1% Thursday: Give Them Your Time

One interesting thing about having a website like this… over the years, you see people who are experts in migraine and headache.  You see patients who are extremely well informed, doctors who have thought things through, patients who have done their homework.

But, you also see intelligent, nice, people… who don’t know much at all.  Of course, they’re here to learn, generally, which is a good thing.

My point is, we often forget that not everyone has spent the same time and energy on the topic that we have.  And today, I’m talking about friends and family especially.

Guess what?  They have their own challenges to deal with, that may be different, but they’re difficult.  And they can be excused, in many cases, for not really understanding.

Of course, we want them to have some understanding.

So give them time.  Not only just in general – of course you need to be patient with people.  What I mean is — give them your time.  This week, think about actually sitting down with someone for half and hour or an hour, just to talk about the challenge you’re facing with migraine or headache or whatever else.

And be prepared to listen to them explain their challenges.

Sometimes we rely too much on a comment here and a comment there, with the people we care about most.  Make the time.

What is 1% Thursday?

Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better.  Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge.  Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!