Emily Handstock, a 25-year-old woman from Wales, is using TikTok to document her experience with severe period pain and advocate for more research into the condition. She hopes her campaign will lead to better education and healthcare for women.
Emily Handstock, 25, has struggled with period pain for 10 years and has documented the agony she has gone through on TikTok. She wants other women and girls to take part in severe period pain research which could help shape education and healthcare and improve the lives of women in the future. Emily, who lives in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has felt the agonising effects of her period since she was 15.
'It was horrendous bleeding, I'd have to leave school and go home and change – I'd bleed through tampons and pads,' she said. At times, she felt like she would pass out because of the pain, but felt society had 'normalised' what she was going through. 'Throughout my teenage years I was told, 'you're just experiencing a painful period. You're fine. Just have some ibuprofen and suck it up',' she said. 'The mental toll is also awful, you feel like people won't believe you and worry about being well enough for school or work.' Emily works as a sales manager and said her company had been very supportive and accommodating when she struggled. 'I'm really lucky that I can work from home to help accommodate the pain, to make sure I'm as comfortable as I can be,' she said.'I have savings, it's something I've always done in the knowledge this could financially impact me by taking time off, I think that's a real worry for lots of people who suffer that they may run out of sick days.'reported that the economic cost of taking time off due to issues such as severe period pain or ovarian cysts is estimated to be nearly £11bn a year in England alon
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