TMI
Last month's period? Absolutely painless, like most other periods I've had since moving to this house.
This month? I'm learning firsthand what 'writhing in agony' actually means. When you're in pain, and nothing seems to make it better, you tense, stretch, shiver and squirm, trying to find some combination of tensions that makes it hurt less. Or just to distract yourself.
I haven't been able to eat yet today. I've had half a glass of water and a few sips of milk, and four ibuprofen. I'm sitting here with a heating pad and some work to distract me, and wishing I'd been born male.