Frequent headaches are one of the most common symptoms of stress. In a study of 267 people with chronic headaches, researchers found that almost half of the subjects had recently experienced a stressful event. A later, larger study confirmed the results and stated that higher levels of stress led to more headaches each month. Stress seems to boost the frequency of both tension and migraine headaches.

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