A really tough course or other brain-torturing exercise, eg programming, advanced calculus or effectiveventriloquism. Symptoms include poverty due to the rising cost of Advil and long hours crying and asking "Why the hell did I enroll in this?" to random strangers on the street.
Example 1
Tom: There goes Luke again. Ever since he went into advanced computer programming, he's been literally insane.
Jerry: Yeah, that course is a migraine farmer all right.
Let it be said what the headache represents
It's me defending in suspense
It's me suspended in a defenseless test
Being tested by a ruthless examiner
That's represented best by my depressing thoughts
Clique member: "I-I-I-I've got a migraine, and my pain will range from up down and sideways."
Normal person: "Oh yeah dude migraines suck."
Clique member: "No you don'tunderstand."