My brain breaks the spectrum

[sigma7]

It's like the different part of my world are suddenly making sense....

Chronic pain has its own devastating side effects, even in the absence of medication. Sufferers of migraine headaches sometimes report a phenomenon that amounts to color-blindness. Jeff of the Omegaword blog explains that chronic pain has a peculiar way of removing color from the world. He poetically describes his experience of a reality in which all color has been erased by bursts of red:

“Red has never been my favorite color. Bolts of hot pain sear the world, leaving me colorblind but for the shards that stay behind — jagged red reminders of pain past, and pain yet to come. Through the window, beyond the mute interplay of light and shadow on a white kitchen wall, bare branches against a pale sky remind me that it’s all in my head. What color are light waves, anyway?”

Comments

[nute.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've never had visual stimuli associated with recurring headaches, but I can see where if you're dealing with a neurological cause, there could be some crossed signals up there.

[robing.livejournal.com]

huh.well, I guess it would be related to the way migraines make one sensitive to bright lights and loud noises. I suppose it would have something to do with the blood flow to the brain.

In any event, sorry. :( Dunno if it will help, but I've been taking ribose as a dietary supplement to help with my joint pain. It's basically a form of sugar, so it doesn't even taste bad which is kind of a plus.