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Re:Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope ... by munificent on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @08:08PM (#43097319)
Last spring, I broke my ankle severely (trimalleolar fracture with dislocation). I had a very long string of complications following that: fracture blisters, nerve block rebound pain, opioid withdrawal, atrophy, infections, nerve pain, bone fragments, etc. It seems that right when things seem to start going well, a new complication arises.

I know it's not rational, but it's really hard to not fall into a mindset of "Why even try to fix this one, another one's going to happen anyway?" And once I start letting myself believe that, I just feel even worse.

Even before this happened, I have had a pet theory that agency (and perceived agency) is one of the most central components of psychology around anxiety and depression. This whole experience has reinforced it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

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Re:Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope ... by cf100clunk on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @09:26PM (#43097864)
> I have had a pet theory that agency (and perceived agency) is one of the most central components of psychology around anxiety and depression

I like to think of that quality as being a person with a willing desire to be a player on the team trying to solve the health problem, in that I am generally a sunshine-y person and try to see the best in things. To me, that's the key to avoiding despair in facing my chronic, acute migraines. Having said that, it is fatiguing to face batteries of tests once again. If the science is very compelling, I'll consider it.

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