Post #3579210

2026-07-03 20:21 UTC

One of the more disorienting parts of living with both recurrent depression and migraine: you don't always know which one is starting. With migraine, at least the pain shows up - prodrome, then the hit, predictable as weather. With depression, it doesn't have to. Instead there's anhedonia, nothing landing anymore, and thoughts that aren't looking out for me. That's the actual difference. One hurts and ends. The other doesn't need to hurt to be dangerous. That’s where I am right now. #Migraine #Depression #Anhedonia #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness

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@dima@dol.social 2026-07-04 12:04

So... no pain came. Whatever this was, it wasn't migraine. It's been going on for over two weeks now - not one long fall, but waves, with some dips going deep. And that's the cruelest difference. Migraine pain can be brutal, but you know with certainty that it ends. Every single time. This other thing has ended before too. I have the receipts, past episodes that passed. But knowing that and believing it are not the same. From inside, it feels permanent. The belief that it passes is exactly what it takes from you first. Migraine you wait out. This you have to get through without the faith that there's another side. #Migraine #Depression #MentalHealth

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@dima@dol.social 2026-07-04 12:05

So... no pain came. Whatever this was, it wasn't migraine. It's been going on for over two weeks now - not one long fall, but waves, with some dips going deep. And that's the cruelest difference. Migraine pain can be brutal, but you know with certainty that it ends. Every single time. This other thing has ended before too. I have the receipts, past episodes that passed. But knowing that and believing it are not the same. From inside, it feels permanent. The belief that it passes is exactly what it takes from you first. Migraine you wait out. This you have to get through without the faith that there's another side. #Migraine #Depression #MentalHealth #Thoughts #Blog #Fediverse

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