Personality and Migraine: Is There a Link Between Them?

  Suffering from migraines can turn a sufferer’s life into real torture. It’s claimed that this condition runs in families and is associated with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression. However, the relationship between personality and migraine is much less well known. Nevertheless, the question has aroused interest for more than 80 years. Wolff was one of the pioneers in this investigation and, after years of study, important associations have now been found between certain personality traits and the suffering of migraine. Migraine Migraine is usually a throbbing type of headache, of moderate to high intensity. Nevertheless, it’s much…