What did you wish people who don't experience it asked you?
- If I need anything or if they can help in any way to make it easier.
- No idea.
- Ask anything! Be interested in understanding what it’s like.
- Would you like to take the day off? Sometimes my period can make the world and my responsibilities at work feel very overwhelming. And just being able to take a day when I’m feeling most overwhelmed to tend to myself means I’ll be able to cope better later on.
- Anything with open sympathy.
- How does your period affect you and what can I do?
- How they can make me feel better or offer a cup of water. Just that is more than enough.
- What I need to feel better, if I need any time off. Maybe to even know my cycle so it can explain my behaviour.
- Can I do anything for you?
- What are they really like?
- Are you feeling ok? Do you need anything?
- How can I support you? What do you need?
- How does your period make you feel? What is your relationship with your period?
- How does it really feel?
- "Are you on your period?" as this is them indicating your mood has changed...
- Help me understand you and your body so I can support you.
- What does it feel like? Do you need to take a break or rest? What can I do to help?
- How hard is it?
- Primarily, I wish they’d just read up about it on their own time to be honest. Then come to me and listen without recoiling if I offer up information to you. Same as you would (should) with other health conditions. Otherwise – “when are your better days and when are your worst days each month,” so they can use their initiative to support me when I choose to tell them I’m at X point in my cycle.
- How's your period? You ok?
- Would you like to work from home during your period?
- I wish it was just a more normalised part of life.
- How are you feeling today, is there anything I can do to help you?
- If I need any practical help, or if I need an afternoon off work.
- Asking what helps – what they can do?
- If there's anything they can do to help.
- Are you on your period?
- “Would you like to work from home?” “What would support you most when you're experiencing the most painful part of your period?”
- If I have energy to do things.
- How am I feeling? If there is anything they can do to help?
- Nothing.
- Ask what does it feel like? How can I support you?
- I don’t think I want to be asked unless I share my experience
- What it feels like, logistics on how many pads/tampons you’d typically go through during a period, how you should support someone on their period.
- How can we help?
- Where can I put this box of chocolates down?
- How can I help?