I dread my periods. I have heavy bleeding and severe symptoms, including PMDD.
I'm scared of tampons because of the risk of TSS.

I've had a period accident at work (even with the biggest pad), and had to take a bathroom break to change. I'm hoping no one noticed...but maybe people on the elevator...

Then I almost had another accident and had to interrupt my pregnant co-worker to take over the phone calls. I said, "Sorry" but she looked mad. She was probably thinking, "You just went before my break 30 minutes ago. Who's the pregnant one here?" But I was too embarrassed to tell her. I don't know if I should have.