Last week Thursday I had a migraine. I have been plagued by them since I was ten years old and never thought much about it. I use to get one or two a week and never really let it scare me. Weirdly enough with all the health anxiety I dealt with the migraines were never the subject.

Well, on Thursday night I was watching T.V and realized my vision was starting to be distorted as it does when I have a migraine coming on. I was annoyed but not worried…at first. Then for some reason, maybe because I was all alone in my room and knew that everyone else in the house was asleep, I started to feel the anxiety building. I did my best to calm myself but to be honest I was a little afraid to fall asleep. I was afraid because I have not really had any migraines recently save for one the week previous. I guess that is what concerned me, that they happened so close together. I started to worry that it was not just another migraine. I started to worry that something was seriously wrong. I started to worry that if I feel asleep I would not wake up.

I did my best to calm myself and think through the facts as I had learned to do with my other health anxiety. I laid back down…but still did my best to keep my eyes open. Before I knew it I was waking up the next morning. Perfectly fine!

I write all this to say…well I am not sure. I thought I would share this because it seemed to affect me a lot more than I thought it would. I have not had such an intense episode of anxiety in quite a while. I guess it shows me that even though I have been able to manage my anxiety…I will still deal with it from time to time. At least I know effective ways to work through it!