As a nonbinary person, I know it’s not just women who get endometriosis
London to Florida. At the start, the periods weren’t too awful but only a couple of years later, they became vicious.During my period, I have muscle cramps that double me over, numbness in my feet, exhaustion that makes even lifting my arms difficult, and migraines even after my period ends.My symptoms also heighten nerve pain and brain fog from fibromyalgia – a chronic pain condition.
It feels like there’s glue in my spinal nerves but they’re somehow also on fire, which makes basic tasks like talking, eating and sleeping difficult for nearly half the month.I’ll never forget one specific incident when I was driving home from school one day at 16 years old after just getting my licence.As I reached the end of the first bridge on the causeway – surrounded by gorgeous tropical scenery and azure blue water – I suddenly got a violent urge to vomit.
I pulled over in a haze, did what needed to be done and then tried not to faint while I continued driving home. I crawled into bed and couldn’t get out of it until four days later.Racism still exists during war - and it can't be ignoredThere are four motivation styles - here's how yours affects the way you workBlackout blinds might be just what you need to get the perfect night's sleepI always knew these extreme bouts of nausea and fatigue were related to my period.Around the same time my periods began to incapacitate my normal day-to-day life – when I was in university in Boston – I started to realise I was nonbinary (not strictly ‘girl’ or ‘boy’ but somewhere in the middle).Experiencing menstruation as a trans person is bizarre because all of the horrible experiences that some cisgender women claim ‘make them a woman’ are experienced by trans men and nonbinary people daily.
