(girls only. period question) Im scared of using tampons?

Question

Im 15 and i've had my period for just over a year. on tuesday im going to a gymnastics thing and then wednesday im going to a waterpark (good time for me not to know how to use a tampon huh?) and ususally i would just say 'forget it im not going' but i really dont want my period to run my life. im pretty sure i know how to do it:

you just stick the edge of the tampon in your V

then push the applicator up...right?

or do u have to stick the tampon in all the way up to the applicator?

im really scared to use tampons because im afraid that they'll hurt really bad. all my friends say im overreacting but i dont know. so any advice?? and does it hurt using tampons?

Answer 1

How about you ask your parents.

Or read the side of those tampon boxes for further instructions.