1. You miss out on stuff

Migraines bother you to the point where you miss out many activities with your family and friends. I detest the migraines due to the pain that overwhelms my head, which forces me to rest. When I have planned out something to do on the next day, a migraine comes up unexpectedly and I am not able to do those scheduled activities. Not only my planned schedule, but I also have to cancel on my friends and family. The ones I care about are down and disappointed. That pains me even more than my migraine. Sometimes if the migraine does not go away for the whole day, I have to shorten my schedule and sleep earlier. Although sleeping early proves to be a good habit, I end up missing out on things I like to do, like movie nights with my family.

2. It’s a big waste of time

Wasting time is another reason that migraines are the worst. I could do more productive things like exercise and clean up, rather than lay my head on a sofa all day because of a migraine. I hate wasting my time, especially because there are only 24 hours in a day (meaning that there are lots of things that could be doing).

I could help my family members with the house or chores. It pains me a lot more when I see my sisters and parents doing chores alone and I can't help them. Sometimes if there is a deadline on a certain application for a job or assignment, the migraine ruins the opportunity for me to finish by that time and makes me worry very much about the consequences.

3. You can’t focus

I try to do things despite having a migraine. However, sometimes it does not work. I can't even focus on doing some small activities like writing, cooking and reading. Most of the time, I make a lot of careless mistakes and I can't think properly on how to continue next. I then become slow in doing activities and I tend to forget things more quickly when somebody tells me to do something. I also respond to things and anyone a lot slower. In other words, a migraine wrecks my performance.

For my safety, when I have a migraine, I tell myself not to drive at all. Another instance is when I want to type a word document, my migraine hurts me to the point that I cannot even look at my laptop, cell phone nor the television. Therefore, I also have to shorten my gaze at an electronic screen.