Imagine getting headaches that eventually go away on their own. Imagine being able to shower or go to sleep or drink water and expect the headache not to still be there 12 hours later. I hate taking medication for them, but if I get even the slightest headache, it will only get worse and worse and worse until I take a full dose of painkillers.
I like being able to power through things to the other side via force of will! ….only. There is no other side.
I find headaches to be a different kind of pain. Break my toe? I can set that aside and power through it.
But headaches… They’re a direct assault upon my sanctuary!
I can’t escape a headache because normally I would lock myself inside my head, separated from the body where the pain dwells.
UGH YEAH. I used to be be proud of my pain endurance and the different “flavors” in which it could manifest… I was fascinated by the way that insect stings and bites hurt in unique ways, in how flesh injuries could be borne quietly. I thought of myself as very resilient!
Aaaand then I started getting recurring headaches and I just sit there clutching my head and whining and angry about it and annoying everyone around me because they get headaches, too, but they don’t make a fuss about it.