Migraine causes Low Self-Esteem
Migraines often cause migraineurs to lose their self-esteem or self-confidence. It is because during a migraine attack, among the other things that the sufferer faces, cognitive impairments as well as mental and physical weaknesses. This results in feelings of embarrassment, weakness, and worthlessness. When you have a strong and persistent migraine for a few years, you should notice a change in your habits (friend’s meetings, going to parties, etc). You may loose some friends because you are not as "good" as you once were before having the migraine, or simply because you cannot attend meetings and gatherings.
Don't Let Migraine Invade your Life and Destroy it!
Some migraineurs keep trying to cope with migraines until their patience wears off. Migraine attacks may last a few days and they may be as frequent as several times a week. Depending on the severity of migraines, migraineurs try to cope with their ordeal of pain and loss of social and mental abilities. A repetitive battle between this disease and the patient takes place until the migraineur feels overwhelmed by migraine; and finally the patient may give up the fight!
This often leads to a mixture of feelings such as frustration, anger, loss of control over life, and inability to cope.
How to Restore Confidence?
Loss of self-esteem may lead to depression. For this reason migraineurs need to help themselves restore some confidence and vitality into their lives by following some steps:
- Stay connected with friends and socially active by visiting friends: Talking with friends and staying socially active may help reduce the burden that the migraineur feels due to the loss of self-esteem.
- Participate in a support group: Find a support group related to migraine. Support groups are people just like you who deal with pain and migraines. You will feel you have another family, or in other words, you feel less isolated by sharing your experiences and hearing other members’ experiences.
Also subscribe to an online support group. Many times a migraineur finds himself or herself unable to move or drive. An online support group makes it simple for you to relieve some of the distress caused by migraine.
- You have to move on: If you cannot do a certain job due to its high stress requirements, consider options at different jobs even if they may pay about 20% less than your actual job. Remember you are trading your health benefits with the opportunity cost of downgrading your job salary! It is not necessarily true that peaceful and calm job environments mean less salaries; You have to look for the right job for your condition. Also, you have to lower your expectations and goals. You need to set reasonable goals to seek.
