Why Do We Get Headaches?
Your brain has 86 billion neurons and zero pain receptors, so why does a headache feel like it's happening inside your skull?
It's one of the strangest facts in human biology, and it changes how you think about every headache you've ever had. In this episode, Jen, Chris, and Matt unpack where head pain actually comes from, why migraines arrive with nausea and light sensitivity, why caffeine both helps and hurts, and why reaching for painkillers too often can quietly make things worse. With over 200 classified types of headache and more than 400 potential migraine triggers, generic advice…
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