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It's hard to explain if you don't have the female anatomy. For a lot of girls, it's hard to insert anything if you're nervous or anxious and are tensed up. Being tight or tensed up makes it a lot harder to insert ANYTHING, even a tampon - that's why some girls try certain positions to get their tampon inserted, or they put a little lube on the end, etc.

For other girls, it's just painful to have their v****a stretched by a tampon. Others, like me, are either bothered by the idea of tampons or just don't find them comfortable to insert and/or wear.

I loathe tampons. I'm really small in that area, so anything in there when I'm not lubricated hurts like mad, and even when I AM lubricated, it still hurts. Moving in them hurts too. Plus I just don't like using them at all, even if they didn't hurt. But, they're needed, and there's nothing I can do about it. u___u

Sometimes it hurts because its not inserted properly. When inserting, you're suppose to push the tampon up at a slight angle. If they don't, some girls hit the wall of the v****a; This causes them to push against the sensitive wall because they think its just not fitting. I've done that.

It can also be painful if you're dry down there. Personally (and this may sound a little gross) I'll do my business, pull mine out and immediately insert mine. This way it's slightly lubricated. Believe me, everything hurts going in when you're dry. It also hurts like no one's business when you try pulling a tampon out that you just put in whether its because it wasn't inserted right of what. The tampon immediately soaks up whatever is inside of you, making it an unpleasant experience taking it right back out.

I remember when I first used a tampon....I didn't know only the tissue part was suppose to go in. Needless to say...I stuck the ENTIRE applicator in. You can imagine how awkward my walk was. I kept it in for around an hour in a half thinking the weird small pain was "natural". Ever after I couldn't take it and took it out...I didn't find out till about a week later that I did it wrong when I was discussing it with my sister.

I personally dont have any problem. I think that some girls arent really comfortable using them and they're scared. As the people above me have said when you tense up like that it's going to harder for you get it in.

Dryness can cause problems. If there isn't enough lubrication, the walls of the v****a can catch/stick on the tampon and be pulled in with it. That can give a bad pinching feeling.

Also, most girls using tampons for the first time haven't had sex. Their vaginas may be very unstretched (not to mention very unused to the feeling of something going in).

And, as others have mentioned it, there's the possibility that they aren't using them correctly.

And remember, penises and babies can hurt a heck of a lot too.

for me it's really strange because the first time i used one it didn't hurt and now when i use one it hurts to put in, but i am guessing it is because some girls get tence and they tighten so that hurts when you are trying to put one in.

can tampons give you cancer? my friends keep sayin that. they say cuz they are plactice. <-spelling-