Category: Treatment
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Migraine Love Language
We need help when we are sick. Sometimes we ask for it. Sometimes we just hope that our loved ones will read our mind and turn up with what we need when we need it. Sometimes our family and friends want to help so they provide what they think is…
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Background noise for healing
“Background noise” is a phrase that has been familiar to me since my work-in-a-big-office days. Once you got used to working in a busy space, you could sit at your cubicle and type away, and all the talking, phone ringing, book dropping noises merged into a single blur of sounds.…
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What on earth is allodynia?
In my 50+ years of living, I had never, ever, heard the word “alley-din-e-a” until the other day. It was in a presentation by a neurologist, and she mentioned it in passing, implying it relates to super sensitivity, and occurs when something hurts during an event which is not considered…
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The step after self-actualization
Today’s blog post is something of a thought experiment. It’s about things that have been floating around in my mind for a while, but this is the first time I’ve tried to articulate the ideas. So, think of it as a ‘first draft’ and apologies in advance if it doesn’t…
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Hysterectomies and migraines
You may or may not know that The Mindful Migraine Blog has a CONTACT page that you can use to send me an email – you can ask a question or just say “Hi!” About two weeks ago, I received three emails back-to-back. The first was from a musician asking…
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Headaches that start behind the eye
In my continuing summary of some of the Migraine World Summit presentations (back in early 2024), today’s blog post is about the presentation by neuro-ophthalmologist Deboah Friedman from Dallas, USA. She listed a huge number of conditions in which pain can occur behind the eye. The main take away was…
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Is my pillow causing my migraine?
When I first started to pull myself out of my chronic pain downward spiral, I listened to a podcast that had a title similar to the one I just wrote, something like: “is my pillow the problem?” This is it, I thought! I’m going to start to learn everything I…
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Mindful eating (and pill-popping)
There are several exercises in mindfulness where you eat mindfully. In the simplest of ways, you make sure that when you eat, you just eat. It is an act of intentionality where you savor each mouthful, its taste and texture. [In other words, your toast isn’t hanging limply out of…
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Architecture of dread… or healing
“Friday the 13th” – that’s what today is. It sounds so spooky and full of dread. It conjures up superstitious thoughts and nightmare-scenes from horror movies… so what to post about on such a (potentially) dark day? An architecture of dread… or not. While looking for images for my university…
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