Not directly mental health but… related i suppose.
Someone who found out I suffer from chronic headaches told me the cure for headaches is holding your hand in a bowl of ice water until it goes numb. (They, of course, had not actually tried this, or they likely wouldn’t have said anything)
No for several reasons
I don’t want nerve damage
Its a distraction not a fix
it doesn’t work (if it did, I’d have heard of it from a medical professional not some rando at a bar)
it especially doesn’t work for chronic pain, you can’t distract away from something you are accustomed to
it came from facebook, bastion of medical advice.
i don’t want to cause myself more pain
i have real treatment, and it actually helps. It sucks to go through, but it helps.
1,6,7 are the biggies.
Note for fellow headache/ migraine sufferers:
I did recently get a specific pink film (fl-41 in the lightest opacity) coating on my glasses that has made a truly huge difference. Everything is pink, but it fucking works! I’m gunna get my next pair in the darkest tint and use them in place of sunglasses due to light sensitivity. Don’t buy them on amazon; they probably aren’t the real coating. Go to an actual optometrist.
Not directly mental health but… related i suppose.
Someone who found out I suffer from chronic headaches told me the cure for headaches is holding your hand in a bowl of ice water until it goes numb. (They, of course, had not actually tried this, or they likely wouldn’t have said anything)
No for several reasons
1,6,7 are the biggies.
Note for fellow headache/ migraine sufferers:
I did recently get a specific pink film (fl-41 in the lightest opacity) coating on my glasses that has made a truly huge difference. Everything is pink, but it fucking works! I’m gunna get my next pair in the darkest tint and use them in place of sunglasses due to light sensitivity. Don’t buy them on amazon; they probably aren’t the real coating. Go to an actual optometrist.
my wife rubs sore no more on her forehead but I will mention the glasses thing.