#n e ways thanks 4 sharing bc i didnt know this much ab migraines!!

[maschotch]

the whole arc with Reid’s headaches was so funny to me bc like. my guy, you have chronic migraine. i have chronic migraine and reid checks every symptom as far as I can tell. I actually was excited at first that CM was including this storyline because !! like !! they actually showed how unbelievably disorienting and debilitating it is and as someone who has it to the point of disability I was so grateful for that!! but then OF COURSE they have to make it into something weird and have it be a “is he schizophrenic??” storyline and like. if it was real life and Reid was such a genius he’d be like “yeah like 11% of the population get migraine attacks, they often start in your twenties, this is actually very normal, I just need some fucking meds.” Instead it’s supposed to be this whole secretive, shameful thing that causes all this angst and like…why?? like whenever I think about it it’s like, actually yeah, a lot of research has shown that adverse childhood experiences can cause or worsen migraine attacks (like with many conditions) so like what are the chances that hotch never gets them (especially after getting blown up and having head/ear trauma??) or Emily or literally all of them lol (especially bc autism, adhd and mental illness are all frequently comorbid with migraines and they all have at least one of those lmfao). but like it’s just so funny to me because, I mean, I like Reid fine, but they’re always trying sooo hard to make him ~special~ and like. this is maybe the most boring thing about him lmfao like sorry babe I know you’re a genius and everything but this is actually so normal lmao

akchskhd like king ily but ur not special!!! people get migraines!!

its such a cheap way to add drama—especially when they dont follow up with it at all? we get a handful of eps in s6 that mention it and then nothing until we find out he met a geneticist who somehow fixed everything (????) god forbid they actually follow thru on anything or actually have any representation that isnt demonized or shamed in some way

its always a near miss with reid, which is so frustrating. he’s almost autistic, he’s almost gnc, he almost has chronic migraines, he’s almost bi… consistency has never been cm’s strong suit but with reid its fucking ridiculous how many halfassed storylines they try to give him