Hannah

‘Childbirth is believed to be an 8’ yet some people don’t find childbirth that painful and others find it excruciating. But what if you’ve never had a child? You can not compare the pain you are experiencing to something that you’ve not experienced!

If you break your ankle, that may be an ‘8’ but if you then later break your leg that might also be an 8 but worse than when you broke your ankle because at the time that was what you considered it to be in comparison to anything you’ve felt before.

I have a disease where my body produces cells that grow in the wrong place. They grow on my bowels and intestines. This causes severe pain, chronic fatigue, dizziness and lightheartedness, infertility, hormonal issues, and other symptoms that impact my life on a daily basis. 

In just that context it sounds serious.

But when I give it condition its proper name–endometriosis–people roll their eyes. People say “oh it’s just a period, everyone with a uterus has to deal with periods, periods suck, toughen up.” People insult me when I say I can’t get out of bed I can’t stand up or keep food down or function. 

Let yourself feel.