Teri,
The fact that Anne Frank was possibly (or probably) a migraneur is not surprising, if you think about it. That child had more pressure and stress on her than any adult of this day and age can imagine -- SILENCE all day, and the smallest of movements at night, as the warehouse was watched all the time. I believe she would rather be remembered by the most amazing statement that she made in her whole diary -- "Despite everything, I believe that people are good at heart." That is the mark of a great spirit cut tragically short, and why we mourn her passing to this day. In this case, migraines, though an awful thing for anyone (and I have at least six a month, lasting from a day to five days) are the small stuff we can't sweat, and for a child of that time and place to really believe that puts her in the 'saint' category in my books.
Hi there,
Thank you for reading, I appreciate your comments. Migraine is a genetic disease caused by overactive neurons in our brains and genetics. If a "stressful'' life caused Migraine disease, more than the 37 million Americans would suffer than already do.
The focus of my piece, as part of my Famous Migraineur Series, was her life in the "Secret Annex" and some of her diary entries, which included discussions of painful "headaches." My last paragraph certainly portrays a different view:
I said - It is unimaginable to think what Anne Frank, her family and millions of other Jews went through. To be in hiding every day and afraid that you will be captured is unthinkable. I cannot imagine what a teenager, or anyone else for that matter, must have felt like going through such an atrocity like this. Anne Frank didn't want her life to be led in vain, and it certainly wasn't, she has left a legacy of history forever.
Clearly, Migraines were only a small part of Anne Frank's life. Letting people know that they too, are not alone in their suffering, is something very important to me, as it was to Anne Frank.
Nancy