Lucille usually takes the bus to work in Aurora. If she were to drive, her daily roundtrip commute would be 8 miles. Today she needs to use her car since she is participating in a conference at an offsite location, 12 miles from her house.
Stress can trigger both migraine and tension-type headache. Events like getting married, moving to a new home, or having a baby can cause stress. But studies show that everyday stressesânot major life changesâcause most headaches.
Stress is the most commonly recognized trigger of headaches. Stress can be physical or emotional to cause headaches. Some events causing emotional stress can trigger a migraine headache. 1  Migraine sufferers are highly responsive emotionally, reacting quickly to stress. 2  In times of emotional stress, certain chemicals are released that provoke the vascular changes that cause a migraine headache.