What is typically the first thing you hear when you have any sort of health condition? You need to exercise more. What is the hardest thing to hear as a migraine patient? You need to exercise more. The hardest lifestyle change that I’ve made as my migraines went from bad to worse involved giving up […]
Burden. A heavy word that gets thrown around quite a bit within the mental health, chronically ill, and disabled communities. It’s about time we break the stigma surrounding “burden” and start learning to accept it and grow with it. But what is a burden? The dictionary describes it as: a load, particularly a heavy one. […]
Support groups. Venting Sessions. That person you go to when you’ve had a rough day. The overall idea that we all need somebody when things get a little too much. You think I must need somebody. But before I get into it, lets take a step back. There’s two types of people in this world […]
Astraphobia. The fear of storms. I vividly remember being yelled at when this picture was taken. A flashy line of thunderstorms was rolling across Southeastern Wisconsin and although I was attending a Luau and it was nearing bedtime no one could pull me away from the window. I remember my sister making me stop talking […]
Today is one of those – I am bear, bear is me – type of days. I woke up feeling okay, but was hit with an incredible amount of pain that shifted to brain fog throughout the course of the day. I’ve tried to desperately focus on a lot today… but even my regular journaling […]
My Life. My Migraine. 