Tension Type Headache
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A tension type headache is so common that just about everyone has experienced at least one in their lifetime. Stress headaches can creep up on your or they can appear suddenly. Tension headaches are not hereditary. They occur because of circumstances and they can be influenced greatly by your coping skills and stress management skills. If you have a job where you are pressured to meet deadlines, overscheduled for appointments, do extra work for someone who is on vacation, or you don’t get along with a co-worker—you could easily find yourself suffering from stress headaches.
And tension headaches can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 7 days!
Tension headaches often hurt
on both sides of your head.
What Does a Tension Type
Headache Feel Like?So how do you know when you have a stress headache? Your first clue is your stress level. Any number of things can cause your stress level to rise, and, even though you may not know it, your subconscious mind can contribute to your feeling stressed.Here are some stressors that can make you feel tense and lead to a headache: - Caring for a toddler or infant – For many new mothers, this 24 hour a day caretaking job is a real shocker. You may be tired from being awakened at night, and tired from trying to keep up with your child or care for an infant.
- Caretaker blues – At the other end of the spectrum, if you are taking care of a disabled or ill adult, you can feel overwhelmed with the responsibility and lack of time for yourself.
- Relationship issues – going through a divorce or simply not getting along.
- Being out of work
- Financial issues
- Being overweight
- Promising more than you can deliver
Those are just a few of the possibilities, and I know that you have your own list. 
So here’s how a typical tension headache might develop... You awaken in the morning and realize that the alarm must have gone off while you were sleeping. You didn’t hear it, so you are rising 15 minutes later than usual. A little disconcerting, but, if you speed things up a bit, you’ll still be O.K. You quickly shower, dress, grab a bagel and start out the door. It snowed last night, and it’s a surprise to you. You will have to clear the drive before you can get your car to the road. Another 30 minutes lost. You’re starting to feel some stiffness and tension in the back of your head and your upper neck. Today is the day that you will be presenting your report to the executive group in the company. You’ve been working on this for months, and, depending on their reaction, it could be a real boost for your career. The presentation is scheduled for 10:00. This is not a group that you keep waiting. You are well prepared for the presentation, but you intended to stop at Staples on your way to work to get some copies of your report to distribute. That will set you back another 15 minutes. The stiffness in your back and neck is getting stronger, and now, it feels like a tight rubber band is around the top of your head. You are in the car and your wife calls to tell you that she will be late getting home this evening. You will have to pick up the kids after school and make dinner. You snap back at your wife, because you are starting to feel irritable. Now your head hurts, really hurts, on both sides. This is going to be a killer headache! As the day goes on, your headache just keeps getting worse. The pain is constant, but it does not throb. As 10:00 approaches, your confidence wanes. You are starting to feel that it is difficult to concentrate, and you are afraid that you will not do well when you give your presentation...
Tension headaches are the most common type of headache. Fortunately they do respond to treatment for short term headache relief. And you can actually learn to control and prevent stress headaches by using hypnosis or good stress management techniques and relaxation techniques. A tension type headache does not have to control you!
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