What Can You Do When Migraine Impacts Your Career?...This feeds the constant stigma surrounding migraine disease.... By Tom Picerno3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Mouths Open, Mouths Close: Part II...This is part II to my story, Mouths Open, Mouths Close, where I share potential responses to uncomfortable comments about my migraine. A. My reply: "True." (Better to keep it... By hitesh-goenka9 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Talking with My Attorney - Stigma of Migraine...your disability, it’s all a matter of presenting enough evidence to prove you can’t work) but what I’m getting at here is just the simple fact that the stigma... By 4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Taking Off the Mask: The Real Face of Migraine...There is also a huge amount of stigma in society that makes wearing a mask, most of the time, so very tempting.... By Shoshana Lipson4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments18 comments
Understanding Emergency Room Care...Yes, stigma prevents good migraine care, and yes, we’re often treated like drug seekers.... By Kerrie Smyres3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments24 comments
Mouths Open, Mouths Close: Part I...…all the time. I know they do. They do it too much. That’s what this essay is about. Mouths! I will tell you a lot of things that I have... By hitesh-goenka11 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
What’s Your Secret: Increasing Awareness & Decreasing Stigma...These efforts decrease stigma and increase compassion about migraine and therefore are worth our time and energy.... By Holly Harding1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
My migraine has cut off those around me...The stigma of migraine can be as bad as the migraine itself...Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 replies
Pain Behaviors Can Perpetuate Stigma...In short, pain behaviors can perpetuate stigma.... By tammy-lrome2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments20 comments
When stigma hurts your kids...Just when I think the world is finally making progress to understand migraine, a few Neanderthal trolls decide to target my baby boy on the job. He's not really a baby... By tammy-lrome2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Social Media and Migraine Stigma...Is that perpetuating the stigma of migraines? Maybe.... By Katie M. Golden4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments50 comments
Why I Stopped Hiding And Started Talking About My Migraines...“Mom, I’m good at keeping secrets because I always forget them,” my 6-year-old said. We giggled over the reason he was a super-secret keeper and I remembered there was a... By Tonilyn Hornung2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Veterans and Headache Disorders...The stigma around mental health is something many people may consider when thinking about veterans.... By Amanda Workman3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
What Michele Bachmann has taught us about the politics of migraine...But this is not enough to remove the stigma of migraine from Bachmann’s campaign.... By Prof. Joanna Kempner2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
Why Migraine is More Than Just a Headache...There is definitely stigma involved when you have an invisible disease such as migraine.... By Tom Picerno2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments11 comments
Frustrations in the ER...Until then, the ER continues to be a place where stigma runs deep. Here are some other nuggets of info when preparing for an ER visit.... By Katie M. Golden5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments13 comments
What's Your Secret: More Than Just A Headache...Do you remember the reporter who started speaking gobbledygook in the middle of her on-air interview a few years back? It became a heavily-circulated example of how migraine can impact... By Holly Harding1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments18 comments
Why don’t you just live a little?...That's a big part of the stigma associated with migraine.... By tammy-lrome2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Using the COVID Vaccine to Advocate for Migraine...The potential for people to feel sick for a couple of days after getting the COVID-19 vaccine provided me with an unexpected opportunity to advocate for people with migraine. I... By Kerrie Smyres1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
Migraine: A Full Time Job...Living with migraine disease has many challenges. I live with chronic intractable migraine disease and have been unable to sustain any gainful employment. The outside world perceives my inability to... By LaQuinda McCoy2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments16 comments