• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’ve never had a headache which wasn’t the direct result of hitting my head or a hangover.

    I am half convinced people’s “random” headaches are all fake and humanity has just kind of silently agreed that “the headache” will be a socially acceptable way to back out of minorly annoying but otherwise low stakes obligations.

    Edit - does this mean I win the thread?

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      3 months ago

      I never had one until I was 17 and woke up with a crushing migraine, puking and crying. Those continued (not frequent but crazy intense) until I got pregnant, a pause each time I was. Menopause didn’t stop them (so disappointing) but menopause plus low dose hormones has pretty much done the trick.

      But I’ve never had a “regular” headache, like a tension headache. Only migraine, hangover, sinus.

      What I wanted to say though is that you are so lucky if your head never hurts, like hurts so infrequently that you think people are faking it. It’s a terrible place to hurt.