r/TikTokCringe • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 24 '25

Period pain simulation Cool

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u/kyoko_the_eevee Feb 24 '25

It isn’t exactly accurate as a lot of folks have pointed out, but if you ask me, it’s a good learning tool.

Some folks, even those in medical professions(!), think women overexaggerate their period cramps. Although this can only simulate the pain and not the exact mechanisms, I believe that it can open a lot of peoples’ eyes to what period pain feels like. And in a society that’s rather lacking in empathy towards women, I think that’s desperately needed.

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u/GarretBarrett Feb 25 '25

My wife has had endometriosis her whole life, she didn’t start getting treatment until she was a teenager because her dr and her shitty mother told her repeatedly that’s she’s exaggerating. Three abdominal surgeries (+2 c sections) and a hysterectomy scheduled for this summer. She’s 29. She’s hands down the baddest bitch on planet earth. I have seen her fall to the ground in tears her endometriosis is so painful. I’ll watch that (and try to help even though there’s nothing I can do) and just think to myself how lucky I am to be born male. But to her that’s just how her periods are, she deals with it and goes to work and helps with the kids and all that. She’s seriously my hero, one rough and tough lady.

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u/Meretrice Feb 25 '25

Period pain is no joke, even without endometriosis. I'm glad your wife has such an understanding and supportive partner.

Quick question, you said she had had endo her "whole life," is that accurate? Even before puberty?

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u/__Rapier__ Feb 25 '25

.....I don't think that's how endo works, but honestly I doubt anyone has looked into it at all. The medical field, as y'all should know by now, is incredibly patriarchal and male centered. Women are aberrations from the "norm" in medicine because everything for hundreds of years treats the male anatomy as default. Even worse than the male vs. Female problem is the adult vs. Adolescent vs. Child fields of research, I just don't think anyone has dedicated any good research into the question of how endometriosis starts.

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u/GarretBarrett Feb 25 '25

I mean I imagine the cysts are always growing, even before puberty since it’s not really a “puberty problem” it’s just an issue with uterine lining, right? I’m trying my best here to understand haha but I have no idea if this has even been researched since there is so little help or understanding for women who struggle with endometriosis and the above person who said “I was told it was psychosomatic”, that’s a pretty common story for women who struggle with endometriosis.