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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, this is a mild tangent, but the thread made me think about it.

For the record, I have an Instagram account but it's private, I post like 3 times a year, and when I do it's usually like, a sunset because I super basic.

But I also get super intense migraines and for the last few years, I have gotten in the habit of taking selfies whenever I get one. I don't even know why I started doing it. I think I was lying down trying to text my husband but having a hard time doing it because migraine, and I took a photo either to send him or just because I was messing around. But then I just kept doing it.

The photos are not flattering, of course. And I don't mean they are unflattering in a "my kids looks sad and my mascara is running oh no" way. I mean, they are bad photos. I look like I'm in pain, they are usually from a terrible angle that gives me weird wrinkles and double chins, etc. But I keep taking them. It's become a weird ritual.

I think maybe it's because having a migraine is such a weird experience that is so intense but then when it's over it feels like it never happened except for the weird hangover I get.

Maybe these Instagram posts are like that -- just people having painful private moments trying to document them so they feel more "real". I mean, I find them obnoxious, too -- I am not a big social media person. But when I saw th photo in question, it made me think of my migraine photos, which is also weird and yet I can't stop taking them.[/quote]

No one wants to see a "migraine" photo.  I hate when people post them for attention on the migraine groups.  If your migraine is that bad and real you aren't taking photos.[/quote]

I don’t post or share my migraine photos. But I do take them. Not sure why, but I do. And yes, I can take a photo during a migraine. It’s no harder than, say, opening my bottle of meds or getting a compress from the freezer. Migraines are debilitating but I do have some basic functionality.[/quote]

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