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allonsybadwolf · 1 year ago

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One of my biggest pet peeves is people calling headaches migraines. Like I understand that headaches are really annoying and can be very painful, I get it, I have normal headaches too, but they are NOTHING. NOTHING. next to a migraine. My worst of the worst headache is a walk in the park compared to my migraines.

And I'm not gatekeeping anybody here. If someone tells me they have a migraine, yes, I believe you, I will respect that information and act accordingly.

But, as a migraine sufferer, when some people are talking about "migraines" in general, you can just tell. They're talking about headaches. THAT'S A HEADACHE.

And I really don't want to sound like I'm minimizing people who suffer from headaches because that sucks and I feel for them, it's just about using the correct words. You wouldn't say you broke your arm if you burned it while cooking. They're different things. They require different treatment.

AHHHHHHHHHHH

#i get tension headaches and sinus headaches and then suck #but i can like have an ibuprofen and drink some tea and give myself a little head massage and whatever and just deal with it #migraines feel like my head is actually going to explode #like someone put my eyeball into a vice and also put knives in my brain #and any light or noise makes me feel nauseated #and there's brain fog #and sometimes i just go blind in my right eye for the day #and then you can have a postdrome that can last for days where you just feel weird and off and bad #and sometimes people have no pain and just the other symptoms which also really sucks #and NONE OF THOSE THINGS come with headaches!!!#anyways thank you for attending my rant #if you're a migraine sufferer I'm sorry #if you don't get migraines i envy you #if you're reading a list of migraine symptoms and being like oh but i get these with my headaches I'm sorry to tell you #those are probably actually migraines #allonsybadwolf #tw migraine #migraine tw

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