From Their Eyes | Samantha Bergren | Visual Art

From Their Eyes, Samantha Bergren, acrylic painting

diet, and screen time in their minutiae. I’d read enough articles on chronic headaches to know the most common causes, and I had cried myself to sleep enough times to have tried the easy fixes. I promise, a glass of water will not drain the sea that rages inside my skull. Still the nurses asked, and I answered wearily. This doctor pointed me to the neuroscience department and their once-monthly headache clinic: a four-hour exam with a nutritionist, psychologist, and neurologist.

It is, perhaps, ironic that the week I write this essay is a week when my head aches incessantly, with more determination than