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.
(Although, in the same way that stress makes us more susceptible to illness, and those illnesses can cause headaches, stress is indirectly related to secondary headaches.) Tension Headaches: These headaches, also called âstress headachesâ, are experienced periodically by more than one-third of adults.