YOU SAID:
I have a terrible headache.
INTO JAPANESE
激しい頭痛がする。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have a severe headache.
INTO JAPANESE
頭痛がひどい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My headache is terrible.
INTO JAPANESE
私の頭痛はひどいです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My headache is terrible.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.