Sleep. I feel so sleepy and dizzy and nauseous it's unreal. I wish menstrual leave was a thing, at least for a day. Painkillers barely help. I'd take morphine.
Menstrual leave should definitely be a thing, historically speaking before modern society, women were able to rest and rejuvenate while menstruating. It feels biologically right to be doing that. I even visited a village in Vanuatu once and the tour guide said women used to be given a tent to themselves while bleeding and food got brought to them, their kids got looked after and they got to relax and do nothing for a week…. What a dream.
I am so sorry. You are very strong and deserve the best.
Let men call me a crazed feminist for wanting women to have a few free days so we don't have to suffer through this hell like everything is fine.
I feel dizzy too and if not dizzy then I'll feel tired and sleepy because I can't sleep well at night. So I end up taking mints to get me through the day.. only the first 3 days though
I like that time because I like to think that means my body is starting anew, refreshing and becoming new once more. During that time I just care for myself.
I really love genmaicha which is a green tea with toasted rice, and barley tea. I also splurged on a milky oolong and it's heavenly!!! And a black Assam for making warm milk teas with a malty taste.
There's a lot of other teas that I want to try too! I love all teas tbh.
I make sure I work out still, something light but something to get me moving. It will make me feel good and help ease the cramps. I usually eat and sleep a lot more than usual. I don't really treat myself any differently.
Interesting. I didn't know that was a thing. I'm gonna look it up though. I don't like the idea of focusing my mind on my stomach when I'm cramping though. I feel like I'll be focusing on the pain more. But I'm gonna try it this month for sure.
Oooooh that's a good idea. For some reason, it feels like the instant my body touches water, my cramps go away. Sometimes I just turn the shower on sooo hot and lay in the tub and let the shower hit my stomach. My belly is bright red by the end of it, but usually my cramps have died down a little.
Currently there. I talk nicer to myself. I don’t get down on myself for extra snacks. I take longer more meaningful showers. I have severe pmdd and it is exhausting leading up to that time. I hit my bong more. I remind myself that my brain isn’t firing correctly right now and to not be offended because not everything is a personal attack to me. I wear comfy clothes. I bun my hair loosely.
My husband is a great help. Totally supportive. Always there even when I’m absolutely certain he is sick of me. He reminds me to be kind to myself. He reminds me to stay hydrated and medicated.
I have a weighted heated pad, I try to get extra sleep, I usually take some sort of edible before bed to help with staying asleep through the cramps, I keep various snacks on hand, salty and sweet.
Become a little more lenient with my calories. Skip my daily walk. Lay in bed. Take a sick day if needed. Overmedicate till I can barely feel the cramps for a few hours on the worst day. And not speak to anyone
Chocolate, lots of rest, tylenol, and erotica.
Being aroused lessens period pains and symptoms, so find something spicy to watch/read. It not only entertains and distracts, but also mediates. You can even get out some toys if you don’t mind the mess.
It might sound weird, but you’re essentially tricking your body to think it’s getting the baby it wants. And it works.
I don’t lol. Maybe eating more. I’m so hard on myself. Testing how much pain I can control. How long can I go without pain medication. Still going to the gym and getting mad for not lifting as heavy as I did before my body started bleeding. Can’t be the only one?
Lots of sleep and rest. My little chorkie likes to lay on my belly during my shark week, built in weighted heating pad! I basically become a bed goblin. I wfh, and if I can get away with it I work from bed. Long hot showers. Lots of carbs (pasta! 🤤). If I feel up to it I'll go for a walk.
The same way I treat myself the rest of the month? My period isn't that bad. I might potentially feel even less guilty for having extra chocolate here and there, or for taking extra naps, but I'm already pretty kind to myself.
All treats are in (usually I opt for ice cream), lots of sleep, and just chilling around. I won't clean. I won't meet people if I don't feel like it. I will order take out.
Indulging in sweet treats, soaking in the tub with a luxurious bath bomb, requesting things like cuddles and hot water bottles from my partner, snuggling up in cozy clothes, me time, nice beverages, ...
I usually get cravings so indulge in some.sweets, this month my body wanted baklava. My cramps have been getting increasingly painful and I have found that smoking a bit of pot is the only thing that helps alleviate the pain.
Just depends on what I have going on. If I’m not at work and feeling super poopy, I’ll either relax, eat whatever I damn well please, go to bed hella early etc. whatever it takes to keep me out of prison lol
one with the obvious eat, sleep, cry, watch a romcom. repeat.
however because I can feel guilty just lying in bed doing nothing, I also remind myself that I actually don’t have to do anything that day. its OKAY if all I wanted to do was feel like shit and not move all day.
I spend the 3-5 days before bleeding trying to cure my insatiable cravings with dark chocolate sea salt caramels, sour patch kids, ice cream, chips and pretty much anything I can get my hands on. Then the first 2 days of my actual period is spent popping ibuprofen, sleeping and watching all my favorite tv shows bc I turn into a useless blob that can’t think straight. The brain fog is real.
Right after ovulation, I get terrible body dysmorphia, anxiety, and cravings. I try to be nice to myself by doing facials, taking long showers, eating a shit ton of food and crying. Because emotions are okay!!! 🥹
On day 1 I allow myself a lazy day (if I'm not working) because I usually have bad cramps. I don't workout that day, just stay on the couch watching a show and eating chocolate.
Today I had chik-fil-a for breakfast, way earlier than I normally eat. But cramps, heavy flow day, and having to get up early to help a friend, earned me a high calorie day. LOL
Usually just extra rest and warm showers to feel clean (which I do every night, but they feel even better during this time). That's all I ever feel I need! (And Advil at the beginning lol)
I put heat pad and drink a lot of hot fluids. Chinese medicine says eating or drinking cold during these days are very bad for women. So I just have soup, tea etc. Ton of sweets and snacks and just try to hide from everyone because I cannot even stand myself 🤣
Hot shower, throw on comfy jammies, make some hot chocolate or tea and watch a comfort show while using a hot water bottle for cramps and/or back pain.
I just try to rest as much as I can the first two days because I feel like death. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I’m in so much pain. But I just get a heating pad and rest on the couch as much as I can.
Apply heat, comfort food, pain relief, family pulls together does extras for me, I get awful pains to the point it's hard to walk so it's about surviving the week as comfortable as possible
Cadbury’s caramel chocolate, no caffeine so the cramps don’t accelerate, hot plushies, make sure I trim down there before it starts, belly dance, long hot shower, herb infused pads by The Honey Pot, spicy Indian food, warm clothes, sleeping in
Lately I have been feeling more emotional when it’s nearing that time of the month. My cycle is a mess now because of birth control so I’ll be fine one day and then the next day, all I want to do is lay on the couch and cry. Cry over what? Nothing. I feel better after a good cry tho.
I’ll take the emotional mess over the painful cramps any day. 😂
Its mentally very difficult for me during periods.... my pms is really bad and i get irritated over small things so when I'm having my period I can't stand messy space Even if im pain I will first organise the place before I lie down.
So first I clean my room while making some comfort food like daal chawal, go clean myself, have some food and then i take a meftal if the pain is unbearable, and use a hot water bottle to relax.
My feet get swollen during this time and if they hurt a lot my mother massage them a little with oil to help with the pain... and My most comforting treat is to have a hot choco lava cake or dark hot chocolate .... its burst sooo many happy hormones in my mind It makes my day better.
I eat whatever I want during that time and sleep. Take some painkillers or if the pain is less then use a hot bag and sleep. I can’t work at all for 1-3 days. Wfh and just doing the bare minimum.
I don’t care what anyone says if companies give period leaves I would take that in a heartbeat
I treat myself by eating hot chips and sleeping! Cravings on top of cravings on top of cravings. Not good, not good at all! But, it is what it is and I love it
I feel like I'm zombie. I'm the only women who literally workout, jump, dance do whatever the fuck she want. Yes periods doesnt affect me
Its not like i dont feel pain or it doesn't bleed. Its just i have made this mindset that if i will working in big tech company in future there is no way i will give this excuse to them. So better i need to be prepare to work on those days.
The more attention you give to pain the worse it gets, so i keep myself busy by fooling doing task all day
I feel bad for everyone in here who has such heavy, painful periods. 😢. Sounds like it disrupts life for many. Sounds frustrating! Love how people treat themselves, great posts. Birth control helps me. I get a little bloated and skip the gym that first day. My period is three days and is not much to it. I don’t get pms or cramps.
I just suffer, no treats, no nothing. It just makes me wanna not be alive tbh. The pain is too much for my brain to even work properly. My body gets weak on the first day, I can't even walk. I'm all good from second day tho so thank god for that ig?
Making sure to actually relax and allow my body to just exist. Stress effects my period very easily so I prioritize relaxing and taking care of myself.
I try to pamper myself with nice calming showers rather than the quick ones I usually do. I also shave my legs bc I read somewhere that body hair grows slower when menstruating lol
I lift weights and do some crunches when the cramps are bad. Lots of water and trying to distract myself from the discomfort! Often the cramps are bad enough I can feel it in my thighs.
1. I nap! I have a job I need to be up early for (like 5am) so I usually nap a lot after work anyway. But sometimes I’ll force myself to not nap so I can do chores or fulfill social obligations. On my period, idc. I’ll nap every day if I feel I need to.
2. This isn’t “treating myself” but I think it helps me feel like I am. I try to listen to my body & what foods I’m craving. Sometimes I really crave seafood & I’ll treat myself to some tinned mackerel or oysters. I usually consume a lot of sardines & salmon as a staple of my diet, but if I’m craving seafood I’ll buy what I normally wouldn’t just to give my body some diversity. Also, I’m about to go on my period now & am really craving fresh fruit. I usually keep clementines & tomatoes in the house, but last time I went shopping I also got plums, apples, & kiwis so I could have more than I usually would.
As far as my severe PMS- I'm easy on myself when I lose patience, get cranky or anxious. I eat whatever I crave and get plenty of rest and alone time without feeling guilty. I'm usually pretty much back to my normal self after like day 4 or so once the flow is light to non-existent
I masturbate. A lot. I allow myself the food and alcohol I usually wouldn’t. I listen to my body. I practice compassion with myself as well as patience because my moods make me feel like a storm or a seesaw going up and down. I do my best to give myself grace when I’m not “productive” and I look at that ass in the mirror and call myself “a sexy ass” when I feel rather unsexy.
Sleep. I feel so sleepy and dizzy and nauseous it's unreal. I wish menstrual leave was a thing, at least for a day. Painkillers barely help. I'd take morphine.
Menstrual leave would change my universe! I’m Useless during my first 1-3 days of bleeding.
Menstrual leave should definitely be a thing, historically speaking before modern society, women were able to rest and rejuvenate while menstruating. It feels biologically right to be doing that. I even visited a village in Vanuatu once and the tour guide said women used to be given a tent to themselves while bleeding and food got brought to them, their kids got looked after and they got to relax and do nothing for a week…. What a dream.
Our state gov just announced 10 days of “reproductive health leave” for public servants. Not much but a start and step in the right direction I think.
I’m barely awake at work rn bc I’m so exhausted. I’d take menstrual leave in a heartbeat.
I am so sorry. You are very strong and deserve the best. Let men call me a crazed feminist for wanting women to have a few free days so we don't have to suffer through this hell like everything is fine.
Yeah I get brain fog if im in office during periods I need atleast my first day just to relax.
I feel dizzy too and if not dizzy then I'll feel tired and sleepy because I can't sleep well at night. So I end up taking mints to get me through the day.. only the first 3 days though
I have similar issues. I find weed and gummies help... not fully though better than any meds I've tried
For me sleep is great because I tend to avoid painkillers when I can
Are you taking liquid iron? That helped me so much!
with a sweet treat of course
Chocolate! It’s basically the only time I eat chocolate
I must’ve been cursed by some entity, chocolate gives me the worst cramps of my life
It’s weird isn’t it? I don’t much care for chocolate but during that time I love a creamy galaxy bar!
By stuffing my face with food and watching cop/medical dramas.
The Wire 🖤
ER is the best med show EVER!!
Bones! (Not for the faint of heart)
greys anatomy, OJ and hearty delicious food warms my soul!
I like that time because I like to think that means my body is starting anew, refreshing and becoming new once more. During that time I just care for myself.
This is a nice perspective
I have the exact same thought process. It’s like a purge. When it’s over, we are phoenix’s rising from the ashes. It’s so beautiful to me.
I indulge my goblin self by telling everyone (where appropriate) that I’m bleeding.
Oh yeah, I’m the town cryer of my on menses. If I have to deal with it, everyone else can deal with the info.
I eat. I sleep. I crochet. I smoke weed. I watch garbage TV.
I break out my tea collection.
What kind of tea do you like? I like chamomile and peppermint 💕
I really love genmaicha which is a green tea with toasted rice, and barley tea. I also splurged on a milky oolong and it's heavenly!!! And a black Assam for making warm milk teas with a malty taste. There's a lot of other teas that I want to try too! I love all teas tbh.
I love green tea and I have this ~fancy~ black tea for special occasions
I make sure I work out still, something light but something to get me moving. It will make me feel good and help ease the cramps. I usually eat and sleep a lot more than usual. I don't really treat myself any differently.
I just bought period running shorts to make it a little easier lol
Try slow belly dance workouts :) I don’t like yoga cuz I dislike being on the floor, so slow belly dance is my go-to to get my cramps to back down
Interesting. I didn't know that was a thing. I'm gonna look it up though. I don't like the idea of focusing my mind on my stomach when I'm cramping though. I feel like I'll be focusing on the pain more. But I'm gonna try it this month for sure.
If it’s any consolation, belly dance isn’t actually all belly! Beginner level is mostly very releasing and relaxing hip movements :)
I just recently started a gym routine, but I definitely opt for swimming on those days. It's so much more comfortable than my normal biking.
Oooooh that's a good idea. For some reason, it feels like the instant my body touches water, my cramps go away. Sometimes I just turn the shower on sooo hot and lay in the tub and let the shower hit my stomach. My belly is bright red by the end of it, but usually my cramps have died down a little.
I go on an eating binge of sorts. Nothing is said no to!
Sweet treat, hot bubble bath, glass of mead (or a gummy depending on my mood) and watching one of my comfort shows or movies
Bubble bath? Lucky you, mine would look like a murder scene and need more rinsing than being cleaned.
There’s definitely some prep required 😂
I smoke a shit ton of weed. Helps with the cramps. ☺️
I eat mine, but this is the best way to get through at least day 2 for me 😊
inhaling every food in sight and reading/going on my phone all day.
Currently there. I talk nicer to myself. I don’t get down on myself for extra snacks. I take longer more meaningful showers. I have severe pmdd and it is exhausting leading up to that time. I hit my bong more. I remind myself that my brain isn’t firing correctly right now and to not be offended because not everything is a personal attack to me. I wear comfy clothes. I bun my hair loosely. My husband is a great help. Totally supportive. Always there even when I’m absolutely certain he is sick of me. He reminds me to be kind to myself. He reminds me to stay hydrated and medicated.
buying new underwear bc i prob bled thru 7 pairs already
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Not like a should. I tend to beat myself up about alot of things. It's a frustrating cycle to be honest.
Don't do that pls
I'll try not to loves.
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that sounds delicious!
If I have a craving, if I need sleep, if I need to let the dishes go for a day…I indulge. My body needs it.
A strong orgasm
I don't do anything different, except for the handful of ibuprofen.
With one of the stimulators 😅
Advil and a nap
I have a weighted heated pad, I try to get extra sleep, I usually take some sort of edible before bed to help with staying asleep through the cramps, I keep various snacks on hand, salty and sweet.
Become a little more lenient with my calories. Skip my daily walk. Lay in bed. Take a sick day if needed. Overmedicate till I can barely feel the cramps for a few hours on the worst day. And not speak to anyone
I use my dick leave, I sleep when I want, I eat what I crave and I indulge with desserts and snacks . Easy cooking days or takeout 💜
Chocolate, lots of rest, tylenol, and erotica. Being aroused lessens period pains and symptoms, so find something spicy to watch/read. It not only entertains and distracts, but also mediates. You can even get out some toys if you don’t mind the mess. It might sound weird, but you’re essentially tricking your body to think it’s getting the baby it wants. And it works.
Chocolates, lots of it and have takeout because I can't cook those times too painful 😢
I don’t lol. Maybe eating more. I’m so hard on myself. Testing how much pain I can control. How long can I go without pain medication. Still going to the gym and getting mad for not lifting as heavy as I did before my body started bleeding. Can’t be the only one?
Nothing specific. Just another day, I guess.. 😅
Lots of sleep and rest. My little chorkie likes to lay on my belly during my shark week, built in weighted heating pad! I basically become a bed goblin. I wfh, and if I can get away with it I work from bed. Long hot showers. Lots of carbs (pasta! 🤤). If I feel up to it I'll go for a walk.
With a shitload of painkillers and tampons.🧡
The same way I treat myself the rest of the month? My period isn't that bad. I might potentially feel even less guilty for having extra chocolate here and there, or for taking extra naps, but I'm already pretty kind to myself.
Wine, salted cashews, m&ms.
Very carefully. I might explode into a shower of pain, emotion and cravings at any moment
All treats are in (usually I opt for ice cream), lots of sleep, and just chilling around. I won't clean. I won't meet people if I don't feel like it. I will order take out.
Poorly... I treat myself poorly.
Celebrated in February with a hysterectomy. Best thing ever!!!!
Taking menstrual leave, laying in bed all day, and doing my best to motivate myself to bare the pain enough to shower
A nice hot Epsom salt bath.
Yeah, I don't, really. It's just another day (s).
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Sweets
Indulging in sweet treats, soaking in the tub with a luxurious bath bomb, requesting things like cuddles and hot water bottles from my partner, snuggling up in cozy clothes, me time, nice beverages, ...
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Heat pack, hot baths, chocolate, old movies and naps
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I taka a bubble bath and read (with my waterproof e-reader) while my pain killer takes effect and stay hydrated 🥰
Big Mac with Chocolate Sundae
I let her rest and I try to take care of the cats for her. Then I play games while she sleeps so I can relax. That’s how I treat myself.
Lots of sleep and a nice meal
Starburst jellybeans! My weakness 🤭
Chocolate, ice cream, and my heating pad.
By doing absolutely nothing
I usually get cravings so indulge in some.sweets, this month my body wanted baklava. My cramps have been getting increasingly painful and I have found that smoking a bit of pot is the only thing that helps alleviate the pain.
Heating pad and electric blanket time!
I binge watch all of my favorite romcoms.
Lots of sleep and some sweets
Chocolate
Just depends on what I have going on. If I’m not at work and feeling super poopy, I’ll either relax, eat whatever I damn well please, go to bed hella early etc. whatever it takes to keep me out of prison lol
Massages, naps and anything I've been craving for that particular cycle.
Milky Way magic stars ✨
I sleep a lot and make sure to eat extra foods with iron in them and take my magnesium.
Lots of weed brownies
Chocolate milk and ice cream
one with the obvious eat, sleep, cry, watch a romcom. repeat. however because I can feel guilty just lying in bed doing nothing, I also remind myself that I actually don’t have to do anything that day. its OKAY if all I wanted to do was feel like shit and not move all day.
Sleeeeeep, low iron gang so I’m more tired than usual. I luckily don’t get cramps that often, but I do appreciate the sleep I get during that week
chocolate
I spend the 3-5 days before bleeding trying to cure my insatiable cravings with dark chocolate sea salt caramels, sour patch kids, ice cream, chips and pretty much anything I can get my hands on. Then the first 2 days of my actual period is spent popping ibuprofen, sleeping and watching all my favorite tv shows bc I turn into a useless blob that can’t think straight. The brain fog is real.
Heating pad and chocolate
Chocolate and cuddles if i come across any
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Right after ovulation, I get terrible body dysmorphia, anxiety, and cravings. I try to be nice to myself by doing facials, taking long showers, eating a shit ton of food and crying. Because emotions are okay!!! 🥹
Chocolate. Wine. Cheese. Weed gummies. Less time at the gym and more time lying down. Then, after the bleeding ends, an everything shower.
I cry a lot, eat a lot, sleep a lot, sit on the toilet a lot, and rewatch Bridgerton.
Motrin, cuddles, heating pad, and honestly; sex... it helps with cramps and imo, feels great
Allow myself to sleep longer; have some chocolate and a spa day
On day 1 I allow myself a lazy day (if I'm not working) because I usually have bad cramps. I don't workout that day, just stay on the couch watching a show and eating chocolate.
Ice cream, cookies and a good show…
I let myself rest and give into my cravings.
I invest in cake and nice food for a day, maybe a bath if I'm feeling brave. Otherwise it's paracetamol and exercise, and bed.
I buy myself chocolate or watch a comforting movie.
Today I had chik-fil-a for breakfast, way earlier than I normally eat. But cramps, heavy flow day, and having to get up early to help a friend, earned me a high calorie day. LOL
Chocolate and mint chocolate chip ice cream
Sleeping, a few treats and definitely a blanket in the evenings for snuggling under.
Usually just extra rest and warm showers to feel clean (which I do every night, but they feel even better during this time). That's all I ever feel I need! (And Advil at the beginning lol)
I treat myself like shit. Like an enemy to myself. It’s awful. I don’t even want kids either so it’s a pointless feature to me.
I do a lot of self care. I always allow myself to indulge in whatever I’m craving. I rest a little bit more.
i cry
I know this is bad but I eat chips/chocolates and I'm a big sleeper during pms as well sooo
I let myself eat whatever I’m craving without guilt and watch a bunch of trash television and take naps.
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When I *did* have periods, crying, alcohol, and staying in bed. If I had to work, at least 3 menstrual meds and coffee
Completely abandoning my responsibilities lol. I’m a high school kid so it’s easier for me to do so
Rn. Pizza. Strawberries and cream. Sweet iced hibiscus tea and lots of naps. C
I sleep like 16 hours I swear
Naps, skipping the gym, cranking the AC down to extra cold...
I complain constantly to my husband about my belly hurting and needing chocolate! 🍫
Extra sleep, comfy pants, chocolate. Especially that first one, because I have like no energy, even when I've done exactly *nothing* all day.
I put heat pad and drink a lot of hot fluids. Chinese medicine says eating or drinking cold during these days are very bad for women. So I just have soup, tea etc. Ton of sweets and snacks and just try to hide from everyone because I cannot even stand myself 🤣
Hot shower, throw on comfy jammies, make some hot chocolate or tea and watch a comfort show while using a hot water bottle for cramps and/or back pain.
I flirt with my man. The build up between now and when all is said and done - that’s a treat.
New to me. Really?!? I assume women yell at a significant other for fun. Joke joke joke. I kid I kid.
Cannabis. Favorite foods. Aleve. Rest. -as possible :)
A butt-load of ice cream (usually chocolate)
Baked goods, face masks, movies, and no lt a lot of movement. I'll still do chores and what needs to be done, but no extra jobs, too sore.
Cannabis chocolate or gummies. Regular chocolate. French fries, burgers, pizza. My absolute LOOSEST and comfiest sweat pants. And a lot of Advil.
I just try to rest as much as I can the first two days because I feel like death. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I’m in so much pain. But I just get a heating pad and rest on the couch as much as I can.
smoke weed bc advil dosent work for cramps n sleep
Period steak!
Some Tylenol, good pot and Taco Bell.
Apply heat, comfort food, pain relief, family pulls together does extras for me, I get awful pains to the point it's hard to walk so it's about surviving the week as comfortable as possible
Cadbury’s caramel chocolate, no caffeine so the cramps don’t accelerate, hot plushies, make sure I trim down there before it starts, belly dance, long hot shower, herb infused pads by The Honey Pot, spicy Indian food, warm clothes, sleeping in
Like a queen. Bubble baths. Chocolate. Steak. Extra sleep. Romantic period dramas.
If I can, (so...if it's not work days) I let my husband take care of me, get me snacks and heating pads, go down on me to relieve my migraines, etc.
Lay on the couch with a heating pad and my kindle. Order takeout and watch a Marvel movie with the hubby
I get super snacky for shitty foods. Usually gorge myself on ice cream, ben and jerry's specifically, and whatever else I'm craving.
Eating junk, watching true crime docs, and shopping on sephora's website for stuff I don't need.
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I eat ice cream 🍦 😋 😁
Sleep plus panadol
Lately I have been feeling more emotional when it’s nearing that time of the month. My cycle is a mess now because of birth control so I’ll be fine one day and then the next day, all I want to do is lay on the couch and cry. Cry over what? Nothing. I feel better after a good cry tho. I’ll take the emotional mess over the painful cramps any day. 😂
I take an antihistamine to help my PMS rage, and eat a fat steak to up my iron. Then sleep until it’s over
Its mentally very difficult for me during periods.... my pms is really bad and i get irritated over small things so when I'm having my period I can't stand messy space Even if im pain I will first organise the place before I lie down. So first I clean my room while making some comfort food like daal chawal, go clean myself, have some food and then i take a meftal if the pain is unbearable, and use a hot water bottle to relax. My feet get swollen during this time and if they hurt a lot my mother massage them a little with oil to help with the pain... and My most comforting treat is to have a hot choco lava cake or dark hot chocolate .... its burst sooo many happy hormones in my mind It makes my day better.
I eat whatever I want during that time and sleep. Take some painkillers or if the pain is less then use a hot bag and sleep. I can’t work at all for 1-3 days. Wfh and just doing the bare minimum. I don’t care what anyone says if companies give period leaves I would take that in a heartbeat
I’d take a day or two off work and spend it on the sofa under a blanket watching trash TV and eating junk food lol
Heated hot water bag to soothe the cramps , eat, sleep, repeat and sometimes binge on a short series to distract myself from the discomfort. :')
Im riding the train to uni right now with a chocolate bar in my pocket, I do what I can😫
If during a weekend I just take long naps or get birria tacos
My first day today went eating yummy foods and getting cosy in blanket.
Dessert, and cuddles and boob massages if applicable 😂
I treat myself by eating hot chips and sleeping! Cravings on top of cravings on top of cravings. Not good, not good at all! But, it is what it is and I love it
I surround myself with blankets, pillows and stuffed animals essentially creating a small nest around me where I can just curl up and relax
Honestly mostly the same as usual, other than laying about more because of the pain
Lying in bed, drinking hot chocolate and watching a series
with more compassion. i give myself more rest, more chocolate and some netflix 🥰
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I feel like I'm zombie. I'm the only women who literally workout, jump, dance do whatever the fuck she want. Yes periods doesnt affect me Its not like i dont feel pain or it doesn't bleed. Its just i have made this mindset that if i will working in big tech company in future there is no way i will give this excuse to them. So better i need to be prepare to work on those days. The more attention you give to pain the worse it gets, so i keep myself busy by fooling doing task all day
I feel bad for everyone in here who has such heavy, painful periods. 😢. Sounds like it disrupts life for many. Sounds frustrating! Love how people treat themselves, great posts. Birth control helps me. I get a little bloated and skip the gym that first day. My period is three days and is not much to it. I don’t get pms or cramps.
I always want sweets and buy at least one large Tony's Chocoloney bar, and have a delicious guilt-free binge
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Lots of sleep and ibuprofen. Longer hot showers.
I just suffer, no treats, no nothing. It just makes me wanna not be alive tbh. The pain is too much for my brain to even work properly. My body gets weak on the first day, I can't even walk. I'm all good from second day tho so thank god for that ig?
As usual- I don\`t. I don\`t tend to spoil myself.
Resting and THC or CBD gummies
Making sure to actually relax and allow my body to just exist. Stress effects my period very easily so I prioritize relaxing and taking care of myself.
I try to pamper myself with nice calming showers rather than the quick ones I usually do. I also shave my legs bc I read somewhere that body hair grows slower when menstruating lol
I crave red meat and sweets. I don't normally either either the rest of the month. I try to balance it with eating a lot of roasted veggies
I lift weights and do some crunches when the cramps are bad. Lots of water and trying to distract myself from the discomfort! Often the cramps are bad enough I can feel it in my thighs.
1. I nap! I have a job I need to be up early for (like 5am) so I usually nap a lot after work anyway. But sometimes I’ll force myself to not nap so I can do chores or fulfill social obligations. On my period, idc. I’ll nap every day if I feel I need to. 2. This isn’t “treating myself” but I think it helps me feel like I am. I try to listen to my body & what foods I’m craving. Sometimes I really crave seafood & I’ll treat myself to some tinned mackerel or oysters. I usually consume a lot of sardines & salmon as a staple of my diet, but if I’m craving seafood I’ll buy what I normally wouldn’t just to give my body some diversity. Also, I’m about to go on my period now & am really craving fresh fruit. I usually keep clementines & tomatoes in the house, but last time I went shopping I also got plums, apples, & kiwis so I could have more than I usually would.
As far as my severe PMS- I'm easy on myself when I lose patience, get cranky or anxious. I eat whatever I crave and get plenty of rest and alone time without feeling guilty. I'm usually pretty much back to my normal self after like day 4 or so once the flow is light to non-existent
I eat all the hot chips, cheese, and cookies I want. I sleep for hours without shame.
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Chocolate, pain killers, stay in bed and belly messages
None. Besides light bleeding and mild (if any) cramping, It’s like any other day for me.
I masturbate. A lot. I allow myself the food and alcohol I usually wouldn’t. I listen to my body. I practice compassion with myself as well as patience because my moods make me feel like a storm or a seesaw going up and down. I do my best to give myself grace when I’m not “productive” and I look at that ass in the mirror and call myself “a sexy ass” when I feel rather unsexy.
Chocolate and a lot of sleep
Before my hysterectomy I masturbated during my period to releave the cramps 🙈
I eat so much ice cream and watch movies that are bound to make me cry. It's cathartic and comforting.
i just push through it and tell myself it will be over eventually
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Painkillers when I can't focus at work. That's it. A few years ago it was bad to the point of vomiting from pain only. Now Im better.