not really. In encanto abuela faced a traumatic event which made her hold too tight but in turning red there isn't really any traumatic events but they do focus on the family power dynamic and how the children are expected to be the "perfect obedient child".
They need to do this to all the men in congress who are totally unaware and insensitive to the pain that most women endure.
You know those old twats would just say that the simulator is over-dramatising and then the other would lie about being able to do everything they could regardless of the pain.
And have the women do masonry work on 90 degree days for the same time!
@@seanmccartney5177 ah yes. Because men are being oppressed....🙄
@@John-Smith02 thanks, you’re a good one 🙂
@@seanmccartney5177 you aren't damned to masonry if you're born as a man. You ARE damned to periods if you have a uterus
I tried this to see if they made it hurt more than a regular period because I really couldn't believe some of the men's reactions. Level 6 was the regular for me. But real period pain is worse imo, this was more surface level.
In behalf of all women, a big thank you is must for educating men. What we ladies go thru every month.
Just a reminder to Please not use this thing to be chauvinistic. That'll only add fuel to the incel flame and turn away potential allies.
You should tell them all the symptoms they’re NOT experiencing along with that pain. So they can know how much worse it could be. Lower back pain, diarrhea, constipation, lack of sleep, over sleep, thigh pain, breast sensitivity, breast enlargement, bloating, blood sugar levels up/down, dizzy, clumsy, etc. …And even a separate wardrobe for your period.
I feel like I get stupider around my period. I have the worst time concentrating. And let’s not forget prior related anemia. I’ve had to had infusions because I’ve gone through all my iron twice now. To be fair I can’t stomach iron pills.
@@Clearlyclynn same here with the lack of concentration. It is also a normal symptom so I’m sure we have others who feel stupid as well lol. I feel like I forget things more during my period too and that’s probably from not being able to concentrate. It’s so frustrating!
On my period i have the worst depression. Sometimes it takes me until the next cycle to get over it. I always end up having a breakdown each month because of it.
Headache....
For real!!!
It's missing the bloating, migraines, dizziness & constant debilitating fear of flooding every time you stand up!!! 😳
Or sneeze or cough 😂
Or laugh
how about trying to sleep with a towel to make you don't wake up in something that looks like a crime scene? lol
@@Serenity113 Or the walk of panic in the morning as you try to avoid recreating the Prom scene from Carrie... 😳
And that awful butt feeling 🙄
Never felt myself so lucky and blessed since my period cramps disappeared 2 years ago like magic. Now I get periods with other symptoms but no cramps! Still the fear is always there! It's so painful!
I once had a 4mm Kidney Stone, Gastritis, and active Crohn's Disease at the same time; the latter two for a whole year before effective medication. (As per my own grandma's description who also suffered kidney stones in her youth, that alone is worse than childbirth.)
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I think I could take the pain. But man, if a woman's period is only half as bad as what I endured for that year, I have mad respect for all ladies out there.
I have had terrible periods and a large kidney stone that needed surgery. I would say the pain was equal but the periods reoccur and the kidney stone did not (thankfully cuz that sucked)
Should have given them a laxative to really make it real 😂😂😂
Omgggg lol
Someone give this person a gold medal
🤣
And a heavy bodysuit to mimic the swelling.
🤣🤣
This should be a requirement for that one dude in the office whose always like, "it wouldn't be fair to men if women got paid time off for their period."
@Savannah Henry I mean…that one guy isn’t wrong. Honestly any type of paid time off isn’t “fair” in my mind. It’s an amazing bonus, but it’s absolutely not fair.
Honestly it’d be great, I’m a transmasc and like sometimes if I pass too well and mention periods they just get made fun of smh
@@Zen-rw2fz That’s not true. There are plenty of jobs that men don’t want to do. Just like there are plenty of jobs women don’t want to do.
@@liannapfister8255 it is fair.
@@liannapfister8255 Wdym there are women that can’t get out of bed because of it
Source:My experiences
Y’all need to go to colleges and do this! These college boys need a wake up call to respect women!
And when will women start respecting men? You want equality? Men give respect where is it earned. Being a women is NOT grounds for being respected. I'm not going to disrespect you because your a women but until an individuals actions warrants respect, you are entitled to nothing.
@@cryptoashesphxrise2044 Dude, women give respect where it is earned as well. Being a man is not grounds for being respected either. If you respect me, I will give you that same respect, no matter the gender.
first let women fight wars , work in oil fields , refineries , told to “man” up etc in the first place . let women understand what men go through first
@@souijaboi3198first one already has a check beside it, second one will be replaced by robots so both men and women wont brag about it third one has a girl equvilant sooo
@@mikediaz5309 why were men forced to stay back while women where allowed to leave in ukraine ?
who build robots ? men.
womens body is designed to handle birth and pain .if you feel that gives them power over men , lets see how women do against men in body strength activities
Now ask them if they're ready to try labor pains.
I LOVE how that blonde lady is like "yeah, it hurts but...mehhhh...."
LOL.....
Lol best part
That's pretty much it though. 🤣 "Yeah, but where's the rest of it?"
Seems to be the response of most women who test these out. We are used to functioning with pain.
the men are dying and women: meh, that´s nothing 🤣
I mean it's been what seconds? Minutes? And you can get it turned off?
But honestly kudos to the guys willing to go through with this small experiment. Let’s not degrade them for trying to feel a small bit of period pains. If they have girlfriends/wives then they can better understand it :). It’s a step in the right direction, coming from a 21 y/o girl who experiences these cramps and headaches since 5th grade.
Edit: Wow the amount of passive aggressiveness in these replies. I’m not accusing anyone of degrading them but I have seen a few comments who have said some more-or-less derogatory things about the men anyways.
Most people are not really degrading them - people are more talking about how men assume women are just being hysterical (since hysterical actually means something like "uterus-ical", it is actually true, only it ought to mean "bravely taking the pain in stride").
I have a lot of respect for them willingly putting themself through pain to better understand what their loved ones go through. I thought it was very sweet of them.
Now, if someone tried to gaslight a woman for her period pain and then did the simulator, I would definitely tease them a little for not being so strong after all.
it is a childbirth simulator, not a period pain simulator. lmfao
Literally no comments on this video can be considered "degrading," but okay sis
@@granolaman4410 I saw you on another comment. You've clearly never had a period before, or given birth.
People with period need lots of support and understanding from people for the pain they go true
Good! As someone who suffered for 26 years before being diagnosed with endometriosis, with terrible pain at school/ work and used to vomit with pain between work meetings, it’s good to see others get an idea of what it’s like. It wasn’t taken very seriously when I was young. I have my finger’s crossed that my daughter has been spared….
Vomiting on your period isn't normal?
I gave birth without meds twice, I’d say my pain tolerance is pretty high. I’ve had periods that were comparable to labour, with enough pain to make me throw up and black out. Even tattoo artists will tell you in general, men have a lower tolerance than women. We are so used to it from such a young age. And the cherry on top is menopause.
So true! My first tattoo was my whole inner forearm and I sat like a rock.
I know exactly what you are talking about, I've had everything you have mentioned
I’ve had multiple massage therapists tell me women handle deep tissue/pressure better than men
@@theloverlyladylo9158 I love deep tissue massages!! My husband was experiencing sciatica pain once, so I was massaging the area where that nerve runs, he was whimpering and yelling in pain, of course I was cracking up, but it did the trick. And he’s a pretty strong guy with strong musculature from cycling.
That sounds unhealthy
When the guy got told he has to go to work and school like that I nearly saw his life flash before his eyes 😭
😂😂😂
Periods shouldn’t be super painful!! I had horrible periods for a long time, like flu symptoms and migraines for a solid week kind of horrible. I had to leave work some months. Then I figured out I’m allergic to milk and quit dairy, and almost all of those symptoms *vanished.* Get thee to a doctor and press them for help if your periods are bad! 💕
The woman‘s face said „Tell me something new!“ and exactly that is the difference. Menstruating people know the pain and learned over years to live with it. That doesn’t mean that the pain goes away, that there is no need for helping products. We need desperately more help for those people. As a biological male, I am happy that I don’t have this problem. But I have experienced those demonstrations and have an illness that gives me pain like that.
What I want to say is that it most of the helps to know the pain. Like this you can find things that help.
Thanks to all the menstruating people that you don’t kill us others when it hurts. 🙏
Respect to those men for being willing to participate and having a go at trying to understand.
You just wanted to laugh at them and call them babies, admit it.
Definitely! A lot of men these days won't care and say we're being overdramatic and emotional. Those men are awesome.
@@str8apem88 Why not both?
@@L16htW4rr10r I knew it. Go ahead, have your little revenge.
@@str8apem88 Respect and laugh. Cause like some people said, pain is hilarious.
I remember being told by GIRLS that I was being a "drama queen" for asking to go home from school because of my cramps.
Thankfully the men in my life have been really understanding and helpful during my time of the month.
Anyone who lacks empathy for period sufferers needs to have this device put on them at LVL 10.
I'm almost positive that some women's pain goes above the 10 setting, especially those with endometriosis. Thankfully mine aren't absolutely debilitating most of the time though I've had a few. But I can completely understand another woman's pain being way worse than mine is.
I have high pain tolerance from chronic back and knee issues and fibromyalgia so my scale may be skewed a bit. But my highest pain I've ever felt because of back and nerve pain may very well be what other women experience from periods.
Living in pain my whole life has made me hyper aware and sympathetic to others pain and I try and help the best I can when I can. Anything to ease it. I've never understood how women can scoff at another for their crippling cramps, they must have very mild cramps...
Watchu gonna do about it heh 😀
@@h.s.6269 Obviously. There are at least one woman here in the comments who have tried the machine and said it was a child's play compared to her real periods.
That won't do anything for those girls. Women are naturally tougher than us guys. So this probably wouldn't do anything to them, and might make their apathy worse.
I've seen some pretty brutal periods. Those women and girls definitely needed more than a walk it off. I've known a few women who absolutely had to go on birth control to function enough to stay in bed
It's simple, when my girl has no period she is my Queen, when she has period she is the empress.
So wish this was a part of health class for high schoolers
YES FR
My dad had appendicitis, it was the most painful for him.
My sister had a pain like a regular period cramp, and it was appendicitis.
My dad really learned something that day.
That women are tougher than men? I mean, I'm a man and I admit it.
@@str8apem88Thank you for acknowledging that women are strong too , I say this as a woman.. you’re a good man..know this before the incels arrive and try to tell that you’re not..
@@ithinkiknowme6450nobody is doubting that woman are strong. But to say they are stronger than men is just incorrect.
@@wolvreignsnot stronger, but can handle more pain, and just better ig
@@necrommne but thats just wrong. Men are physically stronger and men and woman are comparably strong with dealing with pain. A woman may be better handled for a period or giving birth but a man is going to deal a whole lot better with getting attacked by an animal or hiding pain instead of showing it.
They need a machine that gets even worse. For those that have Endometriosis. I think it should definitely be mandatory for all male Gynecologists to try the simulator for period pain, as well as the one for labor pains.
Oh yes. If you work in that field you should KNOW your clients!!! 👍🏼 I agree with you!
Yes! I once had a doctor put my symptoms down as "mild cramps" after I'd just explained how I'd passed out in the middle of town and had to call an ambulance because I couldn't even get up off the ground from the pain lol .. honestly it's unreal the gaslighting that women deal with from so called professionals
@@crazylittlepartytifs 🥺😲
male? In my experience male doctors take your pain much more seriously than the female ones. I do not have problems with periods but I have very sensitive cervix and my female doctor asked me if I am kidding when I told her that her examination hurts. Never had that problem with male doctor. (There are four doctors at my clinic and I choose them by available time, so I have experience with all of them)
Also PMDD, which is known to make people suicidal from how bad the cramps are ! (Like 80% I believe??)
This is a great opportunity for people to finally experience what period cramps are. I had a roommate that said that their sister was able to handle her periods and act like it was nothing because sometimes I would have to call off because my period pains were bad. I no longer live with him
Felt like a dull knife scraping my insides. The pill eased all of the pain back and then came the “change” at 46!
OMG yes! How are you fighting the weight gain??
I remember trying one of these and being a surprised that the highest level was only a "mild" day for me. Watching this, it made me really sad thinking back to my 11 year old self trying to tip toe through the house at 3 am to get ibuprofen and a pad, dry heaving the whole way, tears quietly pouring down my cheeks, with a level of pain in my legs and abdomen that (apparently) a grown man couldn't even handle, while desperately trying not to wake anyone up because I thought it'd make me look weak for not being able to casually deal with something so "normal". Labor-level pain at 11 years old shouldn't be something that girls should just be expected to "deal with." My baby brother is 11 now, and just the thought of him having to deal with that much pain, when he's just so little... I'm grateful he gets to be spared from that.
Edit: Didn't expect to have to do this, but before another grown human comes after me in the comments just dying to tell me how weak and stupid I am, I'm literally 16. So before you get all riled up and start typing out your angry comment, just be aware that you're trying to fight a *kid* about the politics of their period pain...
Same. It was so bad I took so much ibuprofen I almost got an ulcer. Thankfully I have managed the pain better as an adult but sheesh some days are still ROUGH
Yeah, I remember lying down in a field in tears and just absolute agony on my period because I didn't have my pain meds with me. Another time my period hit when I had the flu and I tried to take my pain meds but vomited them up so I had to experience the full deal pain and I recall it feeling so bad that I thought to myself if someone handed me a gun I'd just shoot myself. I was lying on the floor shuddering in the fetal position but I remember I was too embarrassed to make noise because I had roommates and I didn't want them to think I was a wuss or a weirdo so I just lay there in silent agony. It's kinda weird to reflect on
@@m.freeman9708 omg that happened to me once but I had gotten food poisoning and couldn't keep ANYTHING down. Worst pain I've ever been in, it was like my stomach and my uterus were having a competition on who could wreck me the hardest
@@m.freeman9708 I'm so sorry, that sounds so awful 😥 so glad you're still here ❤️
@@kittymeowmeow7881 same here!! My 16th birthday dinner. Drove home with food poisoning and then wham: blood and vomit. Luckily after I got the bad food out of my system I was able to sneak in some dissolve-on-your-tongue type pain meds that helped a bit. Needless to say, it made for a memorable night 😬
The fact people had to open up a booth and let men try the pain of menstrual crams instead to just believe countless women who said that they are in pain is really sad
Its just that battle of the sexes thing that will never stop for some reason. Men and women alike cant handle that both sides go through some bad stuff when actually every single person is so different that none of us experience anything the same.
Well, if we’re being generous, a lot of men are “hands-on” types, meaning they don’t really understand when someone tells them something; they have to see/do it for themselves to really grasp the concept. In that sense, I don’t think this is sad. I think it’s useful.
@@Iluvpie6 thats generalizing all guys lmao, ive met guys not like that.
@@sleepycowboy18 it is a generalization, but also notice that I said “a lot” of guys and not “all” guys. I’ve met a ton of guys who are like that, though, so I still think it’s helpful.
@@sleepycowboy18 Maybe re-read their comment?
Ugh, reminds me how bad mine were. I had to skip school on those days. I would go outside and scream into a towel and water would come out of my mouth. It felt like I was having a baby....until I actually had a baby and realized what the worst of the worst pain was like!
I remember several occasions of throwing up because of cramps.
Gotta give it to these guys for trying it out! Well done to the team that made this happen 🙌
I used to have period pains but then I got bowel cancer (way more painful) and in the surgery to remove the cancer some nerves got snipped. The sensation in my skin came back after awhile but not a lot for my uterus and now period pain is much more muted. It was a fantastic side effect.
I wish you luck and happiness.
Now that's a story with a twist 🤣 I bet even your doctor didn't see that coming!
they should look into that and come up with a surgery option for painful periods... but I'm glad you're doing well 👍😁
@@hikarychan3997 That's exactly what I was thinking. Empathy for the oc. But it sounds like a potential godsend treatment for a lot of women.
“Thankfully, I got bowel cancer,” really summarizes the whole period pain experience. I’m so glad you’re doing well!
This is a pretty funny and engaging way to spread some empathy! Love it.
Growing up with just my dad, periods were not an excuse to miss school but I never thought that was right. My own pediatrician just told my dad I was dramatic. The waves of pain that make you want to scrunch into the fetal position, along with the hormonal imbalances, fatigue, bathroom issues (if ya kno, ya kno), and for me even nausea and vomiting so I can’t eat which just adds to the fatigue. It can be really terrible, and people expect you to just carry on like it’s nbd.
As an adult I’ve fainted on public transportation, and vomited in the streets more than once! All of that is embarrassment and stress I would have never had to go through if people didn’t act like a menstrual cycle is some scary secret lady problem that mustn’t be spoken about.
Has anyone ever checked to see if you have endometriosis? Your description sounds a lot like where I was headed. My family has a history of endometriosis, so I was extremely lucky to be diagnosed at 16.
So many people go through years of agony because people with a uterus are not taken seriously when it comes to pain (really, there are actually studies about it). You shouldn't have to endure what you've been put through.
Sending gentle hugs and hopes that you have found or will find a doctor who doesn't give up until you agree on the right treatment for you. 💙
And, honestly, the bleeding. Yeah, when it's happened every month for over a decade you're kind of used to it, but you also never get used to it bc in any other situation blood coming from your insides out is a bad thing. All it took me was one extra heavy day here and there to be like "jeeesus that's a lot of blood coming out of me!" and be freaked out again.
Edit: I would also ask a doctor about premenstrual dysphoric disorder. I've been on birth control shots to manage mine and it was rough at the beginning but I feel so much more functional and in control of myself now
I was also going to suggest maybe getting checked as an adult for endometriosis, or something that can cause similar issues like PCOS (poly cystic ovary syndrome).
What you describe is not normal.
I hd endometriosis treatment at 21. It also runs in my family.
Cramps are normal, but nausea, vomiting and the fetal position is not. No doctor should say that.
@@Listening_Books12345 Because my doctors didn't warn me from the beginning, I've been trying to give a head's up to other women so that they can talk to their doctors about the potential side effect of bone loss with Depo.
I was on the Depo Provera shot for five years. Apparently, it was only recommended for three years for me--which wasn't helpful finding out two years too late. I suffered bone loss. Since osteoporosis runs in my family, along with endometriosis and other diseases requiring steroids (which also contribute to bone loss), I switched to a different kind of birth control.
I hope that you have more informative doctors than I did at the time, and you already knew about this potential side effect. I'd rather send an unnecessary comment than not bother and leave someone else unaware 💙
Edit to add: My stepmother had PMDD. She found that sugar substitutes (especially aspartame) made the mood swings worse, for some reason. 🤷♀️ She went into early menopause years before the "natural" substitutes, like stevia, came out, so I have no idea if those would have affected her.
Men have cramps ALL the time Transphobe!
Should be a must in every highschool and to every doctor
Thank you for doing this ❤
I just wanted to leave a comment about how titanium dioxide in most periods products can make cramps worse. I switched from Tampax to Lola's 6 months ago and it DRAMATICALLY reduced my cramps and volume of tampons used. Everyone is different, but this advice helped my month-to-month life so much that I wanted to spread the message in hopes that it will help someone else. ❤
Yep, many of us women have a pretty high pain tolerance in general because of these experiences. I gave birth to two children without medication.
I've been sick at home for four months now because of severe back pain and my oh-so-great orthopedist only agreed to an MRI after 8 weeks.
Lo and behold: powerful double herniated disc.
A large part of humanity - and especially doctors - do not take seriously when we women complain about pain.
In my experience the whole "not taking pain seriously" thing seems to be for anyone, I constantly get told to "tough it out" when moving really heavy things (keep in mind I'm a guy but I'm also quite weak compared to a lot of other men) even though I can barely feel my hands anymore
Don't all women have higher pain tolerance than men though?
My mother had the exact same experience with doctors when she had a herniated disk. She spent months (maybe even years, not sure) being ignored and bullied by doctors. When she finally got someone to do adequate testing, and eventually surgery, she learned through her surgeon that she had a chronic water retention disorder, which she had tested positive for more than A DECADE earlier but her primary care doctor had never informed her. For more than ten years she suffered with extreme exhaustion, massive migraines, sodium deficiencies, and bloating because no one bothered to tell her she had a disease. She lost years of her life from that. I will never not be angry.
Edit: I kind of got off topic lol, but seriously, healthcare for women is seriously lacking.
@@Ava-jq5ll Is this USA thing?
@@str8apem88 Isnt that all the more reason to take it more seriously when women feel pain?
I love that the guys instinctively flatten their bodies out: lean back, legs out. When I had period cramps I would do exactly that. Spend the days flat on the bed whenever possible.
Funny, when mine are bad I pull my legs up toward fetal position (even when sitting upright), and it was extra bad this time, so in addition to the uterus my thigh muscles hurt now. 😂
@@autumnatic - Same. I gotta curl up in the fetal position. I think it depends on where the cramps are concentrated. I get them in my lower abdomen, pubis/uterus, and lower back area. Since 2 out of those 3 are in the front of my body, I focus on relieving the spasms by curling myself into a ball. But every so often when my back gets over-exhausted from all the spasms, then I'll straighten out and slowly curve my body backward to squeeze my back muscles. Once I get one good squeeze, I'll curl fwd again. Thankfully, I only get the really bad cramps the first 2 days of my period.
I always wanted to do a "period yoga" calendar showing all the ridiculous poses I've struck trying to relieve pain. Sometimes the best is draping myself face down over a footstool placed under my midriff and bending my legs at the knee so my feet were straight up in the air.
Totally get it, I would lay flat on my stomach though because it felt better
I go fetal. And I can't lay on my back when I've got my period. My pads _will_ leak and stain my mattress. Again. I've trained myself to always sleep on my side as a result - a lot less accidents from that.
I am diagnosed with a suspicion of endometriosis.
If I remember correctly, my first times having my period was just me blerding. But then started the pain. I think it grew after a couple of months until I was at school, sitting in math with the worst pain possible. Teenage me tried aspirin to dull the pain for a couple months. But then the aspirin didn't work anymore and I actually had to take days off because the pain was so unbearable. I didn't go to a doctor, thinking that it was normal for women. That was until I had problems with my abdomen and my family doctor gave me Ibu to manage the pain and sent me to a gynaecologist. There I was finally diagnosed but there is no actual proof because a procedure was needed to do it and I was deemed a little young to have to do it. They told me that the only way for me to get rid of my endometriosis was to get pregnant or to use birth control and I want neither.
Now I am treating myself with painkillers every month and fighting with an angry stomach every now and then. It's times like these where I wish yo sell my uterus 😢
As a man who lives in a household mainly comprised of women, I can absolutely 100% say, "I don't want it, and women ARE tougher than men to have to go through this monthly as well as childbirth." The worst part yet is that there are women who have PCOS 'PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome' and it makes periods even worse!
Correct, now imagine telling a doctor that and that you don't bleed at all when you should during those painful moments and being denied the most basic health care... Gets frustrating lol.
@@samanthahughes5590 It still baffles me that tampons and pads aren't a medical necessity, really digs into the wallet when companies 'pink tax' everything that's "made" for women, just so they can line their pockets.
It might be that the i was raised by my mum (as a single parent) along with a younger sister, but I never doubted the pain my sis went (and still goes through) with the period cramps. We shouldn't need to feel the pain ourselves to show empathy. We shouldn't need to compare it to something we go though. It's not a competition. Get your loved ones a hot water bottle, asked them would they like something to eat and let them know just to call for you if they need anything. Seems like its really hard to human for people.
This is great to hear!!!! As a women I wish more guys would be like that. It's so refreshing to see someone, especially a guy, being normal with that topic too. ☺️👏🏻✨
@@florentinenice9146 as I said, it just empathy. Unfortunately the culture now is "alpha males" or whatever BS "influencers" have come up with to target maladjusted men. Until guys break that weird thought process of trying to be an "alpha", all that will happen is that compassion and empathy will become taboo feelings for men. We're a joke sometimes 😐
My brother is the same, even had no issue going to the shop for an emergency supply of pads and didn't care who knew it. I'd say men who know and love us aren't the problem. What is a problem is when health professionals minimise it to the point it takes on average 8 years for a woman to get a dx of endometriosis which is characterised as painful heavy periods and yet we are still ignored and told its normal. Some women never get a dx because they believe it is normal to faint, throw up and roll around the floor in pain. I know I did and what made it worse actually was older women telling me I was a wimp.
Yeah I agree to an extent. I know whenever my brother ever got hit on the balls, I'd gently sit him down. I don't know what it feels like, but seeing him agonize was enough for me.
@@toni6053 oh shoot! I get really bad periods. I didn't even know a diagnosis existed!
Every man who has complained about a woman being sick or fussy or complaining during her period should have to do this. I have dealt with my dad, my brother, uncles and my ex and I tell you girls are a lot tougher when it comes to handing pain. Men would die if they had to have a baby period.
Fr!
As a tattoo artist it’s commonly known women handle pain WAY better than most men, not surprised we have naturally higher pain thresholds 🤷♀️
I feel every women that has kicked a guy in the balls or laughed at it, should experience the same thing. Well, more so I wonder how many women would volunteer to give it a go. Pain is not fun for anyone. And btw, there ARE worse pains than child-birth that both men & women can experience... just sayin.
Though truly, women have my sympathy for their biological pains... like seriously that really sucks.
@@GumBeatingTV Maybe the stereotype comes from people being squeamish? I have friends who can deal with pain but the thought of a needle or cramp (as in vid above) would send them running. Just a thought.
@@tdgransit9091 while you are right, someone cutting our legs would hurt us, it doesnt happen usually for a lifetime. Women goes thru this every month, and give birth usually atleast once in their lives. So i think we have to give them the points in pain tolerance and experiencing the most biologic pain stuff 🤷♂️
I appreciate men in general. And I appreciate these men who are willing to see where we're coming from.
I had adenomyosis.. endometriosis of the uterus, and cramps would go all the way to my knees, and where strong enough to kill an elephant. I had 3 children, the last of whom was breech, and her birth was nothing in light of period pain. Kudos to these guys for trying it out!
The first time I had an abnormal period pain, I was walking back home in the morning and had to sat on the sidewalk in fetal position, leaning on somebody's car, crying out of pain and blacking out so many times I didn't know how long I've been there. None of my friends answered my texts or took me seriously and I was too embarrassed to call an ambulance, so I just held my purse real tight to avoid being robbed and sat there, trembling, for like, 2 hours until I could stand up again.
The second time was right after: I was in the campus, killing time with a friend awaiting for dinner, but my blood pressure started to drop real kick, my vision blurred and I could just see little sparks in the dark, I felt my mouth drying and couldn't even lift my head up. I told Laura to go ahead since she hadn't lunched earlier and then I gathered the (inexistent) strenght I had left and decided to go to the nearest bathroom and sit there, but almost passed out while walking.
When I got to the cabin, I sat on the toilet with not just pain, but intestinal discomfort wich I was not used to. So I thought that pooping might relief a bit, but besides constantly blacking out from the pain, I just couldn't release the mud for the whole hour(s?) I sat there and I really tried. When the pain decreased, I went to the library, lied on the puffs and slept like an athlete after a marathon.
I think you need better friends
@@mariag.8242 it's ok, it was 5 years ago
I am so sorry you went through this alone, it’s terrifying!!! We need to talk about our experiences more, there is no need to feel ashamed, embarrassed, or like no one cares that you are suffering.
@@samanthaball5980 thank you very much. That was actually the first time I had period pain and till that day I just couldn't understand girls that said they couldn't get out of bed. So I thought it could only be my body overreacting over a small pain and that's why I got embarassed. Like, would they really send a vehicle for just a period pain? And since so many women suffered with that, it could only be a minor thing, you know? Anyways, I'm actually considering contraceptives to reduce the pain.
The lower back pain is what gets me during that time of the month
Oh yeah but I jate the leg pain just as much bc it often kinda blocks my knees and I cant stand up anymore or my knees buckle
YES
Having periods with scoliosis only amplifies the fun 🤩
I refer to it as the pain squid. I hate the pain squid
The guy who couldn't stop moving his legs, ooohhh that took me back! My periods don't bother me much now (two c-sections may have deadened some nerves, idk), but I remember being younger and sitting through class or at work and the cramps were so bad I couldn't keep my legs still. Moving them to try to ease pain was almost involuntary.
Kudos to these guys for going for the experience.
For anyone still watching this and has serious pain, Raspberry Leaf tea helps tremendously. Also cuts labor and the pain down by over 10 hours.
It does??😮😮😮
This is from a very woke man who is now well over sixty years old. This should not be the revelation that it was to me (super glad to be better informed); it should have been news to me in health class. Trust Women, Protect Choice.
it is not a choice to menstraute. What does trust got to do with this.
No, don't blindly trust anyone
@@demonizedhuman941 Lol. Blindly? If women say their period cramps cause pain then they probably cause pain.
👌🏼 👏🏽 & Over 60! We need more of you💯
@@bibaolaitan5189 I think he meant trust women when they are saying things like periods can be really excruciating and it's hard to properly function while being on one and unfortunately sometimes people want to tell women what they are feeling is wrong and dramatic and it's frustrating when you feel like people think they have the right to tell you what's going on with your own body to many male docters and teachers and parents tell women and girls that were being dramatic and need to calm down and I mean obviously you still need to be a somewhat functional human being during that time but I literally wouldn't be able to go to work and get through the day without taking about three or four pain killers throughout the day and doing that once a month for week is really damaging to the liver but I literally wouldn't be able to do what I need to get done everyday being in that type of constant pain
The quiet "yeehaw" at the end hit me straight in the heart, been there buddy 😂😂😂😂
He did well though. He could still smile on setting ten.
My periods were intermittently agonizing. Some weeks I'd just have cramping, other weeks would be so bad I'd almost lose consciousness from the pain. I found out I have endometriosis a couple of years ago and went on hormonal BC. The difference between my cycle before and my cycle now is night and day. I can't believe I spent the first 20 years thinking *that* level of pain was "normal".
I had the same....let me offer you some advice....those same hormones that help will also cause weight gain. Be sure your doctor is monitoring and helping you keep your ideal weight. The weight gain was massive...even though they only told me "you may experience some weight gain." Also it gets harder to loose weight as you approach 50, so be proactive. Glad everything is finally being handled! Cheers!
I broke my tailbone falling off during a riding lesson, and I would equate that pain with a fairly sucky period. I accidentally cut off the tip of my finger, and I'd take that over regular period pain 100%.
Cutting off the tip of your finger was more painful than a heart attack level of pain that you have to endure seven days every month? I call bull on that.
@@str8apem88 I said I would take cutting off the tip of my finger over period pain, as in it was LESS painful. Please learn to read.
@@itstruckmeeveryday Sorry, not getting enough sleep dampens my reading ability. But I'm still curious if childbirth is the only thing more painful than menstruation, apparently it's the only thing that's worse than it.
I want to try this to see what my "normal" cramp levels are.
Me too, so curious
Same
I think I would make it to 8 or 9 on the machine. I never had it that bad so I think my average would be a 3 or 4. I take hormones to no longer get periods but I have very high pain tolerance. I rolled my ankle last month pretty bad and all I did was sit on the floor calmly. So I think I might not make it to 10 since it's not a familiar feeling anymore.
Mine vary a lot from month to month, so I'd guess most are like a 3-5, with an occasional 8? But it definitely would be cool to test it out and see if my guesses actually matched up
our pain tolerance is so high because we deal with this monthly lmao. my hubby is a very empathetic man thankfully and he has always been supportive and caring. he knows my brand of tampons and will just randomly pick me up a box "just in case" I need them ❤️ ladies
Mine too!! Sweetest thing ever, right!?
Guys who do not dare buy hygiene products are not grown-ups and nobody should sleep with them. Whatever their ID says, they're too young for that.
@@cnj67 My son bought mine for the first time when he was 12 years because I became chronically ill. I raised him with periods being notmalized, and openly discussed, from when he was 2 years and noticing for the first time. I used words he understood. (i.e. Nest made of thin straws with red liquid/ blood inside. Egg as tiny as a pin head. Like chicken eggs that don't have chick's inside, so no baby growing inside me, as he did, so the nest is breaking down and leaking out. He would say 'no baby!' . ) Even if I did shut him out of rooms to hide it (which created fear for me as a child) , my child had to be in public toilet stalls with me at that age.
I also had a body anatomy flip book in the mix of books. He could see pictures of eggs, uteruses, and the fertilising sperm to make a baby. I am not quite sure what he understood about the fertilization part at that age! But you never know, so I explained anyway!
By the time he was shopping for me he was more interested in the most cost effective option, and bought me two packs. He said it was an interesting psychology experiment with how people responded to him carrying and buying sanitary pads. Unfortunately, a lot of scowling, but he just thought they were being weird about something natural.
He is a young man now with his first girlfriend, whom he is treating very well. Yes, I am a proud mother! :-) My point, other than to brag about my son, is to say that normalizing menstruation when children are growing up, and providing vocabulary and open discussion, makes it less of big deal when older.
@@daniellamcgee4251 I'm sad to hear you are chronically ill. But nice that you have a smart and kind son!
@@daniellamcgee4251 What a lovely son you have. I hope he and his girlfriend have a happy and successful relationship.
I was on the track team in High School and ran 5 miles a day with a period many times.
Thank you men, for caring.
To women sufferers:
I too have struggled. Turning white from too much bleeding, gasping for breath while trembling/walking, scraping myself off the floor after popping pills...
But, I found that there are things that can help.
Diet: Nix Milk and Soy - Estrogen Effects
Nix sugar - so many issues
Do not use pain pills - esp ibuprofen, it makes it worse and prolongs over time
Introduce: Teas and Supplements
Drink water
Walk during first starting pain
Any other suggestions? Leave in comment!
I'm sorry that you women have to suffer so much pain in your lives. But on the upside, how are you guys so tanky? I've heard periods are as bad as heart attacks, and you guys have to live with that pain for decades? What is the secret to the powers you guys possess?
As a woman who started her period up again yesterday and immediately had some of the BAD cramps, this is immensely cathartic for me. I'm a heavy flower, so the next thing that would be great is to see how men handle the simulation of constantly bleeding.
YES!!! And the worst part is that periods can occasionally come unexpectedly and at terrible times! My most recent one was an entire 2 weeks early and I was going to a pool party 🥲 I luckily caught it before I bled through though, but I had to scavenge for a pair of swim shorts 😅
@@alyssashoemaker3414 Oh gosh, that is terrible! But I hear you. Sometimes my periods come early and sometimes they come later than I expected. Sometimes they last longer than I expect them to, and sometimes they are shorter. I swear, each month things are a bit different than the last. 😂 The only consistent thing is that I have to buy a lot of panty liners, and different sized pads. I can't sleep on my periods unless every single inch of my underwear is covered by pads or liners to catch the blood, even all the way up to the elastic. SUPER glad you caught it when you did, that would have sucked to have to deal with it you hadn't caught it. 👏
@@Sakachi18 you could possibly have adenomyosis if you able to get checked out. Also it’s cheaper and works better if you can get adult diaper for night sleeping. Many women have this problem even using tampons at night so need that plus a diaper. The diaper is better than having to clean all the staining though!
@@laurieleannie Oh that is such a good idea!!! I've never thought about that. My periods have been like this since I was a teen and first got them, but my mother always had really heavy periods and the doctors always told her she was fine, so I never thought anything of it and just assumed I was fine too. You're probably right though, I should probably see a doctor just in case. Thanks for the idea and the heads up!👍
this would be great- have them cough or pretend sneeze and whoops! suddenly liquid!
I'm just saying, a horse *destroyed* my first lumbar vertebra when I was 18 with just one buck (didn't even fall off), and I didn't go to the hospital for days afterwards because the pain "wasn't too bad" and I'd "definitely experienced worse."
And I can't take painkillers because my liver is a special little snowflake that might melt if I try to take that sort of thing for a fractured spine or a period or something trivial like that.
And guys don't think that women have ungodly pain tolerance.
You'd be surprised and disappointed then. Most guys tend to be snowflakes about that sort of thing.
@@brianaschmidt910 misandrist
@@DoctorSess knee jerk reaction much..
@@jordanchen23 if I said “most women tend to be overly sensitive about that kind of thing” I’d be getting an inbox full of vitriol.
@@DoctorSess but like in what context. Because the person you called a man hater didn't actually say anything hateful lmao
I used to forget from month to month how periods can be painful. Until earlier in the year, when I got cocky and didn't took any painkiller before leaving for work. I often have physical activities relieving period pain and distracting me from it ; but that day, I spent ten hours sitting in an office with the worst non-ignorable cramps I had, the whole day long. And it felt long. So long! When I finally made it to the university restaurant, I could barely eat, I just felt like throwing up from pain. I'll never underestimate period pain again.
I had endometriosis when I was in the hospital and had a spinal tap to see if I had MS, I do... the doctor was like I can't believe you're so still." I told him I had periods that were a lot more painful. People do not realize how bad it can be
They need to do this around the world, let more men understand what the female body goes through
ikr i am a guy and im curious at how much pain does periods produce
YES!! I CANT WAIT. here in Asia, we got a lot of misogyny. please come!!!
@@greenforce68 Yep! especially those old people who is still stuck in the 1900 mindset and infecting younger generation.
@@greenforce68 huh no misandrists? Ok
@@boredom4475 OMG YES!! there's a lot of people like that in all over Asia. we need this.
Nice introduction. Though they're still getting off easy not having that accompanied with all the other symptoms that come with getting a period including, but not limited to all the blood that pours out every day.
I feel like we really don't talk about the blood enough. Yes I'm glad we're finally normalizing the intestinal struggles as well, but seriously. It's a lot of bleeding
The feeling of muscle aches and diarrhea all mixed together with the cramps while having anemia at a particularly heavy flow day.
Anemia is a real thing that should be taken more seriously since it attacks all body systems.
This is why trans women Will Never, and Can't Ever Be Real WOMEN!!!
I had anemia from extreme bleeding to the point where my hair fell out
Best thing I've seen tonight. Funny yes. Educational yes. And hopefully women learn too. Period pain might not be something many men have a reference point for, but there are many things we as women don't understand in return. One of the main things that should come from this is understanding and acceptance and acknowledgement that when anyone shares their experiences, validation is the best thing to do.
I started my period yesterday….. this made me giggle😂 thank you ladies!!