Looks like I’m not the only one who picked up on the telltale signs of migraine in the Harry Potter books. I hadn’t thought about the scar in that respect, but when he is gets a pounding headache from the fluorescent lights in his aunt’s kitchen, I had my Aha! moment.
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An article in the October issue of Scientific American reports on the neurology of mystical experiences.
I’ve been meditating in one for or another for around 30 years. I started originally for stress reduction in an attempt to short-circuit migraines. My intention was never spiritual, but in the process I’ve experienced what many consider spiritual experiences.
I’ve [...]

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Everybody who gets migraines has a slightly different set of triggers and symptoms. One of the patterns that I follow is what’s called the “let-down headache.” I tend to get a headache after the stress has passed, rather than during, or in anticipation of, a stressor. For myself, deadline pressure is the killer: grief, emotional [...]

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