Evening
So sorry you and so many of us had such awful starts into womanhood.....
You are all in my heart
why are some people so cruel to young ones?

about those of you that used toilet paper....
I forget that my situation is not of the average(VERY heavy periods), I'd be changing the TP every 30 minutes or my pants would be soaked the first 3 days of my period. I forget that most women/girls don't have that issue.
..... and the pain... oh GOD the pain....
my body would be covered in goose bumps from sweating from the pain and then being chilled from the sweating... but I never told a soul-- I didn't want to anger anyone or to get picked on.(had bullies in my family too)

I finally saw a doc in my thirties and went on the pill-- No more pain and the periods-- Doc said-- "this is what it's like for most women"-- I couldn't believe it -- I didn't have to double layer the pads, or change every hour-- I found a new freedom!!

such things females have to deal with and some of us-- without any compassion ..... ugh......