Does anyone have any cute/helpful routines for theirs T̶̮͔͔̯̏̉͂̄͘͝͝ơ̷̧̧̦͆̍̉́̍̇ ̸͔̱̦̦͖̩̣̰͒̓͂̐̂̕̚͝c̴̳̩͉̞̻͍͂́o̶̬̬̹̟͎̥͍̾͛̔̔͊̋́͜͝p̷̱̭̜͓͍̭͌̂̍̊̔̚͝ȩ̴̨̝̖͓͎͕̞́́̇̃͘͠ ̸̲̹̱͕̊͒̒͆̀͂͝ẉ̴͓͆i̷͚͉̳̞̳͊͛͐t̴̘̮̯͍̪̻̐h̴̤̔ ̷̧͔̱̲̹͕̺̈̅͋t̴̞̜̱̘͖̜̙͗͊͋͌͘h̶̦͉̰͓̼̺̮̅ͅę̸̬̠̠̥̤̰̬̚ ̶̠͕͕̺̈́̎̒̍͘͝͝d̴̯̬͉̖́̋͂ẻ̴̥̼̳̏̿͝s̸̢̜̅̄̒̄̕p̴̼͖̹̫̤̿â̷̲̖͈͒͂͐̓̇̚i̵͇̤͇̗̾͊͆̐̏͗͠r̴̖͕̠̔͑̑͋͝?

I have:

  • joint
  • youtube
  • back/side/hair tickles from bf
  • lavender incense
  • instant ramen for days
  • plush toys
  • green tea for days
  • hot water bottle sometimes
  • specifically blue slush (shaved ice for you psychopaths)

🎵 These are some of my favourite things 🎶

And then a hot bath or shower if the headaches happens. Oh and cover all the mirrors in the house.

But like mine have been so irregular the last couple of months and I don't bleed so it's so hard to know if I'm finally going insane or whoops just my period I'm fine 🙃

Erghhhhhhh last month I ate 4 times what I have in a day in the space of an hour distress

Ergghgggygygkfkwjdhwjdjwkdkwksnznsnz help meeeeee I'm meant to be losing weight asagiri

  • sweet_pecan [love/loves, they/them]
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    1 month ago

    im physically attached to this heating pad, i also cannot stop eating i feel like a black hole, i fucked up and got myself cookie butter. weed and ibuprofen help. also put on sad music to get the emotions out at the beginning of the day, im actully about to walk to the ocean and dramatically cry by the seaside listening to mitski.

    • Hime
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      1 month ago

      I made a hexbear account. That's how bad this one is omori-miserable

      I need to get one of those cuddley microwaveable warm plushes. I saw a penguin one and I neeeeed it.

      I get back into specifically Remembering Sunday every time like I go back to dorky emo girl every month. Like no other songs, just that one lol

      Omg don't the very idea of that is sending me. I want to gather shells now 😪 Romantic or bitter sweet anime youtube short edits send me into bits as well and i dont even watch anime anymore. I don't even go looking for them, I lingered too long one time I recognised one I'd seen back in school and now the algorithm suffocates me with them and i always cry and now I'm getting invested in characters and ships I don't even know. Why YouTube. Fuck off.

      • sweet_pecan [love/loves, they/them]
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        1 month ago

        I made a hexbear account. That's how bad this one is

        oh noooooo, welcome aboard lmao

        I need to get one of those cuddley microwaveable warm plushes. I saw a penguin one and I neeeeed it.

        extremely cute although i prefer the plug in ones because im lazy. hmmmm maybe you need something even stronger, sometimes the only way out of a sob spell is through!! im prescribing the saddest sapphic movie you can find, a cup of herbal tea, and then a brisk walk/stretch. also you gotta start reading fanfics of the ships you dont even know, im sorry thats law.

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          I know it's terminal i thought I'd became a cool grass toucher and everything sanji-pain

          You can get those? Erghhh that would make my lazy ways easier. My adhd has me listening to a rotation of true crime, serial killers, cave diving deaths, mountaineering disasters, reading about tarot and youtuber drama. I'm too far gone this month.

          Nooooo who the fuck is alya anyway and why does she hide her feelings in Russian? I'm like girl, get a grip and tell him or lose him to the sister who loves checks notes incest movies? Wait what?! This is all I've gotten of the plot so far and it's wild. I do not want to see where the fanfiction goes.

          • sweet_pecan [love/loves, they/them]
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            1 month ago

            You can get those? Erghhh that would make my lazy ways easier. My adhd has me listening to a rotation of true crime, serial killers, cave diving deaths, mountaineering disasters, reading about tarot and youtuber drama. I'm too far gone this month.

            FELT

            report back if you ever figure out why alya hides her feelings in russian

            im gonna force myself to go on a walk now sob. goodbye sweet heating pad.

            • Hime
              hexagon
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              1 month ago

              rosa-salute

              In between the comments ive found out her older sister knows our MC. Holy shit.

              Good luck have fun and be yourself!!

          • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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            1 month ago

            My adhd has me listening to a rotation of true crime, serial killers...

            Do you like Last Podcast on the Left?

            • Hime
              hexagon
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              1 month ago

              I've not listened to any podcasts catgirl-sorry

              • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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                1 month ago

                They are quite funny, just 3 dudes talking about creepy things both real and imaginary.

                I really dug their recent 2 parter on the history of executions. Sounds like you have a list of media already but if you want more i could link a couple of my favorite episodes on serial killers. Ah! Their creepy-pastas episodes, where they find the worst written short stories on the Internet and read them as seriously as they can? Hilarious.

                Have a look when you're in the market for new material! 🙂

                • Hime
                  hexagon
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                  1 month ago

                  Do they put stuff on YouTube? I'll find it there if so 💪

      • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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        1 month ago

        My spouse loves her menstruation crustacean, so I do second that. If you have rice and any clean old socks, you might be able to rig one for yourself with rice and maybe a bit of the lavender oil in the sock. Tie, microwave. You've really hit all the other things I've learned. Welcome to hexbear and good luck comrade.

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          I got a crab loofa yesterday! Omg it's so cute it's a plush crab holding the loofa. Crustacean/sea life related things!!!! Fuck yeaaaaaaaaaah.

          Oh God that's a lot of stress rn, might be one for the bf to puzzle out for me nia-smug

          Every time it's a bad month I go looking for a new miracle cure to feeling crap like I don't know how this is going to play out already.

          Awwwh thank you aubrey-happy

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Mood

      I swear I just become consumption. I want to be filled and I'm not bothered how.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      I don't follow sorry 😐 did you want more full stops?

      • Balefirex [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        I'm sorry, but I can't tell if you're playing into the bit or not

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          Wait this was a bit? dafoe-horror i was just confused and trying to be polite distress

          Edit: just in case .............................

          • Balefirex [he/him]
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            1 month ago

            In the US/Canada "full stops" are also called "periods" 😭

            • Hime
              hexagon
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              1 month ago

              Oh bocchi-cry do I need to delete my account now? I can't come back from this.

                • Hime
                  hexagon
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                  1 month ago

                  momo-hah

  • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]
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    1 month ago

    Currently enjoying this too. My cycle is so short I feel like I am bleeding all the time. And it is so heavy, I hate working on these days so much.

    Can't wait to grow old enough for this to stop. So over it.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      I really can't complain, my little sister gets them so much worse it's like agony-deep

  • Yukiko [she/her]
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    1 month ago

    Heating pad

    Midol

    Happy things like chocolate or painting minis

    No stress

    Guess what four things I haven’t had the last four days.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      We cope, that's what we do. I hate it. Hoping you get at least 1 of the 4 soon timmy-pray

      • Yukiko [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        I hope it just ends soon. Today's day 4 so it should finish soon. Should. Hopefully you find your answers cause PMS is a bitch.

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          Should... bear-despair

          • Yukiko [she/her]
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            1 month ago

            I’ll get by. I’ve been having these for a long time now. Probably will never get used to it, but that’s the price I pay for being me. meow-hug

            • Hime
              hexagon
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              1 month ago

              I'd just like a bit more consistency with mine but my routine does not help.

  • joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    My gf just went though the same thing last week, sounds fucking awful. She just drinks / smokes weed, so not much I can say to help, sorry!

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      meow-hug

      She's a trooper, I can't drink when I'm on, it just makes me cry more somehow.

  • Beetle [hy/hym]
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    1 month ago

    I usually vanish into the void and come back when it’s over… not the greatest strategy maybe idk :( I’ll kill my womb some day for its treachery

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Omg is this the "living as a duvet for a week" mood? I haven't got out of bed today yet

      • Beetle [hy/hym]
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        1 month ago

        It’s the staying in bed while dissociating to a point where you don’t feel alive anymore mood 😎

        • Hime
          hexagon
          ·
          1 month ago

          Throw in a cheeky splash of cluster b gang and it's just days of waiting for everyone to abandon me life.

  • reaper_cushions [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    My girlfriend always has some blackcurrant juice when she’s on her period. You might want to thin it out with some sparkling water, though.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Cranberry gang for me 💪

  • sunshinesoul [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    i know this sounds insane but my solution for cramps is to lie down with heavy things on my stomach. i swear it moves things along cowboy-cri

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Nooooo I totally get that! Any cramp pressure helps I feel.

      Omg your pfp is a chao 😍

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      5 days ago

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      • sunshinesoul [they/them]
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        1 month ago

        any sort of pressure on the abdomen helps me ! i will either passively have my heavy 200lb stupid gamer laptop on me (the heat helps too lol) or if i have the means i'll actually massage my abdomen, i think it helps improve blood flow or something? it helps!

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          5 days ago

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  • PurrLure [she/her]
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    1 month ago
    • short celebration that I'm not pregnant
    • ibuprofen
    • get away from other people asap
    • cranberry juice
    • binge-eating during the first 24 hours so that I can't feel the cramps as much, especially dessert
    • try to distract myself the best I can with video games
    • hot showers and ice-cold drinks
    • just not giving a fuck about body maintenance for the next 3-4 days
    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      My biggest mistake is going overboard with body maintenance in some kinda sad attempt to offset the self hate when I should just goblin mode for the week. I just don't wanna have to deal with the office while also looking and feeling like death.

      • PurrLure [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        Goblin mode is great, I catch up on body maintenance on like day 4-5 when the period has subsided to random ketchup squirts. Let the hair grow and the zits form, fuck it.

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          Greasy ass hair with a gappy fringe i hate it eviscerated

  • jaywalker [they/them, any]
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    1 month ago

    If you can get your hands on some Rick Simpson Oil (RSO), it'll probably help a lot more than smoking or edibles. Hard to find if you're not in a legal country/state, but very worth it if you can.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Yeah I have no idea where to get that here sadly 😔

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      momo-hah

      Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo little %&*@#

        • Hime
          hexagon
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          1 month ago

          Yeah go on, sneak out to hang with the lads and leave us to be the only parent and then wonder why the kid hates you smuglord

            • Hime
              hexagon
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              1 month ago

              Lol no stop atm I'm just going insane, anyone want anything?

  • TheDeed [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    Ngl one of the perks of transitioning was that testosterone effectively cured my endometriosis, can't have pain if you can't have periods

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Omfg dude that's sick! HRT keep winning meow-hug

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    mefanemic acid is available on prescription and works better than ibuprofen.

    I'm getting gf a TENS machine for Christmas in hopes that helps too.

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      rat-salute it does thank you 😊

    • Hime
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      Thank you bird-screm-2