CW- vaginas, pain, and penetration

Hello I'm here to share what might seem like TMI but it's what I wish someone had told me about hymens (1/9)

TLDR: There are different kinds of hymen which can heavily affect penetration and cause a lot of pain. This includes septate, cribriform, and annular. If you think you have one of these, you can see your doctor about getting it removed. (2/9)

For years I thought my body was wrong because I found removing tampons painful, and I couldn't insert anything larger than a finger without intense pain. Now I had pretty good sex education and I knew that penetration is not supposed to hurt, However (3/9)

I thought I was an exception and that it was just gonna be like this, or that I just wasn't taking the time to get "in the mood" to be able to fit anything larger except that I Was taking the time. (4/9)

I discovered I had a string of thicker tissue across the entrance of my vagina, and thought this was a Regular hymen but I did realise that this is what was causing the pain. Turns out this is Not a Regular Hymen (5/9)

I did a lot of googling (seriously it took So Much Googling to find this without knowing what it was) (this was after considering cutting this tissue myself) and discovered that it's what's called a septate hymen, and that it isn't the only kind of "irregular" hymen (6/9)

I also discovered that the safest and most painless way of getting it removed is to See a Doctor! (Shocker, amiright?)
I really wanted to make this thread because I've not seen anyone talk about this, and it caused me so much anxiety (7/9)

I see so many people saying that hymens don't cause you pain, that having it break is just a slight discomfort, but this is just not the case for some of us! Septate and other kinds of irregular hymens are incredibly painful to break through penetration alone (8/9)

People deserve to be informed about their bodies, and I wish I had been. I hope this has been informative :) (9/9)