"How do you sit there in silence, like you're at the library?" We have to. We have to still go about our day, do our jobs, take care of our families. All while bleeding, bloating, headache, spine ache, legs ache, clothes don't fit, trying to keep emotions in check, worrying about spotting through our clothing, and we have to do it with a smile, because if we let anything out, some guy asks 'what's wrong, are you on the rag or something?'
It's not just because of vocal misogyny, it's because the world isn't set up to give up the time we need to deal with it. I've done an 8 hour retail shift at what I assume is a level 12-15 based on this video, because I didn't have paid time off and needed the money. Genuinely, if men had to deal with periods, developed countries would have already normalized days off, and there would be no stigma around mentioning that you were on your period and needed a break.
@@angelicalicari8355 Yas girl!! I have endo and so I can understand this so much! If men had blood coming out of their penius, severe abdominal, back, hip, and leg pain, with fertility issues, there would be a national declaration to put funding toward curing it.
@@Kaye09MNchick Right? I have messed myself all up being on different forms of birth controls for the last 30 years just trying to keep my period manageable so I don't lose my job. I had to laugh a couple years ago when they tried to put out a male birth control pill, but it was immediately pulled from the market due to the side effects the men were getting. The same side effects they've been giving us for decades. Fine for us, I guess, but we can't have men possibly getting blood clots.
Ciara is so realistic, usually with period pains you dont tell anyone or show that you're feeling pain unless you're with someone you completely trust and feel comfortable with.
Exactly! In the every day world, women walk around with that kind of pain, function normally, and do everything in their power to avoid giving off any sign of distress, because of the period jokes, or the judgement they'd get from male peers and contemporaries.
One time since I’m so so used to ignoring them that when I felt this horrible pain that somewhat resembled a bad cramp I ignored it. I thought it was my period… until I realized I wasn’t on my period, and it hadn’t started, and the pain was only getting worse. Only in that moment did I mention it to my mom and she suggested we see a doctor just in case. And if it was period pains I should get on birth control. I went to the doctor only for them to send me to the ER… yeah…. I had an ovarian cyst that ruptured and had bleed internally :)
Yeah occasionally have strong dew cramps to feel like somethings trying to stab it's way out from the inside. So when I felt that, I just rode it out for a few days, but after about 4 days of not being able to sleep or eat, I went to the ER. Turns out it wasn't cramp but Gull Stones.
My sister never showed me or our parents any signs that she might be having period cramps, so either she isn't completely comfortable with us, or perhaps her cramps just aren't too severe 😅. Some even claim to never experienced period cramps during periods.
@@mariia099 See that's the difference, I don't go to the internet with some semi-incel behaviour and type "Look guys my WIFE said this and said that". Nobody gives a flying F what your wife thinks because nobody should give a flying F what any woman other than Mom thinks.
aside from the pain, there's also that gush coming out of you everytime you either sneeze or exert a litte bit of force. oftentimes a little bit of both
This video has guys realizing what grown women suffer through but just keep in mind girls sometimes younger than 11yo go through this every month and still go to school and stuff.
that!! 👆 i started at the age of 10 and teachers just did not believe me until i passed out from pain and fatigue. and i‘m still completely shocked that 30 years later we are still not much farther into solving those issues for women. because we handle it, we go on with our days. handle work, kids, household, all of that and being told why we are so fucking moody. i really hope my girls have much nicer experience and maybe some more help with this. really it‘s time to solve that!
I went through high school in the early nineties on codeine. Don’t remember it. Except I know I vomited a fair bit. When I was at university in the nineties I would regularly pass out while lying down. I even passed out in the bath once. Full of blood of course. I’m nearly fifty now. Never been able to have kids so it was all a waste of time anyway. Can’t wait for it to be over. Definitely a design flaw this body.
As a substitute teacher my lead teachers will let me know which of their NINE YEAR OLDS is experiencing wicked cramps to help me give them the kindness they need even more.
The happiest thing I loved about my awful, toilet hugging, vomiting period is a 7 day would go up in 3 days with other women living in the house. It was heaven on earth. I thought something was wrong 🤔 with me til my mom told me it was normal and mysterious.
"It's like someone has reached a fist up through my penis and is kneading my insides like dough." As a woman, this is the most apt description for period pain I have ever heard... this is how I will be explaining it from now on 🤣
This *is* how I describe it. Somebody is reaching in, and squeezing my insides as hard as they can, and the pain goes down my leg bones, and around my back. Bloody awful.
As a woman with SEVERE period pain that’s had it downplayed by just about every male partner I’ve ever had, that is was immensely satisfying and cathartic.
We need new standards for male partners, the standard should be to bring a warm water bottle, snacks, tea/coffee and painkiller. Anything else should be labelled as non-mating material.
Theres no such thing as a labor or period simulator. It's a simple muscle activator instead of doing sit ups you put this on your stomach and it will send electrical signals to contract your muscles
@@larrytrickett9115 hate to break it to you bro but that’s what happens but to an extreme level during cramps and labor that’s why it’s called simulation. Ever given thought as to WHY they are called contractions during pre-birth? But thank you for being out here further proving my point that education on the female body needs to be far more comprehensive for men.
@@starchrissy6084Oh yeah I probably have that, my mom thinks I do and like all my friends. Context for my pain tolerance, I have spilled boiling water on me, I got second degree burns and my whole reaction was a little flinch. I also once got thrown into a heater that left a scar going from my spine to my side, I didn't even notice that I was bleeding and a friend had to point it out. I didn't believe him until I put my hand there and saw all the blood. However normally I can barely stand from my cramps, now I have a birth control that is made for just that which jas helped a lot but sadly increase nausea to an insane amount. If you ever find some nice pain killers that works please tell me so I can function.
That bit about wanting to tell someone to shut the fuck up no matter what they're saying was so real lol. When I'm in the midst of period pain I find every single word out of anyone's mouth the most annoying thing I've ever heard. xD
That one plus the feeling whatever they said might have been important but I ame at zero capacity to process the meaning and/or consequences if I do or don´t act according to it.
I once told my dad to leave me alone on the day I started my period lmao, I think it might even have been my last one. I felt bad about it after but I was so stressed and out of it that I couldn’t help it (he was trying to help me if anything, but I just really wanted to be left alone)
Until he said something, I didn't even realize this was their first time meeting; they have such great chemistry, I assumed they'd been friends or more for a while before this filming.
My wife deals with stage 4 Endo and there were times I found her unconscious in her vomit on the floor… the pain is unbelievable. It’s great you did this video. I really hope a lot of young girls learn more about endometriosis, so they can be treated a lot faster. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of women out there who think very very severe pain is „normal“. Thank for raising awareness! ❤
@Pandapuff zee I was not diagnosed with endo until during a totally unrelated surgery my doctor found adhesions eeeeverywhere in my abdominal cavity. Some of it was even constricting a part of my lungs, and the doctor thought I had asthma!
Callyann saying “We’ll done! Now try that for seven days straight.” made me actually fall out of my chair. I honestly thought he was about to strangle her for a second.
But it's the truth, sometimes you have that pain from start to finish of your period. Keep in mind, most females get their periods in their early teens and have it til well into their 50's, not fun. Mine started when I was 13 and I'm 52 and still get it but I've started menopause ( a whole nother horror story) and don't always get my period every month but mostly I do.
Plus.... I'm sure im not the only female that has the pain occasionally on the front as well as the back, that's a double whammy of pain on a whole nother level.
I just had a hysterectomy a few weeks ago due to extreme period pain. I mean so extreme I couldn't walk. I'd vomit from the pain. Sometimes I'd just lie on the bathroom floor begging to die. 24 hours post-op my husband asked me how my pain was from the surgery and I told him it felt like I was just on my period and then I cried because I realized that that meant my "painful periods" were quite literally "post major surgery" level of pain and that once I healed I never had to suffer through it again.
I also had a hysterectomy at 33 (I’m 36 now). Best decision of my life. I was just like you. I bled every day. I was anemic. The pain was horrendous. I had stage 3 endo. Now I wonder why I waited so long!!
Can't believe that was Dermot's and Saifa's first encounter and the first thing he says is: "I'm sure it will be fun". Twenty stages of electroshocks later and they have a life-bonding experience. Dermot is ready to become a mother now.
Now imagine being told to go exercise cos that will help reduce the pain. (it can be helpful for some people experiencing mild period cramps, but I was literally told by a doctor to go for a run whilst my vision was going fuzzy and I was seconds away from passing out)
That honestly was the response my PE teachers told me throughout Jr high and high school (all males) as well as my first gynecologist (also male, quickly replaced). Maybe for some, light exercise helped, but it just made me curl up in the fetal position for hours
Do you remember that show that used to be on HBO where they try to burn a woman alive and she walks out of the ashes unharmed with three dragons? That was based on Ciara.
I am genuinely and sincerely intimidated by her and I with my two hands have brought two lives into the world and taken more than a few out while I served.
Ciara is such an excellent example of how we've become so good at smiling and keeping a calm facade while going through debilitating pain (not to mention going through all the other physical/hormonal changes going on at the same time).
Ciara is a great example of someone with a very high pain tolerance (and possibly a bit of a masochistic side). She doesn't seem to feel pain easily and she does is almost seems that she fines it fun.
Every time I see Ciara in a pain, hot food (or just a new item to her) challenge, I never believe/trust her reaction as genuine to the viewers. Just feels like she's SO competitive, that she doesn't give an honest reaction...like she wouldn't dare want to give the illusion making others think she's 'weak' or unaffected in any way or something. It's a bit silly, IMO. I do love her sense of humor and personality, though. Not to mention, she's so pretty 😊 Just my observation/opinion. It's a try channel, so she shouldn't be trying to hide the reactions. I'm not basing my opinion on this particular video as I've just started it. No hate whatsoever, folks. I love all of them ✌️ 💕 from Canada 🇨🇦
What a lot of people don't understand is that after 3 days of feeling that much pain, you are just exhausted, and yet you still have to keep going, be professional at work, ignore it all and act like you had nothing going on.
I think Dermot went through the most accurate range of emotions. Rage, irrational rage, horny, hopeless, sad, and then even worse rage to get to the end of it
@Arthur Daffos yeah? And I literally said I like older Irish men you think I restrict that to exclusively jacked dudes? Also he doesn't really have a beer belly, he is just like average dad-bod.
@@ConstantChaos1 hey dont take it like its just a question dude, and besides, older men tends to have kind of a belly on average, it wasn't meant to be mean
I'm glad that they gave it to the girls first. That way they can guage it and tell the guys how it would be compared to and also see how accurate the device is.
I gotta wonder, though, what number the guys would've stopped at if they had gone first, before seeing the ladies go up to the higher levels! Guys can be so competitive / need to prove themselves 😉
@@rosey_ie girls sounds better. For example when my girlfriend wants her friends over she says, "I'm inviting the girls over". She doesn't say "I'm inviting the women over". Also it's girlfriend, not womenfriend
@@SilverFang95 It’s also boyfriend, but they don’t get called “boys” too often, do they? Referring to grown women as “girls” is an infantilising term that feeds a patriarchal ideal of women being less able, less mature, less independent than “men”. For your own sake, when referring to women you don’t know, call them women. If you want to refer to your female friends as girls and they’re all ok down with that, then knock yourself out. But grown ass women on the internet discussing periods and all they entail, are women, not girls.
Ciara can drink hard alcohol, eat the hottest peppers, and deal with her own periods with a straight face but totally loses it when Jamie was experiencing it😂
I had a cyst the size of a grapefruit on my uterus removed about a year ago. The period cramps I used to have (with the cyst) were absolutely horrible. The cramps I get now are like a walk in the park compared to that. Very grateful for that!
I had a big cyst they removed it. Others started but a menopause consultant recommended the Mirena coil and it helped a lot. Stopped menopause bleeding and reduced the cysts to nothing
I have PCOS and there was one period that was so bad with it that I couldn't hardly move. I still got up and took care of my two kids but it was so hard. Thankfully my mom came over and helped. She had endometriosis when she was younger so she is very understanding.
I had a large cyst on my ovary that was causing such pain that I threw up multiple times. I went to the er, they said there was nothing to do. Then that night the cyst burst and twisted my ovary (ovarian torsion is a thing!) And had to have emergency surgery. Lost a fallopian tube and still have a damn period every month. Most painful experience in my life still.
Dermot hit the nail on the head when he said it feels like someone has reached inside and is kneading your insides like dough. Just imagine that happening at random all day, while dealing with the bleeding, worrying about leaking, etc. I loved this. Good on ya Tryers!
I was saying "Wait until he feels the claws ripping you insides out..." Because that's what most of my cramps, which I get BEFORE AND DURING EVERY FRIGGIN CYCLE are like... o.o
Can we just admire the editing job done on Dermot's rant. Also, I love how the women were like, "yeah, #8 is about right for a standard cramp." and the men's foreheads turned shiny at #4 lol
Dermot's description is probably the most accurate. It is like someone has reached inside you and is rhythmically squeezing your guts. Back pain, bloating (pain) and breast sensitivity (more pain) also accompany it but obviously the levels vary between people and those with endo and fibroids are on a different scale.
Having them be questioned "can you go about your normal day with this?" throughout the shoot was definitely a good move because the whole point of the experience is to witness and empathize with what it's like and they all easily got pulled into "competitive mode" with wanting to reach the highest level. Periods are not about how much pain can you endure, it's about can you live your life like any other day WHILE having to endure a rollercoaster of pain and other symptoms. I mean, if you're going through a level 15 pain and someone is trying to give you small talk about the weather being particularly cold this morning you'd want to punch them in the neck too.
Exactly this. I nearly got fired a few times because I would take 4-5 sick/unauthorised days off every month from work. I have endo which means the pain would be so bad that I'm almost passing out.
Not to minimize anyone's experience, but I could wear a TENS unit all day standing on my head. I've set my own broken leg and pulled my own teeth. I'm not frightened of a cramp.
@Riverbreak no, but every time I see something like this, people act like men never feel discomfort or pain. Like if we only knew what pain felt like... I'm here to tell you, I know what pain feels like, I use that device to treat pain.
Fibroids hurt like endo is described. The drop in hormone levels cuts off the blood flow to the tissue, and dying tissue gives off THE WORST pain and cramp triggers.
It’s also pretty accurate that they are feeling it in other parts of their bodies too. Periods aren’t just the abdomen. It’s in the back and the legs and the head. Sometimes your entire body just hurts.
And another thing is the relief they feel after the TENS unit is turned off is exactly how we feel when the cramps end. It’s just like “Oh. That feels nice.”
@@d3l3tes00n the ulcerative colitis guy probably had those poos when he got home lol (since these machines basically stimulate your abdominal muscles).
Ciara has a massive pain tolerance. From straight Everclear without a flinch, to watching this and calmly saying "Go up." Ciara is a beast, my favorite TRYer.
I worked it out one day. My period goes for 7 days every month. So I have a period every month for 40yrs, I'm childfree by choice, I'll have menstruated for around 9 yrs in total.
I lived with endometriosis for several years until the mass tore my uterus and turned it inside out. By then I was so adapted to the pain level I walked around like that for six months. I'll never forget the pain. I had a hysterectomy at 36 and didn't even need pain meds past a week cause I was so relieved of pain. I feel sorry for these guys, it takes control of your body. But all men should have to experience this in school health classes.
I've always admired Ciara's stoic responses to spicy foods, strong alcohol, etc. but I don't think I've ever been more entertained by her than this video where she is observing Jamie and crying laughing. And I think we all know what Saifa's favorite level is.
It is important for people to realize that it's not just pain we have to deal with. When it is at its worst I get excruciating cramps, cold sweats, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea and sensory overload. I've even fainted at times. All I can do is hope the pain killers will kick in eventually and just...cope. I can't listen to music or even look at a screen to distract myself due to the sensory overload and if someone tries to talk to me I feel physical pain from the sound. I feel like I'm being tortured for information and would gladly betray my country at that point. Thankfully it isn't this bad every single month.
Yea that was how I was in high school I actually fainted a couple times in class and I had to go home from school. From being lightheaded to having hot and cold flashes to severe migraines to having cramp to running to the bathroom throwing up or in a puke bucket depending on where I was to being barely able to move it was awful. and it didn’t help that my periods were so irregular that it was hard to track and so when finally after many years of pain I finally got told of a medication that is made specifically for periods and so far for me it’s been working.
@@posionapple4836 I'm glad you found something that helped! Do you mean a pain killer specifically for cramps? If so then I hope I can get them in my country.
Right, those things are also what prevent me, to say, drive in a car in the first place, like the guy mentioned in the video, but as most of us adult women work and live alone, there are def times where I HAD to drive myself to run errands that can’t wait, while I was on my period and having a cramp-y day. Oh man it was so tense.
I'm the same way. I also get menstrual migraines in addition to everything you listed. And I have lumbar spine issues, so I also have constant pain in my back. I get back cramps first before the ovarian. Mine only lasts about 2 days because I'm perimenopausal, but it's 2 days that I wish to be unconscious for. Painkillers do not work on me.
As someone who screams and vomits and has the pain radiate up my back and down my legs, I’m so glad these 3 guys got to experience a fraction of the pain I feel.
Boys should have this experience at the same age as when girls have them, so they would understand what that feels like to have to be at school feeling like this
As someone who has endometriosis and has done the period simulation I can confidently say that 15 is my "pre-period" cramps & it gets much worse than 20. I actually feel like I'm tearing inside; I often can't stand up straight for the first 24 hours & my pain gets so bad that I usually end up throwing up for the first 4-6 hours. & yes, I usually still have to go into work. Kudos to all the tryers that did this. Raising awareness of period pain is much appreciated. Y'all rock.
I'm a trans dude and I get this. I never took a day off bleeding or not. It was so painful I'd pass out some days. Cismen have no idea and wish women to have kids? Oh heck no.
@@RUclipsrGrudge sometimes it's because they are too small and too numerous, and the risk too great if you expect to conceive one day. I have PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, where tiny cysts form on the ovaries, and sometimes the tiny ones will burst, or a large one will, which kicks the pain level to a 25-28. Yeah, unless ya have ovaries or a cervix, ya really don't get it. But great job getting a taste of what it's like, guys.👍
Kneading dough was rather accurate, but I would add kneading on a surface that has been “petted” for too long, with the added headaches and nausea. And back pain. And bone soreness.
Every month. For DECADES. A week long. Its literally mini-labor. You're delivering the uterine line -- the cramps are just mini contractions. Plus bloating, plus mental fog, plus exhaustion, plus insomnia, plus back cramps, plus inflammation of chronic pain, plus period poops, on and on and on and on. Nonstop. All day. Sucks, doesn't it?
As someone with chronic endometriosis, I am SO GLAD to see this video done so well - and shout out to Callyann for the recognition and education!! "Now try that for 7 days straight"
@@annefriendly4437 too bloody right! Oh, yeah, the blood... I had a hysterectomy 18 months ago, so the majority of my symptoms are vastly improved (hysterectomy is not a cure ladies, don't let anyone tell you different), but I don't miss the iron supplements and b12 shots, the monthly budget for replacement underwear, clothes, towels, and bedding, or the migraines and bloating... for up to 18 days a month (I was never a polite 3-7 day lass hahaha)
I was so glad she acknowledged it! Before my hysterectomy, I was in pain every day and to the point that I was honestly considering suicide. Went to an obgyn, and he didn't believe how much pain I was in. "Let's try some other things first." I told him to f off and walked out. Thankfully, my sister's doctor got me in. He knew right away. I wouldn't have lasted two more months. I couldn't have.
Was told for years I was exaggerating my period cramps. Had surgery and they didn't find any signs of cysts or Endometriosis, so was completely written off as making it up. I recently saw a physical therapist and she found out that a car accident in my teens twisted my pelvis out of place and the surrounding muscles were compensating for it. Started doing treatments for it and my cramps went from a 7 out of 10 to a 4 and that has made a huge difference in my life. It took 20 years for someone to diagnose and treat my cramps because nobody believed me.
I’ve never seen three more happy and understood ladies in Ciara, Saifa, and Callyann. I honestly thought Ciara was gonna piss herself from laughing so much with the antics(and we’ll deserved sir) of Jamie. This was so damn brilliant, and deserves a part 2 with different male and female Try’ers. I’m seeing the likes of Irish Jesus, Paddy, Martin, and the Sharpsons paired up with Lolsy, Mary Claire, Justine, Kellie, and Clisare.
Saifa was wiping sweat like she ran a marathon but nailed it, Ciara went into pure meditation mode and Callyann was the most adorable mama vibes I've ever seen but I can also relate to with the teddy and chocolate. 😂 Those poor guys were just watching their doom approach and it had me in stitches...this video was a blast to watch.
The first time I ever gave birth I did it without pain relief and looked my mum dead in the eye and said “why didn’t you tell me this was easier than a period, I would have had children sooner”. I also broke my arm as a kid whilst on my period and didn’t realise because my period was more painful. It wasn’t until my dad realised I couldn’t grip anything that I got an X-ray and it had been 2 weeks at that point. I understand I have very painful periods but I get some awful comments from men about the pain and most are in a $exually vulgar way 🤢
I make jokes about it, but I also have a wife and 2 girls. I've seen both ends of the spectrum so if it doesn't make them laugh, I do my best to go the other way before I end up in the trash can. Mad respect to everyone that has to go through that shit
Quite impressed that the boys were conjuring some of the same mental imagery and descriptive language I commonly use for different stages of my period 😂
The hand and arm movements got me. When I'm really in the higher ends of the pain, I can't stop moving my arms and legs, opening and closing my hands. It doesn't bring any physical relief, so I'm not sure why I do it, but I do.
What do you expect them to do to make it MORE realistic? We can't make mood swing simulator and what knot, although teenagehood was probably accurate enough to make them feel THAT. >_< @@247Barcaro
I started my period the first week of 6th grade at school. So miserable and embarrassing because you feel like every one can see or knows it. I would have awful cramps that would double me over in pain but I still had to go to school every day. PE was the worst when I was on my period, every thing hurt but you still had to do the bear crawls, jump the hurdles, etc. and I always had the diarrhea with mine so it made me not want to eat because eating made the diarrhea worse. And my cramps and bleeding would go a full 7 days, it was a week of misery that was worse than the flu each month. I prayed just to get through the school day without any of the boys finding out because otherwise they would taunt you and make fun of you all day. So you just had to endure the pain, slap a smile on your face, act like you were fine as best as you could, and slap a new pad on with an added layer of toilet paper on top just to get you through each class period and then go to the bathroom to change every thing out between each class so you didn’t bleed through. My period cramps were like someone stuck a knife in my abdomen and was just raking it back and forth across it and twisting it at the same time. I so looked forward to menopause but then menopause brings its own issues like night sweats, hot flashes, dry skin, sagging skin, brain fog, tiredness and weight gain that’s hard to lose. But with all that being said, I’m glad I’m a woman and I have a good husband and 2 wonderful children. Constant Period pain prepare us for labor/child birth pain and makes us able to endure and persevere through much pain and be able to still function and run after our children, take care of our homes and be there for our husbands as well.
I started my period shortly into 5th grade; it was just as awful as you described it-I’ve been looking forward to menopause since I was 10 years old. I’m SO grateful for birth control; it helped make my periods regular at least, and less dramatic, and in my 30s my doctor suggested I stop taking the usual week off, so I don’t have to have a period at all. It’s made a *huge* difference to have that option available; I wish everyone were so lucky.
I love how the Guy with Callyann said 'i'll never make a period joke again' and then said 'periods Am I right' and immediatly after that the person on the controls just turns it up to 10 and he screamed. It was so funny🤣🤣🤣
I liked at the end when Callyann was going on and on while Colin just sat there, numb to all the surroundings. A bomb could have gone off right beside him and he wouldn't have flinched.
As a woman with stage 3 Endometriosis, I love that it was brought up. There have been so many days where I can't get out of bed. I even lost my appendix to it. I don't think people realize just hot bad it can get. Endo can form on anything including your bowel and if it progresses enough it can't be treated without risking perforating the bowel. I've tried so many different meds to stop the pain and even ended up in the ER many times just to get it to stop.
I really want someone to take a group of guys who agree and try to give them as accurate experience as possible. Give them laxatives, dehydrate them for headaches, make them wear a pad and sometimes have it be wet, and make them wear the cramp machine throughout their days
For a week. With the flow varying. Oh, and the "sometimes have it be wet," but with RED, so taht it shows through the clothes. Oh, and don't forget The Glops. You gotta have The Glops at least one day out of that week. My sister once showed me a Glop that was the size of an egg. Mine, fortunately, have never been THAT big. My sister's periods were so bad that she was anemic. After YEARS of asking for help, she finally got a uterine ablation (since she's a widow in her fifties, they decided it was FINALLY OK to stop her fertility), and it was like a switch. NO pain, no mess, no hormones, no falling to the floor crying over absolutely nothing, and then crying harder over the fact that she lost control and sobbed over NOTHING. I was very fortunate. I didn't even get cramps above, say, a 3, until I went to college. Then, one day of every month, I HATED EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THE WORLD.
Meh. I’ve had multiple sclerosis for 10 years. Sensation in my legs is patchy, what I can feel burns and cramps. I either can’t go to the bathroom or have severe movements for an hour. My whole body spasms. My muscles hurt and my body is always sore. Every day for ten years. And you know what? My wife and best friend still complain about their periods to me. I’m sympathetic on the outside but really it’s just tiring to hear. I’d trade a testicle for 7 days a month. Sounds lovely.
Also, someone should be around telling them "you're overreacting, c'mon you was born for that, where's my dinner, wanna have $e× tonight, let's go out, you can go to the pharmacy yourself, why are you mad?"" The list is countless 😂
Also, give them 5 bowls of broccoli and ice cream BEFORE the laxative to properly experience the period poo. Don't allow them to wear deodorant and make them wear a hot sweater.
I am so happy to be post menopause, no more periods, no more Endometriosis, it's horrific! and worse than labour pains. I am not sure what these ladies were talking about because my period pain and Endo were full on, no waves involved. Burning pain and cramps from my gut to my knees. So, so glad those days are over. It makes Fibromyalgia a walk in the park.
I’m pretty sure I have endo… not sure if I always had it or maybe I did cause I bleed very very heavy growing up. I got crippled in my back and hip at my old job. I’ve literally fallen so hard cause those two things do NOT mix well. I’ve lost the ability to walk for hours at one point.
cierra trying to hold her laughs at jamie flipping out was grand, but then dermot saying "tell me im bad" made me loose it fully. and then threatening the trolls in the audience just brought it home... i was on the floor laughing
And now imagine that biological speaking women feel pain more intense and faster then men. We suffer more, we feel pain faster and more intense then men but still beeing judged more for it and in general and in regards to pain are not taken as serious as men. And still you hear a lot of men say: Keep it together it can’t be that painful or „you’re overreacting - stop beeing so emotional“. I think something like this should be mandatory for every guy to get a sense about the pain that women going through.
Women have a higher pain tolerance, as well as higher levels of endurance. Men have superior muscle strength and bursts of power. Our bodies are designed for our biological roles. 😊
As someone who suffered immense pain for years due to Endo/fibroids/cysts, before finally getting actual help from a doctor... thank you for showcasing the struggles we face. Ordinary period pains can be really painful, but 7 days a month of a level 20 constant pain is debilitating. I had to get FMLA off from work because I got so tired of trying to sit at my desk pretending everything was fine, when I was being repeatedly stabbed by hot fire pokers from the inside. So I think it's common for ladies to get up to a level 15 on their periods... but anything 15-20 for long periods of time, please go to a gynecologist. Something is likely wrong. And don't listen to doctors who try to deter you from surgery because you are too young, and may still wants kids. Biitch no, I want to live my life pain free. I switched to a better doctor, got the endo tissue/cysts/fibroids removed, as well as a hysterectomy. 2 years later and I am still so glad I made that decision. If I want to be a mom, I'll adopt. At least now I can actually enjoy my pain free life for once. The amount of pain women are used to hiding from others while on their periods is wild.
@KiraJade88, there are shit doctors who think women must give birth. Reading the stories that women share about their less than pleasant experiences with their ex-gynecologist is disheartening. Who is anyone to judge your pain and say you must carry on.
I feel your pain, truly. Had fibroids/endo/cysts on my uterus, ovaries and tubes. Ten pounds of cysts/scar tissue removed, along with everything but one ovary. It was awful and painful and I bled through so many clothes/sheets/towels. I couldn’t sleep over at anyone’s house for fear it would come early and I’d wake up in a crime scene. I was on prescription painkillers just to function and everyone told me it was normal/okay/just muscle through. I finally had to have the hysterectomy because the cysts were spreading. They were roughly the size of a turkey and no one would help me until it was too late because I wasn’t married and didn’t have kids. The fact that bearing children is more important than my health and my life? I was losing blood to the point where I was always anemic, taking iron supplements just to be able to function. My comfort was nil. The constant embarrassment of bleeding through my clothes, using three or four super absorbent pads at a time. But all of that was secondary to my destiny as an incubator. It’s awful that women have to endure such embarrassing, debilitating conditions in silence because they aren’t women unless they make babies.
14:05 For me it doesn't feel as much as punching as it feels like being stabbed internally, over and over, from my opening up to the uterus. That's why these simulators are not really a good equivalent. It is internal shooting pain, and feeling organs shifting and squeezing inside. Nothing exterior, ever. Also, really intense lower back pains, coming from the inside. Like you have knives inside of your lower back/pelvic area.
@@SamAsm367No WE dont, there are women with Zero and very little Periode pain you can Not compare mild cramps to debilitating ones and pretend IT IS the Same, IT IS Not! That some women are almost Symptom less IS a massiv Problem when IT comes to understanding and being compassionate towords those who do cause they think ITS the Same so ITS Not that big of a deal . . . Like being uncomfortable but able to Work and fainting because the pain IS so Bad are Not . . ."WE all manage pain Like a champ"
Jamie giggling maniacally at Level 4 had me cracking up, along with all of his and Dermot's noises and the reactions of the ladies! The editing when Dermot was cursing and Colin looking like he was in labor 🤣 As usual, Ciara crushed it like the extraordinary being she is. Callyanne is such a cheerleader, she's adorable! That has to be awkward that this was the first time Dermot and Saifa met to shoot a video and it's something like this. They all killed it, though, and brought a huge smile to my face. I hope this becomes a series and the other TRYers do this as well.
I'm a 63 year old man. I have never had more love, admiration and respect for women than I do after watching this. This should be required viewing for every boy's health class in school. Mad love to you all.
@@IAMDARTHVADERBITCH the labor simulation thing is the same. It is still a tens unit, but they put more patches on you so you can feel it all over your abdomen and lower back.
Its just a tens unit, even on the lowest setting they hurt far more than period pain and in mine and my sisters experiences a bit more than birth. With epidural of course.
Ciara not being able to compose herself through the guys turn is so funny. I rewatch it periodically and every time I get a kick out of their reactions lol
Generally, the pain is in predictable waves, or is a pretty sustained level (my sisters and friends w/out endo agree; my friends who have endo just chuckle in envious despair). I rarely had very sudden stabbing pains that would trigger your startle reflex, personally. You just reach for that point where your brain can shut off as many processing facilities as possible, ride the pain, grit your teeth, focus on pressing your pelvis down into the seat as hard as you can, and drive. Fantasizing about committing violence on anyone who even considers stopping you from going straight into a boiling hot bath also helps. Actually, internal monologues about committing violence is one of the go-to methods for dealing with periods, in my experience.
and into this the headaches, the backache, the hot flushes, the diarrhoea and nausea, the sudden doubling over, the stomach pain that takes turns with the actual cramps, the sleeplessness, the exhaustion... i could go on.. and all of this whilst going through that pain for up to 10 straight days
I used to think of someone taking a teaspoon, sharpening one side of it, and more or less scraping out my insides, followed by a salt or acid/ lemon wash down....
Jamie, "Its calling to me nuts, I swear. It's calling to me nuts." Putting Jamie and Ciara together for this shoot was genius. Actually, all of them were pretty great.
Callyann: "im really happy we did it. youre traumatised, but im just really happy this was an educational experience.." Collin: *sits there looking looks traumatised as hell*
And, these men will never feel the full extent of a period. The headaches, bloating, the blood, backaches and weird cravings, etc. They just had a simulator to make them feel the cramps. They had it easy.
You are wrong, you dont understand biology. You cannot compare that kind of pain on two different persons. Why, ? Because body evolves aroud habits. Want it easy to understand: i am a welder for years. You would severely burn yourself picking up the hot pieces i move everyday for the last 20 years........ And in february, i work outside allday long at -25 degrees...... Can you ? Not now, but live a canadian winter, and you ll be fine... Evolution
The way men react is always so funny to me. I’ve been called a drama queen all my life so to see men actually feel what we go through is so validating.
I never understood that, but I grew up with a Dad who *understood* pain. Not that *specific* pain, but the daily agony of missing hip sockets. He's also away of female biology on an intellectual level. Really, the one thing that frustrated him about period cramps is that there wasn't anything he could really *do* to *stop* them. All I'd have to do is say, "I'm on my period," and he'd turn doting and ask if he should go get Mom while I lie down.
@@Pip8448 Thanks. I'm glad, too, and wouldn't trade him for the world. He's my best friend despite his insistence that he and Mom are *not* my and my siblings' friends, they are *authority figures.* He tries *really hard* to be a good dad and mostly succeeds. Sometimes he worries and fusses too much, but I can't exactly fault him for that without being the pot calling the kettle black. Besides, he's got reason to worry. Just about lost his mom when he was barely a teen. Him not panicking whenever someone is even slightly ill is an achievement.
I love how Ciara just...explains everything and Jamie is just like..."oh fuck that sounds awful but I'm going to make an understand 'mhmm' face" That being said, each girl's support for their male brethren was very heartwarming
When he said it feels like someone is kneading your innards was so accurate! That's really what it feels like, I just never thought to express it that way. I laughed so hard at this.
I always thought describing it like someone was wrapping a hand around an internal organ and the squeezing with all it's might and then letting slightly go and then squeezing all over again was a very accurate way to describe it.
I think this video perfectly demonstrates how we respond differently to period pains. Some women are so stoic you can barely tell something’s off, like Ciara. Others, like Saifa, can handle the strong pains but they show their suffering. Callyann represents those of us, like me, who have lower pain tolerances and need to medicate in order to survive the day. But, regardless of where we all fall on this spectrum, we’re all so strong to deal with what nature’s burdened us with - the men’s reactions prove it. ❤ This video was my gateway into the Try channel and I think the fact that I keep rewatching it and its new video sibling speaks for itself. Thank you all!
This was brilliant! I've seen some videos like this but never one with women doing it also. Seeing the difference between how the women handled it and then the men was fabulous! Thanks!!!
The way this was set up was really nice, having the gals test it ahead of time didn't just give them a chance to assess its accuracy, it also gave the guys a bit of an idea of how we just generally have to deal before trying it for themselves. Applause not just to the guys for this one (you all did amazingly!!) but also the gals for trying to talk a bit through to help and for going through an extra little bit of period awfulness. Sincerely, Someone who has been curled up in a ball in bed with midol, water, and a purring cat to deal with a particularly bad cramp day today.
That guy who said "i may never physically recover from this" his face is actually the face i have when i get my worst cramps and the wave has ended and ur just exhuasted as fuck from the pain lool i feel you bro.
FYI: we just posted a new video trying this again with six new TRYers! Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/UJPOi2xHbh4/видео.html
What was used for the simulation? I want to buy one.
Sooo no one here has passed a couple kidney stones … lol 😅
I’m convinced if men had periods they would have special hospitals where they could check in once a month for pain control 😂
Find some real men who do labor for 60 hours a week 4 weeks a month. Just a suggestion.
😂😂😂
Fair point for Dermot asking if he's gonna sh*t himself, because period sh*ts are part of the whole experience.
😂 YES lolol
I was thinking of that! I get that more often than the cramps!
Absolutely.
Pepto bismol chewables help with that. I keep them in my purse. They even help with period pain.
There is even a scientific reason why period poops happen.
"How do you sit there in silence, like you're at the library?" We have to. We have to still go about our day, do our jobs, take care of our families. All while bleeding, bloating, headache, spine ache, legs ache, clothes don't fit, trying to keep emotions in check, worrying about spotting through our clothing, and we have to do it with a smile, because if we let anything out, some guy asks 'what's wrong, are you on the rag or something?'
It's not just because of vocal misogyny, it's because the world isn't set up to give up the time we need to deal with it. I've done an 8 hour retail shift at what I assume is a level 12-15 based on this video, because I didn't have paid time off and needed the money. Genuinely, if men had to deal with periods, developed countries would have already normalized days off, and there would be no stigma around mentioning that you were on your period and needed a break.
@@angelicalicari8355 I had a (male) manager write me up because 'no one is sick once a month'. I'm thinking, yeah, half the population is.
@@angelicalicari8355 Yas girl!! I have endo and so I can understand this so much! If men had blood coming out of their penius, severe abdominal, back, hip, and leg pain, with fertility issues, there would be a national declaration to put funding toward curing it.
Mad respect. Damn how do you put up with it all.
@@Kaye09MNchick Right? I have messed myself all up being on different forms of birth controls for the last 30 years just trying to keep my period manageable so I don't lose my job.
I had to laugh a couple years ago when they tried to put out a male birth control pill, but it was immediately pulled from the market due to the side effects the men were getting. The same side effects they've been giving us for decades. Fine for us, I guess, but we can't have men possibly getting blood clots.
Ciara is so realistic, usually with period pains you dont tell anyone or show that you're feeling pain unless you're with someone you completely trust and feel comfortable with.
Exactly! In the every day world, women walk around with that kind of pain, function normally, and do everything in their power to avoid giving off any sign of distress, because of the period jokes, or the judgement they'd get from male peers and contemporaries.
One time since I’m so so used to ignoring them that when I felt this horrible pain that somewhat resembled a bad cramp I ignored it. I thought it was my period… until I realized I wasn’t on my period, and it hadn’t started, and the pain was only getting worse. Only in that moment did I mention it to my mom and she suggested we see a doctor just in case. And if it was period pains I should get on birth control. I went to the doctor only for them to send me to the ER… yeah…. I had an ovarian cyst that ruptured and had bleed internally :)
@@mellowyellow5865 I had appendicitis and first thought that my period was early and went around a good 24 hours just doin my day 🤣
Yeah occasionally have strong dew cramps to feel like somethings trying to stab it's way out from the inside. So when I felt that, I just rode it out for a few days, but after about 4 days of not being able to sleep or eat, I went to the ER. Turns out it wasn't cramp but Gull Stones.
My sister never showed me or our parents any signs that she might be having period cramps, so either she isn't completely comfortable with us, or perhaps her cramps just aren't too severe 😅. Some even claim to never experienced period cramps during periods.
"What is a hot water bottle supposed to do for this?" had me laughing till I cried. Exactly, my man. Exactly.
I'm supposing it relaxes the abdominal muscles and encourages blood flow? My girlfriend used to swear by hot water bottles
@@diarmuidkuhle8181 I mean, the hotness helps because it also distracts from pain, and just relaxes in general - like a hot bath?
I almost fell out of my seat with the comparison to his stomach getting a text and the massage from a woodpecker. I'm absolutely dying watching this.
I just started getting back pains on my days. I've always had crippling cramps but back pain is a whole different level. LOL
No, heat does help (some people). It relaxes the muscles and makes them cramp less.
My wife did this, and so did our adult nephews, needless to say, my nephews screamed and cried, my wife said she has had worse.
What was your wifes boyfriends opinion on it?
I had endo so i orobably would go to 20 no prob...ir's my flex lol
@@arcuz7862you’ve never been near a woman, have you?
@@mariia099 See that's the difference, I don't go to the internet with some semi-incel behaviour and type "Look guys my WIFE said this and said that". Nobody gives a flying F what your wife thinks because nobody should give a flying F what any woman other than Mom thinks.
@@arcuz7862 okay, you clearly haven’t been with a woman, good! :) please keep it that way and never reproduce
aside from the pain, there's also that gush coming out of you everytime you either sneeze or exert a litte bit of force. oftentimes a little bit of both
And when you get up first thing in 5he morning. And do not laugh.
Or stand up.
Plus, the period poopies - either diarrhea or constipation, or constipation, followed by diarrhea, once you clear the blockage. FOR A WEEK.
So much yes on everything mentioned here
Omg can't even count how many times this has happened, "ACHOO.. AW FUCK"
This video has guys realizing what grown women suffer through but just keep in mind girls sometimes younger than 11yo go through this every month and still go to school and stuff.
that!! 👆 i started at the age of 10 and teachers just did not believe me until i passed out from pain and fatigue. and i‘m still completely shocked that 30 years later we are still not much farther into solving those issues for women. because we handle it, we go on with our days. handle work, kids, household, all of that and being told why we are so fucking moody.
i really hope my girls have much nicer experience and maybe some more help with this. really it‘s time to solve that!
I went through high school in the early nineties on codeine. Don’t remember it. Except I know I vomited a fair bit. When I was at university in the nineties I would regularly pass out while lying down. I even passed out in the bath once. Full of blood of course. I’m nearly fifty now. Never been able to have kids so it was all a waste of time anyway. Can’t wait for it to be over. Definitely a design flaw this body.
As a substitute teacher my lead teachers will let me know which of their NINE YEAR OLDS is experiencing wicked cramps to help me give them the kindness they need even more.
The happiest thing I loved about my awful, toilet hugging, vomiting period is a 7 day would go up in 3 days with other women living in the house. It was heaven on earth. I thought something was wrong 🤔 with me til my mom told me it was normal and mysterious.
FACTS! I was 11 the first time I got mine…
I have a confession to make. I watch this vid every time I have my period. It helps with the pain better than a hot bottle or anything. So...thank you
…I have a feeling I’ll be joining you now.
PCOS cramping rn, and this video is really entertaining lol.
@@wynterfir IKR? I am having it right now. So I'm re-watching this for the hundred times and eating a bucket of rum raisin ice cream. Cheers!
I must save the video and try that next time ... !
@@herbalremedease1644 Please do! 😁
Misery loves company.
"It's like someone has reached a fist up through my penis and is kneading my insides like dough." As a woman, this is the most apt description for period pain I have ever heard... this is how I will be explaining it from now on 🤣
This *is* how I describe it. Somebody is reaching in, and squeezing my insides as hard as they can, and the pain goes down my leg bones, and around my back. Bloody awful.
@@allisonfisher9304 pun intended
This is how I describe some of the period pain as well. I would just add that someone is wearing some spiked knuckles while kneading your insides.
Kneading with hands made of fire.
I describe it as someone has reached inside me, grabbed my ovary and uses it as a stress ball.
As a woman with SEVERE period pain that’s had it downplayed by just about every male partner I’ve ever had, that is was immensely satisfying and cathartic.
We need new standards for male partners, the standard should be to bring a warm water bottle, snacks, tea/coffee and painkiller. Anything else should be labelled as non-mating material.
Too bad it's not the same thing
Yes weekend entertainment lets repeat with the labour simulator whilst I make tea.
Theres no such thing as a labor or period simulator. It's a simple muscle activator instead of doing sit ups you put this on your stomach and it will send electrical signals to contract your muscles
@@larrytrickett9115 hate to break it to you bro but that’s what happens but to an extreme level during cramps and labor that’s why it’s called simulation. Ever given thought as to WHY they are called contractions during pre-birth? But thank you for being out here further proving my point that education on the female body needs to be far more comprehensive for men.
Ciara casually saying "I think I had a cramp before" and then calmly going up to 20 is such a vibe.
HIGH threshold of PAIN!
@@ShareeReddthis high of a threshold of pain usually is not good. Cuz usually it's a sign of endometriosis.
Or even PCOS
In other videos, she's knocked back 190 proof alcohol like water. _What the hell is that woman made of!?_
@@matthewcox7985 Sterner stuff than most men, that’s for sure.
@@starchrissy6084Oh yeah I probably have that, my mom thinks I do and like all my friends. Context for my pain tolerance, I have spilled boiling water on me, I got second degree burns and my whole reaction was a little flinch. I also once got thrown into a heater that left a scar going from my spine to my side, I didn't even notice that I was bleeding and a friend had to point it out. I didn't believe him until I put my hand there and saw all the blood. However normally I can barely stand from my cramps, now I have a birth control that is made for just that which jas helped a lot but sadly increase nausea to an insane amount. If you ever find some nice pain killers that works please tell me so I can function.
That bit about wanting to tell someone to shut the fuck up no matter what they're saying was so real lol. When I'm in the midst of period pain I find every single word out of anyone's mouth the most annoying thing I've ever heard. xD
That one plus the feeling whatever they said might have been important but I ame at zero capacity to process the meaning and/or consequences if I do or don´t act according to it.
"Shut up" " I'm not talking" "your breathing"!!!!! "You smell, wtf do you have on"😂
I am man and I get it, had brutal calf cramps years ago, literally couldn't walk for hours and even the Tv was pissing me off 🤣🤣
I once told my dad to leave me alone on the day I started my period lmao, I think it might even have been my last one. I felt bad about it after but I was so stressed and out of it that I couldn’t help it (he was trying to help me if anything, but I just really wanted to be left alone)
God being like shhh, shush not now!
the trauma bond between Dermot and Saifa is hilarious
My head-canon is that they're getting married at the end of the year.
@@AuntLoopy123 ditto, they had chemistry
Until he said something, I didn't even realize this was their first time meeting; they have such great chemistry, I assumed they'd been friends or more for a while before this filming.
I SHIP IT
Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that Saifa was into Dermott.
Love Callyann clapping once Colin is done, but that smile when she says, "Now do that for seven days straight!" is Perfection!!
While working, going shopping, eating, taking care of the kids, driving, etc 😊
@@raimeyewens7518 And having our men gripe and groan all week long how we're not available to keep them happy.
@@raimeyewens7518Or even just SLEEP.
The LOOK on his face when she said that!
My period was not normal as it did not come on the same time ever month and it last about 10 to 14 days and it usually triggered my migraines.
My wife deals with stage 4 Endo and there were times I found her unconscious in her vomit on the floor… the pain is unbelievable. It’s great you did this video. I really hope a lot of young girls learn more about endometriosis, so they can be treated a lot faster. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of women out there who think very very severe pain is „normal“.
Thank for raising awareness! ❤
😱😱😱
@@LaPingPing wow! That poor woman. Will she be getting surgery for it?
I pass out atleast 3 times a year from period pain and somehow don’t have endo.
@@pandapuffzee8255 how do u know you don't have endo?
@Pandapuff zee I was not diagnosed with endo until during a totally unrelated surgery my doctor found adhesions eeeeverywhere in my abdominal cavity. Some of it was even constricting a part of my lungs, and the doctor thought I had asthma!
Watching this bc I'm on my period and I'm bitter.
Should be a mandatory experience.
Same 😵 these videos bring me a small comfort to suffer through everything
Same 😂
Yeah, same.
Same girl same
Literally me rn 😂😂😂
Callyann saying “We’ll done! Now try that for seven days straight.” made me actually fall out of my chair. I honestly thought he was about to strangle her for a second.
Indeed!
Best line in the video. Next to Jamie's "I can feel my soul" !
🤣🤣
But it's the truth, sometimes you have that pain from start to finish of your period. Keep in mind, most females get their periods in their early teens and have it til well into their 50's, not fun. Mine started when I was 13 and I'm 52 and still get it but I've started menopause ( a whole nother horror story) and don't always get my period every month but mostly I do.
Plus.... I'm sure im not the only female that has the pain occasionally on the front as well as the back, that's a double whammy of pain on a whole nother level.
I just had a hysterectomy a few weeks ago due to extreme period pain. I mean so extreme I couldn't walk. I'd vomit from the pain. Sometimes I'd just lie on the bathroom floor begging to die. 24 hours post-op my husband asked me how my pain was from the surgery and I told him it felt like I was just on my period and then I cried because I realized that that meant my "painful periods" were quite literally "post major surgery" level of pain and that once I healed I never had to suffer through it again.
So glad you found relief!
I also had a hysterectomy at 33 (I’m 36 now). Best decision of my life. I was just like you. I bled every day. I was anemic. The pain was horrendous. I had stage 3 endo. Now I wonder why I waited so long!!
I absolutely LOVE not having a period!
Surgery was hell, but we'll worth it.
I’m really sorry to hear that, and hope you make a quick recovery!!
I got a hysterectomy 20 years ago for extreme pain and bleeding. To this day the joy of never having another cramp is powerful.
Can't believe that was Dermot's and Saifa's first encounter and the first thing he says is: "I'm sure it will be fun". Twenty stages of electroshocks later and they have a life-bonding experience. Dermot is ready to become a mother now.
Now imagine being told to go exercise cos that will help reduce the pain.
(it can be helpful for some people experiencing mild period cramps, but I was literally told by a doctor to go for a run whilst my vision was going fuzzy and I was seconds away from passing out)
THIS
That honestly was the response my PE teachers told me throughout Jr high and high school (all males) as well as my first gynecologist (also male, quickly replaced). Maybe for some, light exercise helped, but it just made me curl up in the fetal position for hours
okay I am still laughing at the noises Jamie made.🙈 A fantastic effort all round, would happily do it all again 😂
Menopause intensifies pain by so much. I want them to invent a menopause simulator with inbuilt hot flush function 😅😂
Would volunteer for this, for the craic.
Youre a beast😳 how do you do it?
you are absolutely evil! You told that poor man"you can do it!" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I was laughing so hard with you and Jamie. Everyone else was good as well. Oh dear. I couldn’t do it…
Ciara needs to be studied, she's an absolute beast at everything she does.
Do you remember that show that used to be on HBO where they try to burn a woman alive and she walks out of the ashes unharmed with three dragons? That was based on Ciara.
@@cjvan713 they should’ve just had the guts try this
I am genuinely and sincerely intimidated by her and I with my two hands have brought two lives into the world and taken more than a few out while I served.
Exactly
For all you guys know she takes a miracle fruit or it’s not even booze they’re serving
Ciara is such an excellent example of how we've become so good at smiling and keeping a calm facade while going through debilitating pain (not to mention going through all the other physical/hormonal changes going on at the same time).
gets ya ready for having a bigger pain: a 2 year old running around the house
Have you seen any other videos with Ciara? Recommend the hot sauce session
Ciara is a great example of someone with a very high pain tolerance (and possibly a bit of a masochistic side). She doesn't seem to feel pain easily and she does is almost seems that she fines it fun.
LMFAO how deep, jk she’s just a beast
Every time I see Ciara in a pain, hot food (or just a new item to her) challenge, I never believe/trust her reaction as genuine to the viewers. Just feels like she's SO competitive, that she doesn't give an honest reaction...like she wouldn't dare want to give the illusion making others think she's 'weak' or unaffected in any way or something.
It's a bit silly, IMO. I do love her sense of humor and personality, though. Not to mention, she's so pretty 😊 Just my observation/opinion. It's a try channel, so she shouldn't be trying to hide the reactions.
I'm not basing my opinion on this particular video as I've just started it.
No hate whatsoever, folks. I love all of them
✌️ 💕 from Canada 🇨🇦
What a lot of people don't understand is that after 3 days of feeling that much pain, you are just exhausted, and yet you still have to keep going, be professional at work, ignore it all and act like you had nothing going on.
I think Dermot went through the most accurate range of emotions. Rage, irrational rage, horny, hopeless, sad, and then even worse rage to get to the end of it
Well watching him only gave me one of these but I like older Irish men soooo
@@ConstantChaos1 the ones with the beer belly and stuff?
@Arthur Daffos yeah? And I literally said I like older Irish men you think I restrict that to exclusively jacked dudes? Also he doesn't really have a beer belly, he is just like average dad-bod.
@@ConstantChaos1 hey dont take it like its just a question dude, and besides, older men tends to have kind of a belly on average, it wasn't meant to be mean
I'm glad that they gave it to the girls first. That way they can guage it and tell the guys how it would be compared to and also see how accurate the device is.
I gotta wonder, though, what number the guys would've stopped at if they had gone first, before seeing the ladies go up to the higher levels! Guys can be so competitive / need to prove themselves 😉
Females also have more than 2x the nerves down there 😂
They gave it to women. Not girls, women.
@@rosey_ie girls sounds better. For example when my girlfriend wants her friends over she says, "I'm inviting the girls over". She doesn't say "I'm inviting the women over". Also it's girlfriend, not womenfriend
@@SilverFang95 It’s also boyfriend, but they don’t get called “boys” too often, do they? Referring to grown women as “girls” is an infantilising term that feeds a patriarchal ideal of women being less able, less mature, less independent than “men”. For your own sake, when referring to women you don’t know, call them women. If you want to refer to your female friends as girls and they’re all ok down with that, then knock yourself out. But grown ass women on the internet discussing periods and all they entail, are women, not girls.
Ciara can drink hard alcohol, eat the hottest peppers, and deal with her own periods with a straight face but totally loses it when Jamie was experiencing it😂
He was so desperate to be as composed as she was but he physically couldn’t!🤣
Sympathy and empathy is a powerful
The body shifting and jerks & uncontrollable twitching had me rolling. Thank you for showing the world our reality
I had a cyst the size of a grapefruit on my uterus removed about a year ago. The period cramps I used to have (with the cyst) were absolutely horrible. The cramps I get now are like a walk in the park compared to that. Very grateful for that!
I had a big cyst they removed it. Others started but a menopause consultant recommended the Mirena coil and it helped a lot. Stopped menopause bleeding and reduced the cysts to nothing
same here, but it was a myoma
I have PCOS and there was one period that was so bad with it that I couldn't hardly move. I still got up and took care of my two kids but it was so hard. Thankfully my mom came over and helped. She had endometriosis when she was younger so she is very understanding.
I had a large cyst on my ovary that was causing such pain that I threw up multiple times. I went to the er, they said there was nothing to do. Then that night the cyst burst and twisted my ovary (ovarian torsion is a thing!) And had to have emergency surgery. Lost a fallopian tube and still have a damn period every month. Most painful experience in my life still.
@@EarthCybebe That’s awful 😢
Dermot hit the nail on the head when he said it feels like someone has reached inside and is kneading your insides like dough. Just imagine that happening at random all day, while dealing with the bleeding, worrying about leaking, etc. I loved this. Good on ya Tryers!
For me if always said it is like let's say a bower constricter is squeezing then letting go repeatedly.
I use to describe it to my BIL as someone repeatedly stabbing you in the stomach, my pains always hit hard and fast.
@@ruthmeow4262 yeah, mine too
I was saying "Wait until he feels the claws ripping you insides out..." Because that's what most of my cramps, which I get BEFORE AND DURING EVERY FRIGGIN CYCLE are like... o.o
Can we just admire the editing job done on Dermot's rant. Also, I love how the women were like, "yeah, #8 is about right for a standard cramp." and the men's foreheads turned shiny at #4 lol
I noticed that!
Dermot at 11 is gold. At that point, things like "tact" just don't exist. Adding hormones doesn't help with remembering how to be diplomatic.
Once again, Ciara proves just how terrifying and powerful she truly is. God's help us if she has a villain arc...
Normal people on level 20: "OH F**K! SHIT! OH GOD!" Ciara on level 20: "Yes, that is rather uncomfortable"
No shit! She's a boss!
Out of all the people on this channel, I think I would most like to have a pint with either Darmot, Ciara or Irish Jesus.
Sweet Christ! That's a daunting thought!
Ciara....use your powers for good only....God help us....only for good!
I suffered from endometriosis & I'm thankful for menopause. These men dealt with only a few minutes of it. Women deal with them monthly for decades.
Same, menopause has its challenges and endometriosis and no kids actually can make it worse.
Also same and I got a hysterectomy and I am SO relieved I never have to suffer again. So much pain and suffering for so many years.
I'm looking forward to menopause too. I'm over it, I'm ready to be done now.
Dermot's description is probably the most accurate. It is like someone has reached inside you and is rhythmically squeezing your guts. Back pain, bloating (pain) and breast sensitivity (more pain) also accompany it but obviously the levels vary between people and those with endo and fibroids are on a different scale.
Having them be questioned "can you go about your normal day with this?" throughout the shoot was definitely a good move because the whole point of the experience is to witness and empathize with what it's like and they all easily got pulled into "competitive mode" with wanting to reach the highest level. Periods are not about how much pain can you endure, it's about can you live your life like any other day WHILE having to endure a rollercoaster of pain and other symptoms. I mean, if you're going through a level 15 pain and someone is trying to give you small talk about the weather being particularly cold this morning you'd want to punch them in the neck too.
Exactly this.
I nearly got fired a few times because I would take 4-5 sick/unauthorised days off every month from work. I have endo which means the pain would be so bad that I'm almost passing out.
Not to minimize anyone's experience, but I could wear a TENS unit all day standing on my head. I've set my own broken leg and pulled my own teeth. I'm not frightened of a cramp.
@@charlieberry7562 I've known women who gave birth and also had kidney stones. They said the stones were worse.
@@pimpenstein Want a gold star?
@Riverbreak no, but every time I see something like this, people act like men never feel discomfort or pain. Like if we only knew what pain felt like... I'm here to tell you, I know what pain feels like, I use that device to treat pain.
About the hot water bottle: “Does it work?!” “Sometimes… and only sometimes…” I can totally relate 😂
The ominous way she said it, too, like "I can guarantee nothing in this moment"
“Do they work? “ “Sometimes “
Reminds me of:
“They come at night...mostly.”
This is video is stupid.
Fibroids hurt like endo is described. The drop in hormone levels cuts off the blood flow to the tissue, and dying tissue gives off THE WORST pain and cramp triggers.
It’s also pretty accurate that they are feeling it in other parts of their bodies too. Periods aren’t just the abdomen. It’s in the back and the legs and the head. Sometimes your entire body just hurts.
And another thing is the relief they feel after the TENS unit is turned off is exactly how we feel when the cramps end. It’s just like “Oh. That feels nice.”
the fatigue alone......
Period poos too lol
@@d3l3tes00n the ulcerative colitis guy probably had those poos when he got home lol (since these machines basically stimulate your abdominal muscles).
And the lady bits! Ack, mine hurt bad sometimes
Ciara has a massive pain tolerance. From straight Everclear without a flinch, to watching this and calmly saying "Go up." Ciara is a beast, my favorite TRYer.
and I'm watching this while having my 1st day period, the back pain feels like someone is cracking every inch of my spine
She could drink gasoline with a straight face. 😅
I love Callyann's statement at the end when the guys are all just limp from the experience. "Now try that for seven days straight."
My favorite part as well
Oh dont forget some of us start experiencing this the week before as preparation for the week of..like seriously?! Why?!
Only 7 days? Try 2 weeks.
5-10 days. Every month. For over 40 years.
I worked it out one day. My period goes for 7 days every month. So I have a period every month for 40yrs, I'm childfree by choice, I'll have menstruated for around 9 yrs in total.
I lived with endometriosis for several years until the mass tore my uterus and turned it inside out. By then I was so adapted to the pain level I walked around like that for six months. I'll never forget the pain. I had a hysterectomy at 36 and didn't even need pain meds past a week cause I was so relieved of pain. I feel sorry for these guys, it takes control of your body. But all men should have to experience this in school health classes.
“I may never physically recover.” “That’s okay!” 😂😂😂😂 I almost died as I choked from laughing so hard.
sums up what you hear throuh the years pretty well haha
I've always admired Ciara's stoic responses to spicy foods, strong alcohol, etc. but I don't think I've ever been more entertained by her than this video where she is observing Jamie and crying laughing.
And I think we all know what Saifa's favorite level is.
You hit the nail on the head!
It is important for people to realize that it's not just pain we have to deal with. When it is at its worst I get excruciating cramps, cold sweats, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea and sensory overload. I've even fainted at times. All I can do is hope the pain killers will kick in eventually and just...cope. I can't listen to music or even look at a screen to distract myself due to the sensory overload and if someone tries to talk to me I feel physical pain from the sound. I feel like I'm being tortured for information and would gladly betray my country at that point. Thankfully it isn't this bad every single month.
Yes exactly this. Just through mine and extreme nausea and dizziness anaemic. Migraines. The cramps are the easy part.
Yea that was how I was in high school I actually fainted a couple times in class and I had to go home from school. From being lightheaded to having hot and cold flashes to severe migraines to having cramp to running to the bathroom throwing up or in a puke bucket depending on where I was to being barely able to move it was awful. and it didn’t help that my periods were so irregular that it was hard to track and so when finally after many years of pain I finally got told of a medication that is made specifically for periods and so far for me it’s been working.
@@posionapple4836 I'm glad you found something that helped! Do you mean a pain killer specifically for cramps? If so then I hope I can get them in my country.
Right, those things are also what prevent me, to say, drive in a car in the first place, like the guy mentioned in the video, but as most of us adult women work and live alone, there are def times where I HAD to drive myself to run errands that can’t wait, while I was on my period and having a cramp-y day. Oh man it was so tense.
I'm the same way. I also get menstrual migraines in addition to everything you listed. And I have lumbar spine issues, so I also have constant pain in my back. I get back cramps first before the ovarian. Mine only lasts about 2 days because I'm perimenopausal, but it's 2 days that I wish to be unconscious for. Painkillers do not work on me.
As someone who screams and vomits and has the pain radiate up my back and down my legs, I’m so glad these 3 guys got to experience a fraction of the pain I feel.
One of the best ever. The pairing of male-female with the women going first was brilliant planning. Every high-school health class should watch this.
@Eileen Ayers I wish this was reddit so I could give you an award.
Boys should have this experience at the same age as when girls have them, so they would understand what that feels like to have to be at school feeling like this
Love the fact Ciara reacted more to Jamie’s suffering than her own
I think she's an empath.
It's because she's a woman and it's nothing she hasn't been through many times before.
As someone who has endometriosis and has done the period simulation I can confidently say that 15 is my "pre-period" cramps & it gets much worse than 20. I actually feel like I'm tearing inside; I often can't stand up straight for the first 24 hours & my pain gets so bad that I usually end up throwing up for the first 4-6 hours. & yes, I usually still have to go into work. Kudos to all the tryers that did this. Raising awareness of period pain is much appreciated. Y'all rock.
I'm a trans dude and I get this. I never took a day off bleeding or not. It was so painful I'd pass out some days. Cismen have no idea and wish women to have kids? Oh heck no.
@@ndh577 they have no reason not to remove other than simple discrimination
@@RUclipsrGrudge sometimes it's because they are too small and too numerous, and the risk too great if you expect to conceive one day. I have PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, where tiny cysts form on the ovaries, and sometimes the tiny ones will burst, or a large one will, which kicks the pain level to a 25-28. Yeah, unless ya have ovaries or a cervix, ya really don't get it. But great job getting a taste of what it's like, guys.👍
@@ndh577 "not big enough" but yet you're suffering every month
@@teesiemom ya..
Kneading dough was rather accurate, but I would add kneading on a surface that has been “petted” for too long, with the added headaches and nausea. And back pain. And bone soreness.
Quick note: If Ciara says to you "It's not that bad" or "You're going to be fine", RUN. RUN IMMEDIATELY.
Once again showing what a beast she is about dealing with things. First strong alcohol and now this.
Ciara is everything.
😂😂
One scary lady 😅
@@moralityisnotsubjective5 I agree, she’s super Zen and resilient.
Collin's period joke with immediate comeuppance was hilarious. Love you all ❤
I laughed so hard at that.
When he said that and they cranked it back up, I lost it!
This one definitely needs a Round 2 with another set of Tryers. Share the love!!!!
I dunno about "love".... But I fully endorse another round of this!
Second this!
Yes please!!
Justine, Clisaire, Lolsy with Paddy, Martin, and Irish Jesus 💪
YES!!!!!!!
Every month. For DECADES. A week long. Its literally mini-labor. You're delivering the uterine line -- the cramps are just mini contractions. Plus bloating, plus mental fog, plus exhaustion, plus insomnia, plus back cramps, plus inflammation of chronic pain, plus period poops, on and on and on and on. Nonstop. All day.
Sucks, doesn't it?
As someone with chronic endometriosis, I am SO GLAD to see this video done so well - and shout out to Callyann for the recognition and education!! "Now try that for 7 days straight"
Yeah...exactly.
7 days straight, with bad bowel movements, nausea, sweats...and it happens every month.
@@annefriendly4437 too bloody right! Oh, yeah, the blood... I had a hysterectomy 18 months ago, so the majority of my symptoms are vastly improved (hysterectomy is not a cure ladies, don't let anyone tell you different), but I don't miss the iron supplements and b12 shots, the monthly budget for replacement underwear, clothes, towels, and bedding, or the migraines and bloating... for up to 18 days a month (I was never a polite 3-7 day lass hahaha)
I was so glad she acknowledged it! Before my hysterectomy, I was in pain every day and to the point that I was honestly considering suicide. Went to an obgyn, and he didn't believe how much pain I was in. "Let's try some other things first." I told him to f off and walked out. Thankfully, my sister's doctor got me in. He knew right away. I wouldn't have lasted two more months. I couldn't have.
My husband said "Bloody hell, I'll just pick the death option. Thank you."
"We're at 20. This is high as it can go."
Ciara: "It's actually quite nice...smokey."
😂😂😂
literally 🤣🤣
I see what you did there... and I am here for it!
I was expecting her to say, "It's not greaaaat..."
Jamie and Ciara need a comedy duo special. Ciara is a bloody legend and Jamie’s depictions of describing the pain is hilarious! Love this episode 😂
Jamie at Level 15: “I can feel my soul!” HAHAHAHAHA!! Accurate
Everything Jaime said after level 1 was priceless 🤣
Especially when he said he can feel his legs.
Jamie was like a sports announcer, giving a play by play feeling at each level. Simply hilarious!
@@deanflet973 I believe he said his right leg, because he doesn't have one. That one really cracked me up
LOL, that's interesting. They're using a TENS machine? I use a TENS machine for pain RELIEF for my rheumatoid arthritis with 4 electrodes.
I use one too! And I love giant ones they have at rehab offices. Those are the absolute best!
Me too… and also used one to combat my period cramps!
To do this the signal goes parallel instead of diagonal. So it’s the opposite of how you use it for pain relief
@@kimberly_erinso a sadist machine lol
Was told for years I was exaggerating my period cramps. Had surgery and they didn't find any signs of cysts or Endometriosis, so was completely written off as making it up. I recently saw a physical therapist and she found out that a car accident in my teens twisted my pelvis out of place and the surrounding muscles were compensating for it. Started doing treatments for it and my cramps went from a 7 out of 10 to a 4 and that has made a huge difference in my life. It took 20 years for someone to diagnose and treat my cramps because nobody believed me.
I’ve never seen three more happy and understood ladies in Ciara, Saifa, and Callyann.
I honestly thought Ciara was gonna piss herself from laughing so much with the antics(and we’ll deserved sir) of Jamie.
This was so damn brilliant, and deserves a part 2 with different male and female Try’ers.
I’m seeing the likes of Irish Jesus, Paddy, Martin, and the Sharpsons paired up with Lolsy, Mary Claire, Justine, Kellie, and Clisare.
I will contribute money to make this happen.
yes! part II with Paddy Murphy, Sean Connolly, Donal Sharpson, Blaithin De Burca, Clisare, and Justine Stafford, or maybe MaryClaire.
Oh god yes yes yes please bring us a part 2
@@bassiclymike OMG Blaithin being paired with Donal would be epic
Part 2 is definitely needed… for research if nothing else!
Saifa was wiping sweat like she ran a marathon but nailed it, Ciara went into pure meditation mode and Callyann was the most adorable mama vibes I've ever seen but I can also relate to with the teddy and chocolate. 😂 Those poor guys were just watching their doom approach and it had me in stitches...this video was a blast to watch.
Not lying … I’m enjoying this waaaaaay too much!
The first time I ever gave birth I did it without pain relief and looked my mum dead in the eye and said “why didn’t you tell me this was easier than a period, I would have had children sooner”.
I also broke my arm as a kid whilst on my period and didn’t realise because my period was more painful.
It wasn’t until my dad realised I couldn’t grip anything that I got an X-ray and it had been 2 weeks at that point.
I understand I have very painful periods but I get some awful comments from men about the pain and most are in a $exually vulgar way 🤢
Most men are just idiots that way. It unfortunately can’t be helped or fixed
This right here walked round with 3 broken ribs for 2 weeks cos my period was more painful didn't realise they were broken till I went swimming 😅
I don't get why some guys are like that, like has being like that ever worked for them?
I make jokes about it, but I also have a wife and 2 girls. I've seen both ends of the spectrum so if it doesn't make them laugh, I do my best to go the other way before I end up in the trash can. Mad respect to everyone that has to go through that shit
Quite impressed that the boys were conjuring some of the same mental imagery and descriptive language I commonly use for different stages of my period 😂
The kneading dough especially
The hand and arm movements got me. When I'm really in the higher ends of the pain, I can't stop moving my arms and legs, opening and closing my hands. It doesn't bring any physical relief, so I'm not sure why I do it, but I do.
Yea these are full grown men that have never experienced it and haven't established a build up of time before getting kicked in the gut..
My sister always called it an alien trying to burst out
“Now do that for seven days straight” has to be the best line. Mad props to any woman who has had cramps.
Too bad it's unrealistic.
What do you expect them to do to make it MORE realistic? We can't make mood swing simulator and what knot, although teenagehood was probably accurate enough to make them feel THAT. >_< @@247Barcaro
Apparently not since women have tried it
Yes, not the 3-5 days mentioned in so many medical books. Baloney, a weeklong is about right!
Before I started birth control, mine regularly lasted 2 weeks 😬
I started my period the first week of 6th grade at school. So miserable and embarrassing because you feel like every one can see or knows it. I would have awful cramps that would double me over in pain but I still had to go to school every day. PE was the worst when I was on my period, every thing hurt but you still had to do the bear crawls, jump the hurdles, etc. and I always had the diarrhea with mine so it made me not want to eat because eating made the diarrhea worse. And my cramps and bleeding would go a full 7 days, it was a week of misery that was worse than the flu each month. I prayed just to get through the school day without any of the boys finding out because otherwise they would taunt you and make fun of you all day. So you just had to endure the pain, slap a smile on your face, act like you were fine as best as you could, and slap a new pad on with an added layer of toilet paper on top just to get you through each class period and then go to the bathroom to change every thing out between each class so you didn’t bleed through. My period cramps were like someone stuck a knife in my abdomen and was just raking it back and forth across it and twisting it at the same time. I so looked forward to menopause but then menopause brings its own issues like night sweats, hot flashes, dry skin, sagging skin, brain fog, tiredness and weight gain that’s hard to lose. But with all that being said, I’m glad I’m a woman and I have a good husband and 2 wonderful children. Constant Period pain prepare us for labor/child birth pain and makes us able to endure and persevere through much pain and be able to still function and run after our children, take care of our homes and be there for our husbands as well.
I started my period shortly into 5th grade; it was just as awful as you described it-I’ve been looking forward to menopause since I was 10 years old. I’m SO grateful for birth control; it helped make my periods regular at least, and less dramatic, and in my 30s my doctor suggested I stop taking the usual week off, so I don’t have to have a period at all. It’s made a *huge* difference to have that option available; I wish everyone were so lucky.
I love how the Guy with Callyann said 'i'll never make a period joke again' and then said 'periods Am I right' and immediatly after that the person on the controls just turns it up to 10 and he screamed. It was so funny🤣🤣🤣
I laughed so hard at that!!!
I liked at the end when Callyann was going on and on while Colin just sat there, numb to all the surroundings. A bomb could have gone off right beside him and he wouldn't have flinched.
That was the point of the staged joke ..
As a woman with stage 3 Endometriosis, I love that it was brought up. There have been so many days where I can't get out of bed. I even lost my appendix to it. I don't think people realize just hot bad it can get. Endo can form on anything including your bowel and if it progresses enough it can't be treated without risking perforating the bowel. I've tried so many different meds to stop the pain and even ended up in the ER many times just to get it to stop.
I feel so sorry for you. 😢❤
Wait it SPREADS? WHAT!!!!!
your womb is on your bowels?
@youtubegavemynameawaycuntbags not any more, they surgically separated it.
That sounds horrific, I’ve had a few what I’d call agonising ones and I can’t imagine being able to endure worse.
I really want someone to take a group of guys who agree and try to give them as accurate experience as possible. Give them laxatives, dehydrate them for headaches, make them wear a pad and sometimes have it be wet, and make them wear the cramp machine throughout their days
For a week. With the flow varying. Oh, and the "sometimes have it be wet," but with RED, so taht it shows through the clothes. Oh, and don't forget The Glops. You gotta have The Glops at least one day out of that week.
My sister once showed me a Glop that was the size of an egg. Mine, fortunately, have never been THAT big. My sister's periods were so bad that she was anemic. After YEARS of asking for help, she finally got a uterine ablation (since she's a widow in her fifties, they decided it was FINALLY OK to stop her fertility), and it was like a switch. NO pain, no mess, no hormones, no falling to the floor crying over absolutely nothing, and then crying harder over the fact that she lost control and sobbed over NOTHING.
I was very fortunate. I didn't even get cramps above, say, a 3, until I went to college. Then, one day of every month, I HATED EVERY SINGLE MAN IN THE WORLD.
Yeah and take away their feel-good hormones and then ask them why they're so moody.
Meh. I’ve had multiple sclerosis for 10 years.
Sensation in my legs is patchy, what I can feel burns and cramps. I either can’t go to the bathroom or have severe movements for an hour. My whole body spasms. My muscles hurt and my body is always sore.
Every day for ten years.
And you know what? My wife and best friend still complain about their periods to me.
I’m sympathetic on the outside but really it’s just tiring to hear. I’d trade a testicle for 7 days a month. Sounds lovely.
Also, someone should be around telling them "you're overreacting, c'mon you was born for that, where's my dinner, wanna have $e× tonight, let's go out, you can go to the pharmacy yourself, why are you mad?"" The list is countless 😂
Also, give them 5 bowls of broccoli and ice cream BEFORE the laxative to properly experience the period poo.
Don't allow them to wear deodorant and make them wear a hot sweater.
I am so happy to be post menopause, no more periods, no more Endometriosis, it's horrific! and worse than labour pains. I am not sure what these ladies were talking about because my period pain and Endo were full on, no waves involved. Burning pain and cramps from my gut to my knees. So, so glad those days are over. It makes Fibromyalgia a walk in the park.
I’m pretty sure I have endo… not sure if I always had it or maybe I did cause I bleed very very heavy growing up.
I got crippled in my back and hip at my old job. I’ve literally fallen so hard cause those two things do NOT mix well. I’ve lost the ability to walk for hours at one point.
I really appreciate how they made the women try it first
I lost it when Jamie got to level 2 and was like "How the F did you get to twenty?" with absolute panic in his eyes. 😂😂😂
And yet, the guys ALL got to level 20. Pretty good job they did. Though now I'm even MORE curious as to how it compares to periods...
Sweatin bullets!
cierra trying to hold her laughs at jamie flipping out was grand,
but then dermot saying "tell me im bad" made me loose it fully. and then threatening the trolls in the audience just brought it home... i was on the floor laughing
I was loving Dermont the whole time laughing and when he said that I lost it and the censorship made me laugh more 🤣🤣
And now imagine that biological speaking women feel pain more intense and faster then men. We suffer more, we feel pain faster and more intense then men but still beeing judged more for it and in general and in regards to pain are not taken as serious as men. And still you hear a lot of men say: Keep it together it can’t be that painful or „you’re overreacting - stop beeing so emotional“. I think something like this should be mandatory for every guy to get a sense about the pain that women going through.
Women have a higher pain tolerance, as well as higher levels of endurance. Men have superior muscle strength and bursts of power. Our bodies are designed for our biological roles. 😊
As someone who suffered immense pain for years due to Endo/fibroids/cysts, before finally getting actual help from a doctor... thank you for showcasing the struggles we face.
Ordinary period pains can be really painful, but 7 days a month of a level 20 constant pain is debilitating. I had to get FMLA off from work because I got so tired of trying to sit at my desk pretending everything was fine, when I was being repeatedly stabbed by hot fire pokers from the inside.
So I think it's common for ladies to get up to a level 15 on their periods... but anything 15-20 for long periods of time, please go to a gynecologist. Something is likely wrong. And don't listen to doctors who try to deter you from surgery because you are too young, and may still wants kids. Biitch no, I want to live my life pain free. I switched to a better doctor, got the endo tissue/cysts/fibroids removed, as well as a hysterectomy. 2 years later and I am still so glad I made that decision. If I want to be a mom, I'll adopt. At least now I can actually enjoy my pain free life for once.
The amount of pain women are used to hiding from others while on their periods is wild.
@KiraJade88, there are shit doctors who think women must give birth. Reading the stories that women share about their less than pleasant experiences with their ex-gynecologist is disheartening. Who is anyone to judge your pain and say you must carry on.
@@dragade101 yes I was told that my pain would stop when I had babies. I was 14! And I can’t have children so that was BS !
@@MsDimps24 let me guess, a male doctor no less?
I feel your pain, truly. Had fibroids/endo/cysts on my uterus, ovaries and tubes. Ten pounds of cysts/scar tissue removed, along with everything but one ovary. It was awful and painful and I bled through so many clothes/sheets/towels. I couldn’t sleep over at anyone’s house for fear it would come early and I’d wake up in a crime scene. I was on prescription painkillers just to function and everyone told me it was normal/okay/just muscle through. I finally had to have the hysterectomy because the cysts were spreading. They were roughly the size of a turkey and no one would help me until it was too late because I wasn’t married and didn’t have kids.
The fact that bearing children is more important than my health and my life? I was losing blood to the point where I was always anemic, taking iron supplements just to be able to function. My comfort was nil. The constant embarrassment of bleeding through my clothes, using three or four super absorbent pads at a time. But all of that was secondary to my destiny as an incubator. It’s awful that women have to endure such embarrassing, debilitating conditions in silence because they aren’t women unless they make babies.
My wife suffers from the same thing and the pain every month is crazy.
The ladies coaching the gents through this is hilariously accurate.
14:05 For me it doesn't feel as much as punching as it feels like being stabbed internally, over and over, from my opening up to the uterus. That's why these simulators are not really a good equivalent. It is internal shooting pain, and feeling organs shifting and squeezing inside. Nothing exterior, ever. Also, really intense lower back pains, coming from the inside. Like you have knives inside of your lower back/pelvic area.
That woman who was able to compose herself through that much pain is an absolute boss.
You should see her in the alcohol challenges
Or...a well trained sub/masochist. Everyone has different painlevels, it can be trained like in the military.
All women do that. We all have period pain. We are all bosses managing pain. If it's bad, I'll take a day off. One day♀️
I do that too. You kind of just have to zen out (or disassociate lmao) and just get through
@@SamAsm367No WE dont, there are women with Zero and very little Periode pain you can Not compare mild cramps to debilitating ones and pretend IT IS the Same, IT IS Not!
That some women are almost Symptom less IS a massiv Problem when IT comes to understanding and being compassionate towords those who do cause they think ITS the Same so ITS Not that big of a deal . . .
Like being uncomfortable but able to Work and fainting because the pain IS so Bad are Not . . ."WE all manage pain Like a champ"
Jamie giggling maniacally at Level 4 had me cracking up, along with all of his and Dermot's noises and the reactions of the ladies! The editing when Dermot was cursing and Colin looking like he was in labor 🤣 As usual, Ciara crushed it like the extraordinary being she is. Callyanne is such a cheerleader, she's adorable! That has to be awkward that this was the first time Dermot and Saifa met to shoot a video and it's something like this. They all killed it, though, and brought a huge smile to my face. I hope this becomes a series and the other TRYers do this as well.
I'm a 63 year old man. I have never had more love, admiration and respect for women than I do after watching this. This should be required viewing for every boy's health class in school. Mad love to you all.
Screw viewing they should do this.
I've always been curious anyway. There's also the labor simulation thing
@@IAMDARTHVADERBITCH the labor simulation thing is the same. It is still a tens unit, but they put more patches on you so you can feel it all over your abdomen and lower back.
@@adventuresinlaurenland well I feel like it's only fair, but with my caveat.
Ever got kicked in the balls?
Its just a tens unit, even on the lowest setting they hurt far more than period pain and in mine and my sisters experiences a bit more than birth. With epidural of course.
Ciara not being able to compose herself through the guys turn is so funny. I rewatch it periodically and every time I get a kick out of their reactions lol
Colin: "I may never physically recover from this"
CallyAnne: "That's ok"
my favourite callyanne moment ever
And don't forget the Crampadoodles! Callyann - Wordsmith!!
“how do you do that while driving!?!” Oh honey…try sleeping with that 😂
If you have a fancy car, turn on the heated seat up to high. I’ve only had this one time with a rental, but it was so, so, so nice.
Generally, the pain is in predictable waves, or is a pretty sustained level (my sisters and friends w/out endo agree; my friends who have endo just chuckle in envious despair). I rarely had very sudden stabbing pains that would trigger your startle reflex, personally. You just reach for that point where your brain can shut off as many processing facilities as possible, ride the pain, grit your teeth, focus on pressing your pelvis down into the seat as hard as you can, and drive. Fantasizing about committing violence on anyone who even considers stopping you from going straight into a boiling hot bath also helps. Actually, internal monologues about committing violence is one of the go-to methods for dealing with periods, in my experience.
@@Rebrekkable :
You can get heated seat cushions, even with massage, for your car.
@@Rebrekkable oh my gosh, my favorite car had heated seats and it was so magnificent. It helped so much while I was driving.
Didn't get. I sleep well in my periods. The only thing: i have to wake up at the first night in periods to change.
and into this the headaches, the backache, the hot flushes, the diarrhoea and nausea, the sudden doubling over, the stomach pain that takes turns with the actual cramps, the sleeplessness, the exhaustion... i could go on.. and all of this whilst going through that pain for up to 10 straight days
I used to think of someone taking a teaspoon, sharpening one side of it, and more or less scraping out my insides, followed by a salt or acid/ lemon wash down....
Jamie, "Its calling to me nuts, I swear. It's calling to me nuts." Putting Jamie and Ciara together for this shoot was genius. Actually, all of them were pretty great.
Callyann: "im really happy we did it. youre traumatised, but im just really happy this was an educational experience.."
Collin: *sits there looking looks traumatised as hell*
😂😂😂😂
And, these men will never feel the full extent of a period.
The headaches, bloating, the blood, backaches and weird cravings, etc.
They just had a simulator to make them feel the cramps.
They had it easy.
Now give this to them once a month for the most of their lives having no choice about it
Right😂😂
Love it when she said “Now try that for seven days straight.” Well said BRAVO. 🇺🇸👊🏻
Or longer!! Mine used to be on average around 16-20 days 😂
You are wrong, you dont understand biology. You cannot compare that kind of pain on two different persons. Why, ? Because body evolves aroud habits.
Want it easy to understand: i am a welder for years. You would severely burn yourself picking up the hot pieces i move everyday for the last 20 years........
And in february, i work outside allday long at -25 degrees......
Can you ?
Not now, but live a canadian winter, and you ll be fine...
Evolution
@@paspep Not evolution, *adaptation.*
It's this wonderful little quirk we humans have which can even let people with chronic pains live a decent life.
Three or four days, really.
And to do it all over again in another month. Give or take.
Now imagine this but going to school and/or work
The ladies explaining “crampadoodles” to the uncomfortable fellas is so enjoyable. 😂
Agree...
The way men react is always so funny to me. I’ve been called a drama queen all my life so to see men actually feel what we go through is so validating.
I never understood that, but I grew up with a Dad who *understood* pain. Not that *specific* pain, but the daily agony of missing hip sockets. He's also away of female biology on an intellectual level. Really, the one thing that frustrated him about period cramps is that there wasn't anything he could really *do* to *stop* them. All I'd have to do is say, "I'm on my period," and he'd turn doting and ask if he should go get Mom while I lie down.
@@brigidtheirish Good Dad. I'm glad you got to have that in your life.
@@Pip8448 Thanks. I'm glad, too, and wouldn't trade him for the world. He's my best friend despite his insistence that he and Mom are *not* my and my siblings' friends, they are *authority figures.* He tries *really hard* to be a good dad and mostly succeeds. Sometimes he worries and fusses too much, but I can't exactly fault him for that without being the pot calling the kettle black. Besides, he's got reason to worry. Just about lost his mom when he was barely a teen. Him not panicking whenever someone is even slightly ill is an achievement.
I love how Ciara just...explains everything and Jamie is just like..."oh fuck that sounds awful but I'm going to make an understand 'mhmm' face"
That being said, each girl's support for their male brethren was very heartwarming
I do like how the girls gave the boys the “What are Periods?” talk… but getting others to try this would be funny as well as educational 😂
" it's like my stomach is getting a text!" OMG that's the best reaction
Laughed so hard I cried....and agreed there should be an episode 2 with other Tryers....let's see if Martin says "10 outta 10"
OMG - Martin doing this would be EPIC!
Male this happen, Colin!
"20 outta 20"
O dear yes Martin an Paddy together lol
When he said it feels like someone is kneading your innards was so accurate! That's really what it feels like, I just never thought to express it that way. I laughed so hard at this.
Agreed. It's like someone squeezing really hard with their thumb and forefinger on the fallopian tubes.
I always thought describing it like someone was wrapping a hand around an internal organ and the squeezing with all it's might and then letting slightly go and then squeezing all over again was a very accurate way to describe it.
I mean, that is what's happening. The uterus squeezes itself.
Chyeeah..but with Freddy Kruger fingers.
And our periods last for DAYS. Just saying.
I think this video perfectly demonstrates how we respond differently to period pains. Some women are so stoic you can barely tell something’s off, like Ciara. Others, like Saifa, can handle the strong pains but they show their suffering. Callyann represents those of us, like me, who have lower pain tolerances and need to medicate in order to survive the day. But, regardless of where we all fall on this spectrum, we’re all so strong to deal with what nature’s burdened us with - the men’s reactions prove it. ❤ This video was my gateway into the Try channel and I think the fact that I keep rewatching it and its new video sibling speaks for itself. Thank you all!
This was brilliant! I've seen some videos like this but never one with women doing it also. Seeing the difference between how the women handled it and then the men was fabulous! Thanks!!!
"I can feel my f'ing soul" - Jamie while Ciara is dying of laughter.. This is pure gold! Please a part 2 of this, pleeeeease
The way this was set up was really nice, having the gals test it ahead of time didn't just give them a chance to assess its accuracy, it also gave the guys a bit of an idea of how we just generally have to deal before trying it for themselves. Applause not just to the guys for this one (you all did amazingly!!) but also the gals for trying to talk a bit through to help and for going through an extra little bit of period awfulness.
Sincerely,
Someone who has been curled up in a ball in bed with midol, water, and a purring cat to deal with a particularly bad cramp day today.
Jamie was great with " Oh I can feel me right leg for the first time" I damn near fell on the floor laughing.
I came here looking for this statement 😆😆
That guy who said "i may never physically recover from this" his face is actually the face i have when i get my worst cramps and the wave has ended and ur just exhuasted as fuck from the pain lool i feel you bro.