bye bye migraine!

[yukie1013]

Cause of my headache: migraine + tension headache.

I clenched my teeth in my sleep and tensed up so much that the entire left side of my face was painful.

I was worrying so much about the pain that I made it WORSE.

(Parents were unhelpful. Telling me to stop worrying is great IN THEORY... At least they got that I was honestly struggling with this.)

So Counselor did meditation work with me and it was really amazing. I can make my mind go quiet. I learned to just let thoughts pass by. Note them and let them move on. After that thre wasn't any thought except about my breathing and the quiet space in me.

I thought about water and about just kind of drifting down like some amazing merYukie to the bottom where the bioluminescent things do their best star impressions.

I didn't know how long I was meditative until he told me. 20 freakin' minutes.

And now I am almost pain-free for the first time in DAYS and it's such a fucking relief. I can identify my pain without freaking the fuck out.

There's residual ache but I can identify and handle it.

I just needed to remember that i -do- know my body and that I'm better at relaxing than I think I am.

Also apparently I'm a projective emotional type. XD; I know that Counselor is observant but he says that as soon as I walked in he knew I was stressed out of my gourd. So - yeah. XD; I am a LEETLE BEACON.

Anyhow.

Man. It is SUCH a bloody relief. I feel so much better it's not funny.

Comments

[birgitriddle]

You know maybe I should do something similar when I have been having a headache that's been plaguing me for days which has been preventing me from getting done the work that has been stressing me out.

[yukie1013.livejournal.com]

It could work! I mean, I never thought about doing that myself, but my counselor was like, 'oh yeah it's the worst when that happens, sudden headache from nowhere - so does your jaw and neck ache too' and we worked out what the hell was wrong. XD

On the semi downside I need to buy a dang hockey mouthguard to wear at night until I stop doing this but that's a small price to pay for not being sore.

[edmondia.livejournal.com]

Relaxation-fu! :D

[avalonjones.livejournal.com]

I used to hate it when my dad told me stuff like, "You're not stressed out. You're too young and healthy to be stressed out. You have your whole life ahead of you! You should be grateful!" (Of course, to be fair, he hasn't said that to me in a long time, what with me being in my mid-40s now and a clock-slave for a long time.)

Also, merYukie! <3

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I am so glad! What a relief.

[drakonlily.livejournal.com]

Your counselor sounds like they are an amazing person. They should be cloned.