help me with tampons guys

sooo I’m 13 and have about half a year of experience with tampons. Usually I would only wear them for swimming because I HEAVILY feared them. Then I had to start using them more recently due to my sudden craze with personal hygiene (pads make me paranoid that I either smell bad or some other weird reason).

So NOW TAMPONS ARE MY GO TO FOR SCHOOL AND I USE THEM EVERYDAY. But I need some helppp. If a tampon won’t go in at school what do I do? I carry pads for emergencies but I was hoping there is some “life hack” for getting tampons in during school?

Sorry if this was a super weird and dumb question I’ve just had some crappy experiences with tampons not going in and me having to use to good ole “DIY Toilet Paper Pad” lmao