I woke up. felt like something was off. I went to the bathroom. blood everywhere.

up until that point I had been terrified at the sight of blood, but this time there was so much my brain simply shut off. I called my mom and told her "I think my period started" and she was all "whaaaaat how do you know what a period is?" as if I didn't have an older sister.

it was fine after that. I haven't been afraid of blood even a little bit since that day