I'm too Blessed To Be Stressed

You know what? I'm sick and tired of guys being so clueless about periods. Menstruation cycles. That time of the month. Mood swings and what not.

So today, since it's just the right time to talk about girls and their time of the month, i have to talk about this. Will not put up with it no more! Some girls, and maybe a handful of guys, may be rolling their eyes and thinking: "But EVERYONE knows this! PMS! What's not to know!?"

Erm, sorry to say but girls, us, as the superior race, would never truly understand how a guy's brain works unless we try. And that's to say, how many of us have ever really tried understanding a guy's brain anyway? We know all we'll find there are - Gadgets(Including cars and guns and planes), Girls(And sex)(and porn too) and Sports. It kinda belittles our intelligence if we actually take time to try and figure them out. And yes, i am aware of the tidal wave that MAY come after this. Haha

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Okay, first. For the benefit of those people that have never taken biology, let me tell you WHY menstruation occurs.

When females hit puberty, the menstrual cycle kicks in and change their lives forever. When we are of 'reproductive' age, we start producing ovaries - or EGGS. And if these eggs aren't fertilised by sperms, or HIT/SHOT/Whatever other crude-r terms guys use, they 'DIE'. And when they DIE, the end results are really pretty bloody. Literally.

So basically, menstruation occurs and we start bleeding between our legs and we need PADS or TAMPONS. I think everyone knows the difference between these two AND NO, MORONS THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS CONDOMS.

And this process of bleeding occurs for about 3-7 days and nights. That's pretty heavy and really a lot of blood being lost!!

SO GUYS Don't try to act all macho and tell us how you fell off your bike and cracked your head and lost tonnes of blood, because the thing is, we lose blood every month for a couple of days. AND we can't stitch it up too! Nor put a bandaid or bandage around it.

Honestly, i don't know why it's called a Period? Is it because it occurs for a period of time only, and not constantly? (Thank God for that!)

Secondly, there's the whole pain factor. And the pain just takes it to a HNL.

3 kinds of females:


1) The one that gets shitass, down right painful cramps all day long. These girls usually want to hide under their beds and lie there in a fetal position for the whole day. These girls can't do sports (yes male P.E Teachers! It isn't JUST an excuse to try and wiggle out of running 2.4!) and they literally can faint from the pain, especially in the toilet. Don't know why also, but yes, that's how bad it gets.

2) The second one gets cramps but not as bad as the first kind. The pain, however, is enough to get them all cranky and sometimes, rude. They basically still live life as normally as they can but the whole cramps thing gets to them like nobody's business.

3) And lastly, are the lucky ones. Jaded girls. They NEVER get cramps and see the whole blood-loss thing as merely very inconvenient. Usually, these kind of people are either very active, in that they do sports and stuff, or maybe they just have high pain tolerance levels la.

Me? I know you don't want to know but i'm in between Type 2 and Type 3. Which is good enough.

And so, menstruation can be a very painful, red affair, really. We not only lose blood consistently, we have to put up with the pain too! Which makes me look at the dudes out there and say: TRY HAVING CRAMPS LA! AND GETTING PREGNANT! AND GIVING BIRTH!

I mean, i think males would not be able to put up with delivering a baby. Sure, if you broke your nose or arm, you fix it. I know it's not as painless and simple as it sounds, but does not the giving birth thing freak you out?

When women give birth, they have CONTRACTIONS and they go into labour and if they want to take it to a HNL, they don't opt for a C-section.

Instead, they push and push and push and lose water from their bodies in the form of sweat and tears and snot and they keep pushing and pushing to try and get that damn being from their insides!

And the husbands? What do they do? The better ones will stand beside their wives, kiss their foreheads and comfort them, hold their hand and do some encouraging. I've got a feeling 4 out of 5 men NEVER look at the whole process of the baby being pushed out because frankly, there's probably too much blood and they don't want to see their wive's vaginas being stretched seven times.

So when we say PAIN, it really means PAIN okay! We're not out there to get your sympathy and have you buy us soupy meals and hot drinks! ALSO, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CREAM FOR ABDOMINAL CRAMPS! (But there are pills though...)
Someone asked me this that day. It was a guy (no, duh!)

DUDE: Isn't there the cream/gel thing to make it (cramps) less painful or get rid of the pain?
ME: Huh? There is? -insert blur face-
(To the other girls in the room) Really meh?
OTHER GIRLS: -blank look-

And in that instant, it hit us. And we started laughing

GIRLS: HELLO LA DEY! (No we didn't really say that) The cramps are 'internal'! Not like muscle cramps can!
DUDE: ......FINE! -insert embarrassed face-


Well, all I can say is, girls, you shouldn't be too surprised. I had a friend ask me a few years ago about bras, push-up bras in particular. "PUSH UP BRAS NOT WORN FOR DOING PUSH UPS ONE MEH?" (I shall not reveal his name because he's pretty popular and aspiring to be a DJ in future. His name starts with a J and ends with a Y and there's E, R, E and M in between!)

Haha okay more importantly, PMS. When guys don't know what PMS is and use it wrongly, it gets pretty annoying and for the most part, amusing.

For Example, the other day, Anson told me: HEY CHERIE PMS ON HER BED! (there was actually an ice-cream stain that was conveniently red)
I was like.. WHAT?! And laughed. Like, seriously!!!

PMS: PreMenstrual Syndrome.
There are physical and emotional parts of it.
Physical parts include Abdominal bloating, Abdominal Cramps (Afore-mentioned), Breasts swelling, joint/muscle pain, Acne etc
Emotional/psychological parts include Stress/anxiety, Agression, insomnia, headaches, fatigue, being very tearful, unpredictable bursts of anger, Mood swings! etc (Source: Wikipedia.com)

So when we talk about PMS, we're usually referring to, above all, the mood swings and the increasing impatience towards whatever. And it really does happen. To every single girl i know. And you really should not mess with us while we're PMS-ing. We're aware of why we're constantly irritated and annoyed so easily, but we can't stop it.

So yes, PMS is a syndrome, not the actual period okay!

Anyway, i read on while still on wiki and realised that studies have shown that PMS is more likely to occur among identical twins than among fraternal twins!
Also, for some women, they PMS so severely that is becomes a disorder! How's that! It actually can get really serious!
This form of PMS has its very own psychiatric designation: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

Anyway, a quick search on google (say: Google is my friend!) led me to this website.

"Premenstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD is a condition associated with severe emotional and physical problems that are linked closely to the menstrual cycle. Symptoms occur regularly in the second half of the cycle and end when menstruation begins or shortly thereafter. PMDD is not just a new name for premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a condition that affects as many as 75% of menstruating women. It is, however, considered to be a very severe form of PMS that affects about 5% of menstruating women. Both PMDD and PMS share symptoms in common that include depression, anxiety, tension, irritability and moodiness. What sets PMDD apart is its severity. Women with PMDD find that it has a very disruptive effect on their lives.

PMDD symptoms begin sometime after the middle of a monthly cycle (after ovulation), usually get worse during the week before menses, and then usually disappear within a few days of the start of menses. The symptoms follow this pattern every month or almost every month.

PMDD symptoms are not always present. Symptoms disappear during or by the end of menses, and return at about the same time during following cycles. If symptoms are present every day, then they are unlikely to be due to PMDD.

To be considered PMDD, symptoms must be severe enough to really disrupt a woman's life -- interfere with work, school, social activities or interpersonal relationships.

There are different types of PMDD, but remember that for the diagnosis to be PMDD, symptoms must be absent during the week following menses

Some women may have a medical or psychiatric illness that comes and goes. Unless it is linked to the phases of the menstrual cycle, it is not PMDD.
Also, some women may have other medical or psychiatric conditions that worsen during the premenstrual phase, so sometimes it is difficult to know if PMDD is also present as a separate disorder.

Having PMDD is no laughing matter, even though others may not take it seriously. In an article in Journal of the American Medical Association (1999;281:368-374) one woman said, "I'm tired of these [PMS] jokes, too, because if you live in my body, it's not a pleasant thing to have to go through every single month where you feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I don't find it really amusing. It's like making fun of someone who has crutches or is in a wheelchair. I wish people were more sympathetic. It's a valid problem that needs attention."
Remember, the symptoms of PMDD are not trivial. Symptoms tend to be described in terms of "markedly depressed mood," "marked anxiety, tension," and "persistent and marked anger or irritability" [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision, 2000, p. 771]. Not only that, but PMDD may interfere greatly with performance at work or school, may cause absenteeism, and may strain and disrupt relationships with family and friends. " (Source: http://pmdd.factsforhealth.org/what/impact.asp)

Impressed?
Okay fine, i'm not too impressed with PMDD too. Thought it'd be more damaging in a more permanant state. How interesting would it be if females become mentally insane and/or retarded because of PMS! How scary too, actually.

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Okay. Enough of the mensus thing already. Today i met up with danny and emmeline and we had a pretty awesome dinner! And dessert at Shalom was just fantastic. Cendol was really bagus and up there! HAHAHA

Also, my dad asked them to pass me more bank drafts to collect interest and also to pass along some newspaper cuttings for my PIP. Really, my dad is amazing. He doesn't have to do it, but he does it anyway.

Maybe that's because he didn't see me being delivered, and so everytime he looks at me he doesn't get reminded of the blood and gore. He isn't a bad husband or father okay! I have an older brother that needed looking after then and who would probably be haunted by the explicit R21 content if he saw me being delivered, if he was allowed in.

And so i know this post is long and wordy. But stick with me and great things would happen. Remember, COMPROMISE IS KEY!

Haha okay la ciao! :D