- I had the the worst headache last week. It was the weirdest sensation I have ever experienced, outside of almost-fainting. I had been working, mostly walking around and looking at a piece of white paper with writing. After a bit of walking, I saw some squiggly wavy lines at the corner of my right eye. These wavy lines resembled the heat mirages that you might see when driving down a road in sunny California. I was a bit confused about why I was seeing things, when I started to notice that I couldn't read my paper. The numbers and letters were whited-out by some neurological light. It was most curious.
- Ten minutes later, I was begging to lay down. I had a migraine with sharp, indescribable pain that prevented me from doing further work. I began to feel nauseous, a harbinger of wahness. About twenty minutes later, I felt a strong sensation of nausea overcome me and I hovered over the toilet four times. It was not good. My stomach was emptied.
- After I laid down to rest, I researched my strange symptoms and found that I had experienced "migraine with auras," which is experienced by approximately 20% of the population. I was fine that night, except for the fact that I had slept too much...
- However, the day after, I experienced overwhelming confusion. I was writing something and I became so confused about whether it made sense or not. I rarely get confused - I usually question how I can improve my writing.
- I also had these strange tempers - I would feel empowered by something, but all of a sudden, I became the exact opposite - a crying mess.
I suppose this is an example of the ways that unaddressed stress may affect a person. It's important to take care of oneself and heed such symptoms. Have I done anything to address these symptoms or my invisible stress? Not really, but I'm going to start working out and doing things to lower my stress level.
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