Since my first period at age 12 ( I'm 28 now I have had terribly painful and heavy periods. It has always interrupted my day to day life but it's humiliating having to explain this to people because they treat me like I'm being ridiculous. When I was in school I quietly told my P.E teacher that was why I couldn't do P.E and she loudly chewed me out in front of everyone about it. Recently I tried to buy some painkillers at a local drugstore. They weren't prescription but you needed a member of staff to open the case they were in and I asked this guy who worked there if he could open it for me. First he asked me why I needed them he flat out refused to let me buy them I was so embarrassed standing there explaining how heavy and painful my periods are he just wouldn't hear it and he didn't recommend something else or anything like that he just kept saying no Is this fair treatment #menstrualcramppain #Dysmenorrhea