# Headaches
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 1, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337 "2001-09-01T21:20:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/1 "2001-09-01T21:20:52Z")
In my eighteen years on this planet, I have never once had a headache. On top of this I have been exposed to a lot of headache causing crap. I had a concussion once. I’ve had jaw surgery and had my jaw wired shut. I am a pro fighter which leads to moderate cranial abuse. Played water polo which also led to plenty of head shots. I oil paint, and the fumes tend to give many people headaches. Anyway, you get my point. I’ve never had one. Can anyone tell me why or maybe tell me where I can find out why? One plausible answer that has been offered by family and friends is that in order to have a headache you have to have a brain. I guess the implication there is that I don’t have a brain.
Also I’ve never had a bloody nose. And I’ve had it broken four times but never bad enough to need it corrected.
Is there something wrong with me?
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### Author:  [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/2 "2001-09-01T22:39:24Z")
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> Is there something wrong with me?
Probably not. I think you are very lucky because whenever I get a headache, I can’t do a thing and nothing helps it.
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### Author:  [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/3 "2001-09-02T07:38:17Z")
STEELJAW = UBERMENSCH?
I wish I had an invincible head!
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### Author:  [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/4 "2001-09-02T07:44:51Z")
Perhaps you just have a very high tolerance for pain. I don’t see how you can have a concussion without a headache. Or have your jaw wired shut without creating tension in your neck that could lead to a headache?
Would you volunteer for a series of experiments where all of us will bash your skull in with a baseball bat until you say it hurts?
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2001, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/5 "2001-09-02T10:29:19Z")
This is an obvious result of you _ALIEN DNA_!!!
[sub]spooje recoils in horror[/sub]
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### Author:  [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2001, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/6 "2001-09-02T11:08:17Z")
I was like you once, young and immune to headaches. But just wait til you get older…
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### Author:  [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headaches/79337/7 "2001-09-02T20:19:04Z")
I am old… aren’t I? I’d be glad to submit to the head bashing experiment if there’s a little money involved, or at least some good food for after the event.