It comes without warning. Sometimes at night, sometimes at noon, sometimes right after you’ve finished making your perfect morning coffee and you just want to sit with the newspaper and stare at the headlines in silence. Then – boom. A flash of pain, the smell of laundry soap from the neighbors starts to stink you to death, the light burns your pupils, and the whole world becomes a show of triggers.

Welcome to migraine: the company that always arrives when you didn’t invite it, insists on staying too long, and throws you into bed with a set of sounds, lights, and smells that you’re not ready for.

Between a headache and a migraine: a world of difference

Let’s get straight. If you’re one of those people who says, “I had a migraine three minutes after my coffee too,” you’ve probably never really had a migraine. It’s like saying you got dysentery after eating sushi from Central Station, when in reality you just made a face from the wasabi.

A migraine is not a headache. A migraine is a living, intelligent creature, with its own will, a sense of mission, and the character of your sister-in-law. It has a schedule, emotions, control over the nervous system, and the amazing ability to turn a fully grown, intelligent, and functioning person into a creature lying in bed, moaning “Ouch, ooh, ooh” like a Polish grandmother on a summer day.

The Science: So We Look Serious

Scientists claim that migraines are caused by a combination of heredity, brain chemistry, and the universe’s decision to laugh at you. According to the hypotheses, it is an abnormal activation of the trigeminal nervous system, combined with the release of inflammatory substances, which cause blood vessels around the brain to dilate. In short – your brain decided to throw an internal trance party, and you were not invited.

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Possible triggers? Almost anything. Chocolate, wine, yellow cheese, too much sleep, too little sleep, stress, heat, cold, computer screen, the smell of perfume, noisy people, children, people who are too quiet, life.

The Aura Phase: The Horror Movie Trailer

Sometimes a migraine starts with a phase called the “aura” – flashes of light, zigzag lines, a feeling of numbness, or just a feeling of existential doom. This is the phase when you realize that your mind has overflowed, and that you should fold into the house like a banker folds into the IRS.

The aura is like the promo for the movie: it’s not the pain itself, but it tells you exactly what’s going to happen, and you know there’s no way to escape From the next scene.

Next Stage: Slow Deathblow

The pain comes – throbbing, deep, one side of the head or both, in waves. Accompanied by nausea, sensitivity to light, noise, smell, and humans in general. Suddenly even your son’s voice asking “Mom, when can I eat?” sounds like a symphony of concrete trucks colliding in a closed theater.

You lie down, close your eyes, try to breathe deeply – and discover that even breathing hurts. Technically, you’re alive. Emotionally? You’re considering moving into a nuclear fallout shelter alone.

Medications: More Psychology Than Medicine

Some people take acetaminophen and get on with their day. We wish them luck the next time they encounter a light autumn breeze. Serious migraine sufferers know that it’s a complex plan of action: a special painkiller, total darkness, total silence, a bed with a ceiling that doesn’t show vacuum cleaners in commercials, and a partner who knows That you are only allowed to ask one question a day.

There are also specific medications, such as triptans, that trigger a counter-reaction in the brain – or at least make you look poor enough that everyone stops asking you for things.

The environment: between empathy and the desire to escape

Those around you are divided into two – those who have already been there, who nod their heads sadly and bring you a glass of water with a face full of compassion; and those who ask “Tell me, have you ever tried not to think about it?”

Because clearly, a migraine is simply an emotional state. Like a cold. If only you were less stressed, maybe you wouldn’t have attacks… and sure, and if I were less tired, maybe I wouldn’t be a mother.

Self-humor: An unconventional weapon

So yes, migraine is a nightmare. But if you’re stuck with it – you can also laugh. Some people have started support groups with memes, others draw pictures of exploding brains, and there are those who write columns about it so as not to go crazy. Because when your headache hurts – at least we’ll laugh our hearts out.

In conclusion: we won’t die from it, we’ll just feel like it’s about to happen

A migraine is a cruel but effective reminder that our brain is not just a computer – it’s also a glorified drama queen. It comes, throws you out of bed, demands attention, and then disappears as if nothing happened.

But hey – at least It keeps you humble. Nothing reminds you of how human you are like the urge to vomit when you look at a fluorescent light.

So the next time someone tells you, “It’s just a headache” – give them the look. You know the one. That look that heralds the coming storm.

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