>damn. guess you have a fuckin' monopoly on migraines then, because you're embarrassed of it. why do you think it matters if you have aphasia during migraines?
I didn't claim a monopoly, but it's interesting that you accuse me of that. I'm also not embarrassed of suffering migraines, I don't know why you would think that. As for why it matters that I have aphasia during migraines?
Because, from experience, wandering around blind and aphasic during a migraine gets EMTs called and you take a nice little trip to the hospital to be checked out for symptoms of a stroke, and a massive hospital bill. Yes, even if you have a medic alert bracelet. Yes, even if your coworkers/friends ask them not to take you.
>people act like just because i don't immediately give up and decide to go cry in the dark when i feel debilitating migraines come on i've just never actually had one.
No, people act like you're giving out bad advice for the majority of migraine sufferers and acting like because it works for you, it should work for everyone, when migraines can impact different parts of the brain for different people. Nobody asked for your (horrible, unsolicited) advice, you gave it, and now you're being a snarky shit because people are calling you out on it.
Also, just to note? If you can CHOOSE to work through it, it's not a debilitating migraine. If you can 'pop a couple pain tablets' and deal with it? It's not a debilitating migraine. If you can walk it off, it's not a debilitating migraine.
It's a debilitating migraine when you are, as a result, debilitated by it.
>like, i didn't even grow up speaking english, wanna know how fun that was in my american neighborhood? get over it.
What does this have to do with anything? I grew up hard of hearing and frequently used ASL as a small child because constant ear infections meant I was hearing everything from underwater. You know how few people know ASL?
Not being able to speak English, or hear someone, is seriously different than losing language entirely.
In a room full of Cantonese speakers, I can still speak English, think in my native tongue, utilize a translation app for text I don't understand, for example. (Yes, this tech didn't exist when we were kids, that's not my point.)
When aphasia hits, even if the blindness doesn't, a translation app doesn't work b̵e̴c̶a̴u̴s̸e̷ ṭ̵̐h̴̻̔e̷̖͝ ̶̢̉ẁ̴̼ő̸͙r̷͎̾d̸̙̑ṣ̴̿ m̵͙̂̿̀e̵̘͚̭̤̓̀͛̈́̆ä̵̩͔́͆n̶̗͆ͅ ̸͈̫̩͌͋n̴̹̪͝ó̶̦̝̩̮͈̾̈͌̐ṫ̷̘̝̃h̷͕̦͛i̸͍̐͛̏͌́n̷͕̺͆g̶̢̛̜̣͚̿.. Words lose all meaning. I don't know how to drive that home for you, because you seem to think it's about being embarrassed rather than being afraid of being hospitalized against your will.
I'm not embarrassed about being a migraine sufferer or having aphasia when they hit. I'm afraid some well meaning person is going to get me hospitalized, or worse, that I'll find someone who isn't well meaning. I'm also following the advice that the team of neurologists working with me have given, which runs directly counter to the unsolicited horrible 'hot take' you're trying to shove, unsolicited, down the throats of others.