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12 Horrific Period Moments You'll Only Understand If You've Had One

Anybody have a tampon or pad so I don't have to use a wad of toilet paper?!

1. Being mid-poo and feeling your tampon pop right out from the pressure:

2. Thinking your time of the month is over, only to be let down at the worst possible moment:

me: yay! my period is finally over, time to wear that super cute new underwear I got *puts them on* period: not so fasT BICH

@breebunn / Twitter: @breebunn

3. Removing a used pad or tampon and not wanting to look at it, but then examining it a little too closely:

4. Being ~late~ and immediately convincing yourself you're pregnant, even if it isn't possible:

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5. And then being overly excited when it does show up because that's the type of love-hate relationship you have:

6. Knowing what it feels like to have to use toilet paper when you don't have a sanitary pad on hand:

You ever run out of tampons when your period has just started and you need to do bleeding+walking/driving math to get to the nearest store and try to calculate just how much toilet paper you need to fashion into a makeshift pad/wad? That’s not easy shit.

@ErynnBrook / Twitter: @ErynnBrook

7. Being totally paranoid that everyone can tell you're on your period:

8. Feeling the pain of a pube getting stuck on a pad:

In my family *RED ALERT* means your pube or lip is stuck in your feminine pad adhesive.

@FourEyedQueef / Twitter: @FourEyedQueef

9. Being fearful of standing up and finding out that you bled through your pants and onto a chair:

When you on yo period and you scared to stand up

@ShaiTheHippie_ / Twitter: @ShaiTheHippie_

10. Having a heavy flow and praying that you don't clog the toilet:

*on my period* me : toilet paper please flush toilet paper : PleASe FLuSh

@lgbthope / Twitter: @Igbthope

11. Making men realize that they will never understand the struggle of sneezing while on your period:

Now everyone keeps tweeting me about sneezing while on their period. I've never regretted a tweet so much.

@JackHoward / Twitter: @JackHoward

12. And knowing what it feels like to experience every single emotion there is within a time span of 24 hours:

You never know what to expect on your period. PERIOD.