You’ve been told your migraines are emotional.“Just relax,” they say.But your head doesn’t pound from willful choice.It pounds because you
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You’ve been told your migraines are emotional.
“Just relax,” they say.
But your head doesn’t pound from willful choice.
It pounds because your body remembers.
💥 Central Healing Truth
Migraines can be physical echoes of trauma—proof that your body still carries what it survived.
💬 Survivor-Rooted Insights
Childhood abuse raises migraine risk by nearly 70%—especially when combined with adult violence and PTSD pure.johnshopkins.edu+1sciencedirect.com+1.
Migraines aren’t just “stress” headaches—they’re often linked to HPA axis disruption, where trauma keeps your nervous system locked in survival mode .
People with PTSD report headaches and migraines over 50% of the time americanmigrainefoundation.org+15healthline.com+15pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov+15.
Emotional and physical neglect in childhood show up in adulthood as chronic pain, including migraines en.wikipedia.org+5pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov+5pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov+5.
🧘🏾♀️ Survivor Affirmations
My pain is real—my body is not overreacting.
I honor the echoes of what I endured.
Migraines are not weakness—they are evidence.
I deserve care that sees my trauma + my pain.
My healing can include relief, rest, and justice.
I will not reduce my pain to someone else’s discomfort.
🔥 Closing Truth
When someone says, “It’s all in your head,”
they’re refusing to see your history.
They’re telling you to shrink your story
so their world stays comfortable.
But comfort for them is more dangerous than your pain.
You have lived through storms inside your own body.
Your migraines are not imaginary—they are proof.
Proof that your fight-or-flight lived too long,
proof that your nervous system stayed awake for battle,
proof that your story is power.
You have a right to say I’m struggling, and you have a right to receive help—without shame or apology.
