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Read In Bed, by Joan Didion
1)Didion refers to the migraines of her early years as a "shameful secret." "Migraine headaches," she writes, "were, as everyone who did not have them knew, imaginary." Why would she be ashamed of migraines? (ACES form).
2) To what extent are Didion's migraines her "fault"? (Consider the notion of a "migraine personality," which Didion describes as "ambitious, inward, intolerant of error, rather rigidly organized, a perfectionist." Migraine has physiological and chemical origins but manifests in reaction to psychological stimuli and quirks of personality. How does this make it different from cancer, the flu?)
3)What is the silver lining, benefit of a migraine?
Answer:
1) Because most people don´t understand them, they are usually underestimated and those who suffer from them are stigmatized as too sensitive or not trying enough to make them go away.
Step-by-step explanation:
2) According to her doctor, in addition to an inherited predisposition, there is such a thing as a "migraine personality," meaning personal characteristics that further predisposition some people to suffer migraines. In that sense, the author feels as it´s partially her fault because her personality becomes an element that she could supposedly change to lessen her migraines. This would not be possible with "real" diseases such as cancer, or the flu.
3) The moments of distress help her to "count my blessings" when the pain goes away. She finds it useful, like a forced meditation through the pain that leaves her relaxed afterward.