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I am really, really, really tired of hurting almost every day. It's nothing really major, but it's still annoying. I've been trying to fight off a headache for several days now, but it just won't die. I've tried taking Ibuprofen, drinking tea for caffeine, and getting a massage from Dan. Nothing's working. Last night it was so bad that I actually had light sensitivity. That made driving home from Irvine at 8pm pretty interesting. I still have some light sensitivity. Looking at the computer screen hurts, though looking at everything, even closing my eyes, hurts, so that might just be the headache. This is strange because I only ever develop light sensitivity when I'm getting a migraine, but this is most definitely not a migraine. Freaking tension headaches. I'm pretty sure I know why I get some many headaches, but there's nothing I can do to solve the problem. Essentially, my neck bends forwards instead of backwards (stupid soccer injury, grr) and that puts a lot of strain on the muscles throughout my neck and shoulders. That causes them to tense up and form ridiculously persistent muscle knots. If one of those knots happens to be at the base of my skull, WHAM, tension headache. I can feel a huge amount of tension emanating from that exact area right now. It's like it's wrapping around my head and squeezing.