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AirmedTuathaDeDanaan t1_jc5dik7 wrote

The biggest problem is that most doctors don't believe women in pain. I had this debilitating pain for so many years, I had to pass 4 doctor before finding 1 that believe I was in pain and knew it wasn't "just normal periods".

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lynx_and_nutmeg t1_jc6d4e9 wrote

A lot of women themselves don't believe their pain is abnormal, though. Women are raised with the idea what periods are meant to be extremely painful and it's just a fact of life. Especially if their mothers, sisters or friends have debilitating periods as well, and that's their only point of reference so of course they assume this must be normal.

I still remember how shocked I was when my periods went from moderately painful to completely painless after a few months of whole food diet. I had no idea it was even possible to have a painless period. (Granted, I definitely did not have endometriosis which is a whole other animal and unlikely to get better without treatment).

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