Being stressed over migraine is a migraine trigger
Being stressed over my migraine attacks was triggering more attacks. Here’s how I managed to get on top of that vicious cycle.
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The Stress Caused by Illness
We all know that stress can be a cause or a trigger of illness, but we rarely hear about the inverse — that illness itself is a major stressor. In a national poll by the Harvard School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson foundation…
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Soothing Sneaky Worries With Mindfulness
Friday and Saturday are crammed full of sessions at American Headache Society symposium, Sunday is the American Headache & Migraine Association patient conference. I’ve been fretting for days about how I’m going to feel over the weekend and which sessions I’ll be able to attend….
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Revamping Traditions to Reduce Holiday Stress
If your headache disorder tends to flare up during the holidays or you get so stressed about getting everything done that you wind up harming your health, it may be time to rethink your holiday traditions. Start planning now to scale back the stress and…
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Our Thoughts Do Not Cause Illness, We Cannot Think Our Way to Health
What’s the likelihood that the content of the community college meditation class I’m taking in order to qualify for student health insurance would infuriate me? Almost inconceivable, I would have thought, just as I would have thought it impossible that a PowerPoint could cause me…