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8 thoughts on “Welcome to the brain disco!”

1. You get lights and colors?! No fair! 🙂

   Thanks for the post – it makes me feel seen. My aura is primarily a blind spot. Occasionally I can see the distortions, but it usually appears as if part of my field of vision simply isn’t there. I know the migraine is coming when the first letter of every word vanishes.

2. I mostly get a sort of black hole where the stuff I should be seeing isn’t there. Before that everything starts swimming around, like I’m chasing words that move on my screen. When the hole fades I’m left with purple tinges around bright spots, like my eyes are giving me chromatic aberration. It’s quite worrying to have it suddenly happen for the first time in your late 30’s, but I’m kind of used to it now. At least it’s not a brain tumor!

3. YES brain disco!! i had my first aural migraine a few months ago and thought my brain was just being really creative that day. it was fascinating to just watch the patterns but got less fun once the other symptoms set in…

4. The best thing about writing something like this is the reminder that I’m not the only one with a weird brain! Hello fellow aura-ers!

5. My migraine auras look like water flowing under ice; rarely they obscure my vision so much I can’t see anything but silver bubbles. Sometimes they arrive in a bonus package with nausea and synesthesia. But if a few minutes of brain disco arrive without a migraine and vomiting in tow, the light show and synesthesia are mesmerizing. :-J

6. Mine looks like small pieces of tinsel floating and flashing around the edges of my vision and words get blurry when I’m trying to read.

7. Wow! These photos are so accurate! i see ceiling fans – hundreds and hundreds of ceiling fans. They occur in the same “c” pattern as described in the photos. Sometimes I get lucky and see the insides of a kaleidoscope. It really is fascinating! Craziest 20 mins ever!

8. Whew! I was so worried! Glad to see the sparklies are something to celebrate, not dread! Mine are primarily wavy lines on the periphery of sight (and not associated with my migraines). Thanks all of you for mentioning your experiences. Maybe a byproduct of reading a lot (I get them far more when devouring books)?

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