Time to time, in general when it’s cloudy in Tokyo, I feel completely exhausted, headaches, stiff neck.
Sleeping doesn’t fix anything.
We noticed that it always happen at the same time for me and my wife. After some search we found that it is likely caused by low atmospheric pressure. I don’t remember ever feeling that when I was in my home country.
Is it common for you all? If it is, do you have some tricks to feel better?
Does it happen everywhere, or is Tokyo’s geography/weather increase the chances of it happening?
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Happens with me, but for me it;s depression or anxiety.
Holy shit, is *that* what this is?!
Like you, not something I’ve ever experienced back home.
Yes, it does happen.
I’m lucky enough to not get them, but my wife does and it’s very common. I know some people who usually take a sick day when it happens.
Yeah my wife seems to suffer from this. Not much she can do though, she just checked her app, vent a bit and go on with her day.
I have no solution, just answering, yes, it is a thing for me here, no, it is not a Tokyo specific thing.
I was sensitive to weather before coming to Japan. Rainy season is hard. Medication does not work, drinking water does not work (though I still do it every time out of habit because when I was younger I was told my headache must be because of dehydration), lower noise and light and sleeping to pass the time if possible.
When I am at work, I try to go quiet places, try to dim the light – sometimes I get lucky and can make it bearable for me, sometimes I am unlucky and at the end of the day the pain is nauseating.
i usually get them in rainy season
Usually when it rains, not just cloudy, but I always assume my headaches are from the atmospheric pressure somehow too.