My Life with Migraine - Earle Levenstein

This book is chock full of descriptive, colorful metaphor and imagery - both in the words and wonderfully emotive cartooning. My Life with Migraine has a conversational tone that makes it all the more accessible and tangible by giving migraine sufferers so much to relate to, and non-migraine sufferers a window into better understanding and an increased empathy for what it means to be a chronic migraine sufferer.

The book explores neurology, psychology and techniques, such as biofeedback, related to experiencing migraines without getting too bogged down with a lot of technical jargon. Most importantly, Earle Levenstein shares his life-long journey, processing and reflecting on what it means to live with migraines.

Earle's writing is vulnerable, vivid, brave and impactful. He works to connect the dots by sharing his inner turmoil, digging in the dirt, in his search for answers to the migraine condition. He gives voice to this invisible condition and reaffirms to those migraine sufferers, who share similar pains, fears and anxiety, that they are not alone. He takes away blaming oneself for having migraines, particularly when talking about susceptibility, while still empowering one to take their own journey to reflect and process in an effort to alleviate migraine suffering, finding one's triggers, and learning more about oneself in the process.