Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of

Happiness Podcast.

For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want

to share that science with you.

And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley.

I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that

calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds. If I get a migrant during the night, it's kind of like somebody would stab me through the eye.

The first thing I notice is that I start to get tunnel vision in my right eye and

slowly that goes to a pinpoint and I start to lose all vision in my right eye.

And there's at times when he has a bad migraine that it's almost like stroke-like symptoms where he'll get some slurred speech and that's pretty scary.

And then there's the pain and the pain is just excruciating.

Like there's no other way to describe how awful that sensation is that runs all across the front of your face around your eyes.

The feeling of just being beat up,

like you went 10 rounds with the professional boxer.

And then when it's finally over,

you feel exhausted, but you're kind of left with that feeling of that fear actually of when is this going to come back?

I don't know when this is going to hit me again and how it's going to affect me and for how long for and yeah it's really it's really hard to live with.

This is crowd science from the BBC World Service and this week we're looking into the science behind migraines which from what we've just heard sound absolutely awful.

It's remarkable how debilitating it is the World Health Organization

ranks migraine as the second most disabling neurological disorder

in the world.

Wow.

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