7 Best natural or home remedies for Migraine attacks

Human health is getting more sensitive with every passing year. We are now more triggered toward viruses and diseases than in the past. Though the medical industry has been developed, still we are unable to tackle some issues.

One of the basic and primarily faced is Migraine attacks. Some people even get infected with it, which could turn into a fatal disease.

A migraine attack is a one-sided pain in the head from the back year to the upper eye part. One may get sensitive about moving a single step, light, and sound during a migraine attack. It hurts a lot when you get confronted with any of these things.

However, being a migraine target doesn't mean bearing it. Here are the best natural or home remedies for migraine attacks.

1)      Lavender oil

 If you are looking for an instant migraine remedy, there could be no better option than lavender oil. Essential oils have always remained a terrific option for curing different mental issues. Studies have shown that people who face migraine symptoms and attacks can get cured with Lavender oil. What you need to do is just inhale a tiny amount of lavender oil, and it would vanish out in seconds. If you don't find the oil, you can also smell lavender leaves.

2)      Acupuncture

As I said above, medical science has been developed, but still, we use some traditional renewed approaches. Acupuncture is one of the traditional methods for migraine treatment. This is a method in which you are injected with some needles and medicine. You can also search for this whole process. This traditional method attacks specific muscles to get rid of migraine effectively.

3)      Acupressure

The third best practice is acupressure which is actually migraine relief pressure points. It's also a traditional method to apply gentle pressure over specific muscles. Sometimes we face migraine due to some muscle dumbness. It could be removed with some gentle pressure to boost muscles.

Some studies have shown that human muscle treatment should be considered first rather than medication. As our body could do its treatment within minor exercises of muscles. You can search for a complete acupressure procedure if you are also a migraine target.

4)      Diet practices

Diet practices cover a more significant part of human health that we usually ignore. People think they are eating costly food from restaurants that won't make them ill. While the fact is totally opposite to it. Even some expensive restaurants use ingredients that could make you easy prey for migraines. Some of these are;

·         Pickled foods

·         Sour yogurt

·         Processed foods

·         Liquid sauces primarily used with fast food

·         Nitrate rich foods

·         Extremely cold foods and drinks

 

5)      Herbal supplements

Herbal supplements have always remained the runner-up in the medical industry. Though our people now trust chemically prepared medicines more than herbal medicine, we still have to focus on them. Many herbal supplements like butterbur and feverfew are highly effective in relieving migraines. One may take some prescribed amount of butterbur to thoroughly relieve migraine. Remember that herbal supplements are also highly toxic if not taken with proper prescriptions. So don't be your own doctor. Professional services always mean a lot.

6)      Yoga

Yoga is becoming the trend of the century. Many people are relieved from basic diseases with just normal Yoga practices. Yoga can help you open up your muscles and relieve your body of extreme stretches and pains either in the head or back.

Migraine patients can also get treated for their severe pain with Yoga. Nothing special is required, just join Yoga professionals and take some weekly classes. It would change the way you live your life. Along with Yoga, you may need some diet schedules to follow. So, if you want to enjoy a healthy life, think about Yoga first.

7)  Stress management

Stress is increasing in the modern age due to its faster lifespan. People are getting more stressed due to hard-working routines. Thus, stress could be the major issue in developing migraine. The more you are getting addicted to stress, there are more chances to be attacked for migraine.

This is why many Doctors of Psychology suggest having stress management classes. You can also consider yoga, listening to music, having vacations from working routines, and some other things. Once you are freed from stress, you may put an end to severe migraine attacks.

 

Final verdict

Headache and mental problems are increasing with a higher ratio. People are getting more targeted toward stress, depression, and migraine. But migraine is the pain of all these problems. Therefore, be conscious of this issue. If you are getting more and more attacks thoroughly consult with the doctor. To sum up, a healthy lifestyle is necessary to enjoy health.

Nostaligia - It's impact on mental health!!

 

Is nostalgia a neurological disorder or it is just a normal feeling or attachment with our past?

 

Sometimes somethings just remind us of the past. Things we used to be very attached in our past for instance music, a certain sound, event, etc. and then suddenly something reminds us of that attachment and we get a pleasure of enjoying that moment again. Sometimes it's pleasure and for some bad events in past, it becomes a cause of sorrow or even anxiety or depression. 

The sentiments you have about your past that gives you a pleasure in your present is called nostalgia.

Before the 17th century nostalgia was referred to as a neurological disorder. The word is combination of ancient Greek, "Nosos" means returning to home or native land and algos referred as pain or suffering. The reason behind it was that the soldiers longing to go to home, always having an urge to meet their families and remembering them was referred to as a bad sign of nostalgia. At that time many psychologists attributed that it is a sign of severe depression if someone is living in the past. 

 

Well, always living in a past can be red flag of depression but sometimes having an affectionate feeling for your past, Sharing or reliving your past is a healthy lifestyle. As after 19th and 20th century after many researches, researchers found that nostalgia is not a neurological disorder, but in fact it is a good way to deal with loneliness, boredom and anxiety. It was found that many almost everyone has this sentimentality with some events in past. While remembering about the good events and attachments in the past, one feels a pleasure and gives a feeling of having a continuity in life, reminding him/her of his/her roots. It gives a texture to life and strength to move on. It gives a will that the life had good events the problems were resolved so it gives a hope that everything can be solved. In fact, while sharing your nostalgic memories gives a kind of relief and attachments to others. Couples who share their thoughts and memories of their past tend to become closer. When you share your experiences with others, the other person understands you better and the bonding becomes more stronger eventually. It reduces stress and feeling of loneliness.

Experimenting if it’s true or not

To test whether it's true or not some researchers did a very interesting experiment. They made some people read about a very deadly disaster to study their behavior. Expectedly they were worried about the victims of disaster and their feeling of being alone so they became more nostalgic. The experiment was a success as they practiced some nostalgic activities or exercises and then they felt less depressed.

Memories can be also a mix of sorrow and joy

These exercises are not always Joyous and stress relieving. Sometimes some memories are not always content. Sometimes they are mix of both the sorrow and joy. We remember the good parts, good time and events spent with a particular person but when we remember that the particular person in no longer with you, it becomes painful to remember. As long as you face the truth and share more good side of your nostalgic attachment, nostalgia remains a healthy activity. But when you keep remembering and not sharing the bad sides of your past for example any trauma, any person you lost, or sometimes people overthink and try to feel and bring back the older themselves that doesn't feel any more in you as you evolve day by day, then nostalgia becomes a problem. This sense of loss of others or yourself causes anxiety and mental illness. But according to researches nostalgia is not the only or main cause of anxiety in such rare cases, there are many other factors involved for example any genetical disorder, any other mental or neurological disorder that has nothing to do with nostalgia.

The positive results of nostalgic exercises are way more than the negative ones that have been seen very rarely. And it is also not clear that the negative outcomes are even the result of nostalgia or not.

This means that we cannot relate nostalgia to home sickness as in early centuries it used to be referred as. In fact, it is a healthy activity to get a relief from stress or something disturbing you. But indulging too much in your past is also not good as you enjoy less in your present or your mental health gets affected if you keep remembering about past unhealthy events. So, conclusively Nostalgia is not a neurological disorder but if practiced occasionally in appropriate manner it can become a healthy activity to get rid of daily stress.

ICC T20 World Cup and Mental Health 

When we hear about cricket world cup, we know that there will be chaos everywhere during the world cup. The true fans of cricket will enjoy the matches and will watch their favorite players, some people will just watch it with their family and will be happy if their country wins or will not bother if they lose they don’t have much interest in sports anyway. Then comes the most strong and dangerous type of audience “Seasonal Fans”. They don’t know what are the rules and policies of game, which player is good at what and other technicalities of game. They just have this enormous amount of passion towards the game and they want their country to win the game at all costs. Now these are the fans that will cheer for the players and will support them only if they play good in that particular match, but will not spare them if they make a tiny mistake during the match. They will not consider other factors like the pitch condition, the player’s strength and weakness, the player’s history. The only thing that matters to them is if they perform well enough so that our country wins the match.

These are the fans that mostly affect the players’ mental health. Dealing with them is tough because they will burst in anger on you if you lose the game, especially if it is in South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. These countries literally live on these moments of happiness. They will have extreme celebrations if their country wins and unfortunately will be extremely upset if they lose.

High Pressure Matches and their effect on the Cricketers 

These scenarios probably occur during high pressure matches or the matches for whom the fans anticipate for very long such as matches between India-Pakistan and England-Australia. In these matches where both countries have a rivalry between them, can be cultural or purely cricket based, the pressure is very high. Every player has to perform well because it’s more than just a game for the fans. It’s about their feelings attached with this whole situation. So the players feel burdened with the expectations from them, even a tiny mistake can cost them the whole match.

Such case can be seen in ICC T20 World Cup 2021, when talking about the match between India-Pakistan, India lost the match by 10 wickets and this loss was very upsetting for Indian fans and on the other side it was like a festival for Pakistani fans. But some extreme “Seasonal Fans” of India took this loss to heart and literally started threatening the Muslim Cricketer of Team India, Mohammad Shami, and accused him of being a traitor and he intentionally gave the match to Pakistan. They showed a great amount of Islam phobia towards the player that the Captain of Team India came to his defense.

After his statement the fans diverted their anger to Virat Kohli and some of them went so low that they started giving threats to his 10 months old daughter.

These kinds of incidents can affect the mental health of cricketers a great amount as they have to deal with the match’s pressure as well as their personal life. So these games also affect their personal life, which also plays a huge part on their mental health.

How should we deal with these issues

We as fans should not be take these wins and losses to their personal life. Their personal life, family, friends, religion and race have nothing to do with the games they play so we should support them and criticize them in our limits and leaving out their personal life.

And we also should not get grumpy with each other over such games for example if you’re friends with rival team, then you should just leave these to the game and move on. As we have seen very great examples of sportsmanship set by the players, we should also follow them and just take it as a game.