Migraine Awareness Tip #6

June is migraine awareness month. I've decided to send 7 tips, one each day for one week to do my part in raising awareness within us. For it is within ourselves that we need to find strength, perseverance and endurance. We need to build resilience.

Holly's Helpful Tips for Migraine Awareness

We are not just our migraines - we are much more than that. Many years ago, at the beginning of this pain journey I went for a Shiatsu massage and when I said I had migraines he said “You must not own them. The very word itself 'migraine - my - mine' shows ownership. Once you own it, you will never let it go.”

I was shocked. At that time I believed I could heal them myself. I had full faith they would disappear completely from my life. I had no intention of 'owning' these horrible things.

I heard this poem the other day, and I thought “we are so much more than just once piece of the puzzle in life.” My life has many pieces, and the migraines are just one small piece. Ok, they are not that small, but there is positive thinking again (denial).

I asked God For ...

"I asked for strength,
And God gave me difficulties to make me strong;

I asked for wisdom,
And God gave me problems to learn to solve;

I asked for prosperity,
And God gave me brain and brawn to work;

I asked for courage,
And God gave me dangers to overcome;

I asked for love,
And God gave me people to help;

I asked for favors,
And God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed."

~ by Hazrat Inayat Khan

It’s much easier these days to just be real about this condition. It’s not so easy with people who do not understand that this is a difficult and painful neurological medical condition. Many people I know still dismiss it as a headache, and I have known them for twenty years.

I'd like to recommend reading Cynthia Perkin's Mindfulness Over Migraines e-book that explains the science behind mindfulness and why it helps migraines. And she explains the method step by step that she uses to eliminate her migraines in 15 minutes. Yes, you read that correctly ... eliminate in 15 minutes. It will be the best $6.99 you ever spend!

Timing is everything when aborting a migraine attack.

Remember that your contribution will help others too! We are not in this alone, even though it feels like it most of the time. Our stories and input can help each other. For example, I heard about Naramig from a Shiatsu patient of mine, not my doctor or any of the specialists I had seen! Two years after triptans came on the market. Two years of needless suffering.

This is a safe place to share your challenges and tell your story to people who truly understand what you are going through. Feel free to share your art to inspire us all in our time of need and find solutions with new treatment ideas specific to migraine disease. Get some professional health advice from others that walk this path. Just click on the links underlined above if you would like more details.

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