For most of my life, I’ve suffered headaches and migraines. They got worse in my twenties and thirties, beginning to have floating stars and became so debilitating I went to the ER once (do not recommend—the only med they gave me left me in the same pain, but unable to talk about it anymore).
Although I've been lucky enough to have very few headaches and none that go into the migraine range, I do hold my tension in my neck and shoulders. I wish that learning more about being autistic and respecting my needs for quiet, rest, alone time and limited social engagement reduced that tension. But I'm in almost constant neck and shoulder pain. Fortunately, yoga and frequent stretching keep me from totally seizing up. However, I wonder if I'd known and understood my neurodivergence as a naturally-occurring human type, would I have not developed and held so much stress in these areas of my body?
Although I've been lucky enough to have very few headaches and none that go into the migraine range, I do hold my tension in my neck and shoulders. I wish that learning more about being autistic and respecting my needs for quiet, rest, alone time and limited social engagement reduced that tension. But I'm in almost constant neck and shoulder pain. Fortunately, yoga and frequent stretching keep me from totally seizing up. However, I wonder if I'd known and understood my neurodivergence as a naturally-occurring human type, would I have not developed and held so much stress in these areas of my body?