OH GUESS WHAT - I started one of the horror stories! Then I lay awake at night because I freaked myself out. Also, I spoke too soon, I was SO irritable yesterday, oops.

@nobodyhere017

3 жыл бұрын

'Banned in 70 countries,' eh? Well, that's how you know it's good! Though by the sound of it you're already well on your way to writing a really great and scary story! Keep going! Also, Shirley Jackson is a fantastic writer! Hope you enjoy reading her book!

When I was with my ex girlfriend, I kept better track of her cycle than she did. I found it to be in my own best interest.

@christiane5439

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, my husband is good at it too. "You're close to your periods aren't you?" "How do you know?" "Just the way you are cleaning the house". Very observant...he also surprises me with chocolate sometimes (enabler...love it though)(more romantic than magnesium supplements).

@brentmcwilliams4332

3 жыл бұрын

@@christiane5439 I looked at the calendar too.

I can totally relate to feeling level headed when I get my period the week before I'm a mess and once it hits my emotions go down a couple notches it does get replaced by lower back pain and cramps tho lol

I do watch your period videos and Learn so much form them. I never really knew what a girl/woman goes through during their period it’s quite fascinating. I do hope you continue to make theses videos because it’s a natural thing and no one should feel embarrassed it. I mean I never know there were period pants, cups, or anything like that. Or the emotions and mood swings associated with periods. Or How painful some periods can be. Keep educating and destigmatizing because it’s something few people are willing to do

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris!

@Justsomebody009

3 жыл бұрын

Oh top of it all most men don’t believe us women when we try and tell them that we cannot always control our emotions when we are on our periods. And I don’t mean we are angry all the time but just think of it as having a short fuse for everything. We can be easily happy, sad angry, frustrated just all the emotions. It is really hard to control when your hormones are literally up and down all the time they aren’t ‘normalised’ hormones. My partner through the years has learned that I really can’t control it and he’s more understanding of it now, I mainly get very upset but when I’m angry I can’t hide it were as when I’m not on my period you can hold back a bit more. And I just want to add when I get angry I’m not violent just shouting or going into a ‘mood’ easily 😂

I get suicidal for a week to 10 days before my period. Then horrific pain and crazy...how did you call it, shining??? Horrible gushing blood. I get about a week of fairly good mood and energy to do daily tasks... then crying and struggling to survive for weeks... I’m glad you’ve recoded this....and that you don’t suffer like I do.

Since I have been working from home my periods are so much easier to deal with.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Aw glad to hear that!

Beautycreep 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I dam sure appreciate you making these period videos. I'm learning alot. I value your hands on approach. Stay hydrated, stay cool. 😷

Happy Birthday! And thank you for your educational content along with all the rest you share with us. ❤️

I love your content. Weird, and still yet, rare and precious.

Happy belated Birthday Erin, hope you have a fantastic year ahead :)

Your femininity is beautiful. Your willingness to share details about your experience is priceless. I look forward to more on this subject, I need this. It has made me feel more mindful of a woman's nature, in the best way possible. Thanks Erin.

Reading about them as a do quite often (male curiosity). I learned more from watching ur period videos than I have reading. Due to the fact ur vids r on a more personal level instead impartial. Guess what I'm trying 2 say is thank you for making these vids.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, thank you!

I'd love to see some fun facts about periods that the general public may not know. Those always blow my mind :)

Happy Birthday, I enjoy your vids on periods, they are very informative and on a personal level, so I thank you.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This was fascinating! I've learned a lot from you. I know growing up this was such a taboo subject, especially if you didn't have a period. The fact that there's still a stigma is nothing short of horrible! So I'm glad you're still talking about them! Really this is something everybody should know, since getting rid of the stigma is everybody's responsibility. Again, great video! Glad you're doing them! And of course, thanks for sharing this!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Zen!

I loved this video! I loved the topic, and I loved the chatty, conversational nature of it. I've been meaning to watch your old period videos, but haven't gotten around to them yet, so this is the first one of those I've seen. I had horrific periods from the time they started when I was 11. Like, cramps so bad I was laying in the fetal position on the bathroom floor, almost went to the ER a couple times, severe digestive issues that started my IBS, bursts of anger, depression, etc. They were erratic, too. I'd have short ones, long ones. Two in one month, then nothing for four months. I went through all that until I was 17 and a doctor started me on the pill. They were still miserable, but much less so. I'm 34 now, so that was 17 years ago. I've been on hormonal contraceptives almost constantly since. In my twenties I contracted genital herpes. Every time I got my period I'd get an outbreak. Eventually my doctor agreed that I could take pill continuously. Then a couple years ago I got the arm implant, and it worked well for me, so I haven't had a period in years. But now I'm 34 and I have no idea what my adult body feels like naturally. So in a few months I'm planning to have it removed and see how it feels to not be on any hormones. I've got my fingers crossed that'll fix my libido (TMI? I guess not... we are talking about periods, after all). In fact, maybe sex and periods would be a good topic to discuss. Despite the misery, I always used to get horny during them. I think a lot of people are scared to talk about that, especially men.

I'm all in on conversations about punctuation... wait, what? Oh, um... uh, ok... nevermind. =)

I always dread my time of the month. Could relate so much to this video. Love your content 👍😁

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You are to periods what I am to diet - I put everything I ever feel down to what I’ve eaten, but I never even think about whether things are related to my cycle for some reason. I am trying to tune in a bit more lately though because I was on the pill for years too, and when I came off it I didn’t have periods for years, so only now do I feel like tracking things would be an accurate representation of my ‘real’ cycle. I really think these videos are brilliant, I needed to see this stuff when I was a teenager soooo baddddd! The period shits is something I’ve only recently heard people discuss and I’m so here for that 😅 You’re impulsive phase is brilliant - signing up for uni, class 😂 Maybe a video on all the impulsive things you’ve done in that phase would be funny. Thanks for making these!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss! I really do think it's all connected though. I realised that diet probably helps with hormone regulation. But even if it doesn't, a better diet will at least help my mind, which will then give me the motivation to exercise and everything combined will help with hormones. But I still ended up blaming all my emotions on hormones and the fact I'm a pisces 😂 and then once I tidied my diet up a bit and started taking magnesium, I was like OHHHHH. Hahaha that's a brilliant idea 😂 I might have to do that! Thanks for watching :D

This was so interesting! I have the complete opposite experience with my periods - I feel inspired and motivated during the follicular phase and increasingly low/flat/cranky over the course of the luteal. I used the coil for about 6 months and felt like I was in perpetual PMS mode, it was awful! PS, I absolutely love Shirley Jackson and I would highly recommend "We Have Always Lived in the Castle!"

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh very interesting! Yeah, I've heard some horror stories about the coil and I'm glad I didn't go for it, even though my reaction could've been different.

I grew up with 7 sisters. had a wife that was on a constant pms for 20 years, beefier we divorced. oh did i mention the three daughters. so there is nothing new here. And I still find it entertaining.

I like all your videos including periods ones. It should be a very common topic. I'm like you, actual periods is a creative time. Luteal is "meh". Follicular is awesome amounts of energy, I wish it were the longest phase!

Happy Birthday! ^~^ As a guy I don't have any period stories but I can say there is still stigma around this. Begining with the name itself. And I get that it can be unpleasant but I think we should start talking more openly about it.

I gained such a new insight and appreciation for women when you started the period vlogs. I consider myself a sympathetic, compassionate person, but little did I realize the pain, discomfort, mood/hormone stuff that you often have to deal with. This type of content broke new ground as far as I'm concerned. Not only are you informing and educating, but also being brave in trying to lessen the stigma associated with a natural , unavoidable event. I commented on your first "week in the life of period" and my sentiments haven't , nor will they change. I'll always be interested and eager to learn more. Anyway... I love how you interspersed other things around the main discussion in this video! Your yard looks really cool too. Keep us updated on your football routines :) Also good luck on the horror stories!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

i know EXACTLY what you mean! that clear discharge during ovulation is *_relentless_* and just...annoying and uncomfortable. 👎🏽

When I was little (I started VERY early) I was completely embarrassed about my periods. I thought it was such an embarrassing thing and I went out of my way to hide it. Of course, I wasn't very subtle, so my friend figured it out and I was so upset. It's bizarre that girls are taught to be so self-conscious from such a young age.

I'm one of those people who has their period for 2 or 3 days, but they are an excruciatingly painful 2 or 3 days so I suppose it balances out.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds awful :(

Hope you have a very good Birthday weekend. Your just a natural behind the lens and have a unique way to story tell, get your point across. It is "you" so that makes the content that you like to do so much better. I enjoy watching all of your content. Don't change for anyone. Too bad you cannot be in your flat on your birthday, that would have been assume, Erin.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

i haven't had a period in years. I really don't miss it.

I have been meaning to watch this for days and put off watching because I thought it would be upsetting. Now I have seen it I am glad I did and really appreciate your candour. I have had a quick look at the comments and it is good that quite a few men have made quite serious contributions. I haven't followed this channel that long and because of something you said in your video I had a quick google. I found the article in the Daily Record a couple of years ago where some guy decided to troll you, and said that you should be locked up for the things you said. I disagree. My ex caused endless conflict by trying to hide her periods from me. Not all women exhibit physical signs and some women have mood swings which are nothing to do with periods. Talking, and not too much talking, just a little talking and a lot of understanding would have worked wonders. Happy birthday for whenever it is. Is it one of those with a 0 at the end or is it one of the others where a fella who doesn't know puts a 9 at the end?

Hi Erin, you know what, I'd like to thank you very, very, very much for this whole series. Because guess what- I was ashamed of having a period and your videos were a game changer for me. I mean, right know I am not afraid of removing my pad in a public toilet, I am not afraid of how loud it could be- actually who cares? :P Talking about periods, popping in to shop just to buy some period products are so much less awkward right know. Last year I went hiking on the first day of my period. It was out of a comfort zone and... I survived :P And from your videos (actually it was from the comment section) I got to know that diarrhoea during period is normal and I am not alone. Of course awkward situation can happen but you showed me with your positive attitude that even if you're embarrassed, you can laugh at yourself and don't care too much, cuz after all it's not a big deal. Thank you once again. Have a good day :D

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

THIS is why I film these videos - love this comment so much. So glad you don't find it embarrassing anymore! Thank you ❤️

You know..even talking about blood-letting you're hotter than July:). When I hear the word "Periods", I always picture "tinned tomatoes":)....

Happy birthday

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

a girlfriend of mine once told me that my period was backwards. I am nice every 28 days. It lasts for 2 days. lol I love to hear your content. These things Americans find to be taboo to chat about.

I feel you. I had the same types of periods. Supper long, heavy, moody, what have you. Just before my hysterectomy five years ago it got so bad. I ended up buying one of those diva cups. Best thing I ever did for my periods. I was able measure my flow as well so I could finally talk to my doctors with out them laughing at me and dismissing my period troubles. You see I was loosing over 15 once’s of blood of month and that’s what I caught in the cup minus the over flow from when I’d pull it out or during the heavy moments of my period that would leak out onto the pad. I wish women talked about this more because having supper heavy painful periods not normal. I hated the hormone mood swings too. But once I realized my period was about to come then I’d get into the right mind set. If I had it all to do over I would never had bought tampons or pads. I would go with the diva cups or similar products with natural washable pads. You see they put chemicals into tampons and pads that cause women to bleed longer and more so we have to buy more and more. My periods were so bad like you that it’s just like early labor pains. Also I was severely anemic to the point my blood level (not sure of the right terminology) was around 7. It was bad the doctors were worried about me. I should have been having blood transfusions for years. It affected my body so badly that now I suffer from such bad anxiety that is painful and hurts like stabbing in my heart. No one sees my anxiety and it’s so painful. But I’ve been dealing with pain for so long that I can tolerate a ton of pain. Any way sorry so long. I could go on and on but yeah lol 😂

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

YES. We're told bad cramps, very heavy periods etc are normal but they're not and can often be a sign of something else going on. It's worrying how little it's taken seriously. I tried a cup for a bit, but it's just not feasible for me during my shifts at work unfortunately, since I work in people's houses. I have some natural pads too, which are quite good, and period pants :)

One of my impulses this month was to take some Uni modules over the summer that are designed for Maths teachers in training. It ended up not working out and I'm still in the stage where I'm a little gutted about that but by this time next month, I'll be laughing at how random the whole saga was. I wasn't even good at Maths at school.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that's true! You'll be like, 'what was I thinking?'

Hi Erin, as I said in my comment i to your "Finding Out how Scottish I am" video, I have only recently found your channel. You have answered so many questions I've had for years about periods and what kind of impact they have on women. I used to wonder if all women were crabbit when on their period or, was it just some? Also, you rather bravely told us about your "The Shining" moment. I wonder if the amount of blood produced varies from woman to woman? I guess everyone is unique and each person's body produces a different amount. Am I right? I feel a bit weird asking about these things but, I'm so glad you are there and willing to engage in the conversation about these things. Periods were always taboo when I was growing up and I was told that it was a very personal and private thing which shouldn't be talked about. (SHOCKING) And, like you, when in school, the boys were taken to a different room and were told about hair growing in places we probably would never expect to see hair. Thank you so much for sharing what you feel comfortable sharing with us. I love your videos, please keep them coming. I feel as though I am finally getting my education when it comes to periods. Do you think it is common for women to be cought out as in unprepared when the "flow" starts and have to deal with the mess on their clothes in public or at work? Apart from panic, what would be the usual thing to do? Panic? Thanks again for your openness Erin, Andy in the Drum

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Every person with a period experiences it differently and no two will be exactly the same. As for being caught out, it depends on how regular someone is and whether or not they track their cycle. If they don't track it, they'll likely be caught out if they don't carry pads (or their choice of product) with them. Thanks for watching - and remember, there's no weird questions, ask away :)

@AndyDanceDJ1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErinsHoose I hope you give us a review of Red Moon Gang. It REALLY should be bart of the curriculum. I was robbed of all this education when I was at school. Thank you for being you and for being so down to earth. It is so good to hear someone on here who has the same accent as me! Like you, I was a carer and worked with older people with dementia for three years as well as working in a local authority retirement home so I can sympathize with any work challenges you may have. Hope you have a brilliant stress free day.

My periods are on time every month and always have been. I pretty much know the pattern of hormones like the back of my hand at this point. The week before it starts I get extremely anxious and depressed and irritable and bloated. My boobs swell up really bad and it gets very painful. Nips feel like they are on fire. It seems to progress worse as it gets closer. The couple days before it starts are very very dark mentally. The day before it starts I almost always hold back tears all day and then I will finally break down and cry and that's how I know miss thang will be arriving. And it always does! I also do not regularly have much of a sweet tooth and I normally crave something sweet on the same day that I cry. AND all I want to do is cuddle (I think because of the anxiety). On the crying and eating sweets day, I make sure to have my heating pad and pain med ready because I will be waking up in the middle of the night from excruciating pain from the cramps and will have to race to the bathroom to clean up whatever mess happened. Sometimes I get lucky and beat it.. For some reason, it always shows up in the middle of the night. The first two days are always very heavy and painful but just like your friend I feel 100% better mentally. It's like a release of hormones and all of the sudden you don't feel so low anymore. Also my breast pain disappears completely as soon as I start. The next 3 or 4 days are lighter and not a bother. During ovulation I get extra horny for a few days. I have a week or so of feeling normal and balanced and then back to square one! A question I have for you is what is the update on the period cup? Do you still use that?

They might be in this Shirley Jackson collection anyway, but I read three of hers a few months ago that were compiled into one of the Penguin Mini Classics under the title 'The Missing Girl'...wow they were so good and unsettling. Also, the story 'The Breakthrough' by Daphne du Maurier I think would be up your street! You can get them on Amazon for £1-£2 and besides being so good, they look so cute all lined up together on a shelf 🤣 good luck with the writing!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll have a look!

I'm hoping my hormone cycle this month won't be too bad, last month was mild in points while some days were painful, it didn't help that after the cycle ended I ended up falling ill with a stomach bug. Hopefully this month it won't be too bad, I'll find out from next Friday. I can feel my body beginning to get ready and have done since this morning, so far it's been a building fatigue in my legs and a strong craving for fruit and a gradually building headache.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you feel better this time round!

@ReinaHW

3 жыл бұрын

Here's hoping, the 'joys' of a monthly cycle.

If I hadn't talked to other women about periods etc I wouldn't have sought help for my fibroid. Up to 40% of women have them but may not realise that is what is adding to their period symptoms. Women should support other women and never feel scared to ask for advice or just go speak to their doctor

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's mad. Completely agree with this comment!

this question maybe odd but I use to watch Berman & Berman back in 2002 or so. do women like this with guys or... just curious. i hope that my interest and openness to this is a good thing. but yeah... keep making this content, love what you do. can't wait for another book haul. currently reading NOS4A2. do write you creepy stories... would love to read them. I'm trying to get enough king and his son Joe Hill under my belt. if you ever have writing tips do share those please. hope all is going well for you... Have a brilliant and beautiful one. -peace

My period only lasts for three days but it feels like 15 cause my PMS is horrible. A week before i bleed i am unable to control my body temperature, unable to sleep properly, i get sore throat almost every cycle, i generally cry rivers, my boobs are literally exploding, my back hurts like hell, my skin is A MESS, and then when i start bleeding the pain is unbearable. So yeah, bleeding for three days but feeling crappy for way longer than this. I feel you sister, 28 days a month is a challenge to go through ! Wait. Being a woman is a challenge to go through !!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this sounds horrendous :(. Exactly! People think it's 5-7 days of bleeding and moodiness but oh god, noooo

Have you seen Lore on amazon prime? I think it would be right up your street!! It's short horror type story's but they are based on folklore some of it real. Taking about periods I ALWAYS get crazy motivated, it's like supercharged creativity l always want to get so much done and then towards the end of my period some one could literally walk into the same room as me and just breath and I feel irritated by them.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Ohh I'll check it out! Hahaha oh man, the motivation part is the best

My period is weird lol it lasts about 5 -6 days but takes a break in the middle lol literally just stops and resumes the next day 😅

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Mad!

Omg, I've never known anyone else to have a months long period! Mine happened when I first started and was a constant shining moment for 3 months. If you ever find out cool science that explains some of our weird body/mind symptoms in your period reading, I would be so interested if you shared it here!

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Will do :D

Before I started tracking mine I only knew it was about to happen because I REAKED the day for before 😂

I do have nightmares some nights so horrible that I don't talk much about them nor think about them in the morning after i had them. Then i forget them as i wanted them to. I just had a very bad one yesterday. I used to have very bad nightmares in which I feel like frozen and I can't even breathe. I had a very good dream and I always remembered it, because it was a very good dream that i had in a long time. I wrote about it in a writing app and thats how I cherished it. It had a good scene when I was looking into the distance with a deep blue sky and a huge black silhouette of a mountain in front of me and I was sitting there in the base of the mountain with one of my arms going around my girlfriend. She was talking something to her girlfriend sitting next to her and I remember being so happy with her looking into the yonder. A lantern shined from a house which has its silhouette on the top of the hill and i was looking at it with happiness. There is a writer's social media app called Mirakee. I sometimes do write in it. I don't read others posts, because its always so boring or about their negative experiences and it usually affects me but I do occasionally. You might find it good too if you are into writing on mobile.

11:04 I could have sworn you said "random orgies". LOL!

I bought a volleyball at a thrift store last week. No idea why.

From the video, I came to the conclusion that men's life is more stable, but at the same time it lacks all those burst of creativity and things you describe as connected to the hormones

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Not everybody experiences periods the same way. Other people might not experience that burst of creativity, some might.

I have the implant the one that goes in your arm. It’s my third one but second in a row. I don’t get your typical period. I don’t bleed, and I don’t really ovulate like I do but it’s not something that has a symptom. Other than the moods and hormones. And the worse of it is I have no idea I’m on my period because I don’t bleed. So for like 2/3 weeks I’m an emotional mess full of highs and lows. And the only time I know it’s my period is if my boobs are sore or I have bad cramps

Even though I am a guy, I think people should be more open about periods. After all, they happen to just over half of the population! I have to admit; I am happy being in the other half though. One woman I lived with had fairly intense periods, and the other barely had them at all. I learned it differs for most women, and some can be light, or heavy for no reason at all. It is a subject that few men talk about though (except to make jokes). I can't imagine most of us going through it though!

Maybe you should write a book about periods ?😂😂 but I’d read a short Scottish horror story

I have heard women complain that when they go on birth control pills for there periods they didn't like how they effected them. The pill and other birth control can mess with the bodies hormones' so I can see why there is complaints. Endocrinology in a nutshell is: "Endocrinology is the study of the endocrine system in the human body. This is a system of glands which secrete hormones. Hormones are chemicals that affect the actions of different organ systems in the body. Examples include thyroid hormone, growth hormone, and insulin. The endocrine system involves a number of feedback mechanisms, so that often one hormone (such as thyroid stimulat… Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license" I don't think every doctor fully understand hormones and how they effect the body, I know the average person doesn't and blames more things on hormones that they effect. I once worked with a cissexual/cisgenders woman that was on a birth control implant that stopped her periods and she had to stop it because it was messing with her body. She would get things like thinning hair and stuff. It always hard choice to make when women are having problems with there periods and sometimes there is no right answers or quick fixes. What I have come to understand is one doctors don't always understand women's heath as much as men's and two they are learning as they go along. Kinda of scary. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully these videos will help others out.

I don't have periods but interesting anyway. What would be the equivalent thing for men???

Try writing a romantic comedy. I was going to say romance but I accidentally typed romantic and comedy appeared on it's own so I left it. It's psychic destiny, period. Try it, and you could have fun.

@brentmcwilliams4332

3 жыл бұрын

Try reading Clive Baxter instead of Clive Barker. I'm not a reader myself, but his work on plant consciousness is fascinating.

ffs this is lot of crap

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to watch :)

You are still during periods at 29 years old. I thought you normally stopped around 18 for a woman. Women stop growing at 18 and men stop growing at 21.

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

We stop getting periods when we go through menopause... which usually happens between ages 45 and 55+

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Just kidding, I'm a witch

@L0stf0rw0rds

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahhahahahhahh

@theburpman8006

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

If u need a new boyfriend ill have u eny day lol

Love that you're ending the stigma and talking so openly about your period. So refreshing to see thank you for that!!! If you're interested in the hormones and haven't yet - check out the book "In The Flo" by Alissa Vitti - changed my life! So good! Cheers xo

@ErinsHoose

3 жыл бұрын

Oooo yay, I will, thanks!