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Creating Community Through My Migraine Journey

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A few months back I discovered that I qualified for ADA Accommodations through my work. For those outside the US, ADA is a government regulated set of rules and regulations to help individuals be more successful in their careers who live with disabilities. In my 18 years of working I was NEVER aware that I could file for these accommodations. I was elated that I could have access to these! I have always just used my coping mechanism of “pushing through” (one I am sure we all have become accustomed to using more often than not). So here I am thinking that this could be my silver bullet to save me in a sea (where quite honestly I have been drowning in for months), but have been too embarrassed to ask for help.

Hi! It’s been a little while since I’ve engaged with this lovely community—I have missed you all so much but needed a bit of a social media break. Life was feeling heavy so I chose to take a little step back from advocating.

Being a parent, having a career and managing a chronic illness can be down right overwhelming and depressing.

For the first 20 years of my life, I did the right things, made the

I am a perfectionist. Or actually, I like to say that I am a “recovering” perfectionist. I was 18 years old when I was officially diagnosed with migraine. Back then I strove for perfection in all aspects of my life. And IF my expectations were not met, I would spiral into an attack. Over time, I came to recognize the positive correlation between my attempts of perfection and the onset of an attack. This is not always 100% true, but consistently an attack will arise after an event or situation where I have sought perfection and control.

The inability to “show up” mentally or physically is a re-occurring theme in the life of someone who lives with a chronic illness. Sometimes is not being present within the confines of your career, or not being able to attend your best friend’s birthday party (for which you have planned for weeks and had already bought a dress to attend).

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