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27. Treating Migraine Headaches with Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive therapy is a therapeutic and behavioral relief for treatment of brain

disorders like anxiety and depression. This therapy aims at reducing the

negativity in you. Negativity leads to anxiousness causing stress. Stress is
believed by some to be the major culprit behind most migraine headaches.

Cognitive therapists or practitioners help you to become capable of controlling

your flow of thoughts. These therapists offer behavioral training to cope with any
form of stress. You learn various skills to control and form positive responses to

stressful situations.

Cognitive therapy does not function by itself. It is the culmination of positive
therapy with certain mood stabilizers. These mood stabilizers are medications for

treating many mental disorders.

The foundation of cognitive therapy is about coordinated interaction between

your feelings or emotions, thinking patterns or cognition, and behavioral
tendencies and patterns. The main force is your thinking power or your thoughts.

Positive thoughts bring forth positive behavior while negative thoughts bring
forth negative behavior. Hence, cognitive therapy aims at development of

positive behavior and elimination of negative behavior.

Reduction or elimination of negative behavior is not an instant process. Cognitive

therapy provides you sufficient support to overcome obstacles and forgo negative
thoughts and behavior. You remain upbeat about your very existence. This
positive outlook helps you overcome all kinds of stress in life, thereby reducing

the incidence of migraine headaches in you.

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