I needed to hear this today. I care for my 9yr old autistic son and every mealtime is a battle. I end up pandering to his every need and my husband has always said I'm too soft on them because my needs were never fully met as a child so I don't want them to feel the same. But I end up putting myself out so much that I am completely burnout. This really helped listening to this today so thank you!
Kerry, you are so not alone in this. There are so many carers of loved ones with special needs who end up in this exact same position. There are many here on my channel. I hope you feel more empowered now- you can definitely work with the processes you identify going on inside you regardless of what's going on on the outside.
Something that has helped me recently is.. I got off of all social media, stopped watching/reading the weather and news. My symptoms have gotten better. I guess I didn't realize those things were stressing me.
YOU ARE simply amazing in putting this together and help us understand it. I am big fan of yours and a big thank you in helping people like me to recover from unpleasant feeling of 24/7 dizziness. I am aware of the outside and inside stresses but trying hard to implement what you just said
Ravishankar, thank you, it truly does touch my heart every time to read comments like this. I'll be talking about this a lot more in the live Q&A today. It'll be available to replay on my channel once the live stream is over.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thanks much - Honestly I see God in you since you are truly trying to change so many people's lives in a better way 🙂that too at no cost. God Bless you and your family.
I agree with you 100%. I think that we need to look into ourself, "we said: you nees to drink a boutle of wine with yourself and be hunest with yourself., even if it hurts" and after the healing can start... i had such a stressful 2 years behind me... but loooking back, a lot of inner stress and traumas stays with me... and if you are a person who allways feel like you need to save and help everyone- even the stress from other people is on your shoulders... and for me it was just TO much. Now i am trying to do step by step, beliving in me and my body, that i can have i all all--- even better like it was before, when i was not dizzy every day. Somehow i am thankful for dizzynest to open my eyes and see the clear picture of how much i was allways giving and trying to "save the word"... but now i now i have to safe myself first. Thank you for this video ❤ you really are a great person giving us this thoughts and knowladge
Your examples are outstanding… really outstanding…. I completely got what you said…. Actually I was thinking of this outside stress and to my surprise you were there with this video… I have really started being aware of my thoughts nowadays and I realised that it really very helpful 🎉…Thanks is a very smaller word for this kind video by you… Grateful 😇 😊
Vaneeta, thank you, your comment touched my heart. I am so happy it made sense to you. I want people to know how much agency they have in their recoveries- they're not completely at the mercy of outside stress.
Thank you so much for this video, Im a care giver to 2 family members, one being my dear Mum she has dementia and can be extremely difficult, my dad passed away last year too and his illness and death clearly left me traumatised ive had chronic VM now for 2 years, your advice really gives me hope! Ive been watching your videos and educating myself and I am practising self care more and not focusing so much on my condition with the faith that I will improve thanks to you. Im only 2 weeks in to my new thought process but its definitely helping, I keep telling my self it will be a slow process but I will get there. Thank you so much you are a really wonderful human helping many im sure. x
Hello, I have dizziness for four years now and just before two months I was diagnosed with PPPD. It was a huge relief. So now I'm doing the vestibular exercises and reducing the anxiety and stress. I learn a lot from the free course, thank you for the effort you put in it. I want to ask something that I didn't found information for. Some days my struggles are more from head pressure, lightheadedness, heaviness, fatigue. And nothing works for them. Can you talk more for these common symptoms and how to deal with them. They're more uncomfortable and persistent, sometimes than the dizziness. I'm sorry for my English, it's not my first language.
Hi Katrin, the way to deal with them is exactly the same way you deal with the dizziness- but not through breathing and VRT. With all those other symptoms, it's (a) understanding they are also the result of a nervous system error and (b) finding and addressing the stress and emotional distress that are still causing the brain to be in danger mode. If you haven't taken the updated course yet- it went live Jan 5. Steps 5 and 6 are very important for reducing these other symptoms.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you for your answer. I will look the changes in the free course. I want to ask something else. In my vestibular therapy, the center which I'm visiting, is included exercise with VR glasses and moving platform at the same time. I can hardly stand it. It makes me very dizzy and unstable. Do you think that this exercise is needed in the therapy? I started without the glasses, only the platform, which was also hard, but now with them is awful.
Hi Dr Yonit I've been feeling not so great last few days no matter how l try to reduce my fear an stress. Most if the time l can do it. These ups and downs in my recovery are difficult.
They are the worst. I wish there were a way to avoid them, but they seem to be part of the recovery process. Jim's video might help: th-cam.com/video/Ueo06fE4FnQ/w-d-xo.html
Do you have a video on PPPD symptoms increasing during/after covid? PPPD for 21 months. I caught covid and now I am completely bed bound and unable to move. Really struggling and need some positivity
Hi Rebecca, I am sorry you are not well. It is normal to have symptoms temporarily increase during any kind of illness. We had Covid go through my membership community several times in the last year and people’s symptoms went back down to baseline afterward, which makes me wonder if the reason yours haven’t is because danger mode is still very active for you. Danger mode can result from fear of the virus or symptoms or it can be the result of life stress/emotions.
What if you have been going to therapy for years for general anxiety and I have consistently journaled, expressed, meditated, got off social media etc but have recently developed VM. Would you look more into other changes/treatment since you’re already addressing those issues but developed this anyway?
What a great question, Kamilah! I feel that general therapy sometimes doesn't quite reach the parts of us that need help. It can build wonderful tools and awareness, but sometimes the small, wounded parts of us and the emotional components of our difficulties have not been fully expressed. I, too, have been through a lot of therapy in my life, and I joke that only the adult got therapy- none of my "inner children" did because THEY didn't show up to therapy. While many people have success with journaling, it's not enough for everyone. If you've never tried an experiential therapeutic modality like IFS or AEDP, I would love to see you try those. There are also very specific types of therapy such as emotional awareness and expression therapy that are specifically designed for people with physical symptoms. My colleagues at mindbodytherapycenter.org and bettermindcenter.com are awesome and specialize in mindbody disorders like migraines. I refer people to them all the time.
Hi steadycoach, I want to fly to alot of beautiful places with my girlfriend but have never flown. Always have been scared to get dizzy from flying, because after escalators and elevators i already feel 'like the floor isnt steady' for a few minutes. Its all in the mind, but do you have any tips i could use? Im just scared for after the flight, when im not flying anymore. Thats when i get my symptoms. Thanks!!!
Hi Wouter! This is a common question in my community and I have made a video on this topic that you may find interesting th-cam.com/video/BXx80O8BVuA/w-d-xo.html
Hey Coach How can I do things that make my symptom worse like studying. And how can I study without getting these symptoms and how can I study at night because studying at night makes me more symptomatic next day
? About dizziness how can anyone work with chronic dizziness, how do you get money to live on also if disabilty disapprove how can someone live on the streets with chronic dizziness just wondering how everyone is surviving
When I got chronic dizziness I only stopped working for about a 2 weekes. But not only because of the dizziness itself but also the panic and anxiety that followed. I soon learned that thinking and focusing on the dizziness only made it worse, so I tried to focus on life (including work) instead. It is hard, but can be done - Especially when you learn what is really going on. (TheSteadyCoach channel has helped me a lot).
@@jesjorgensen I went back to work working only 3 hrs it is hard if I do to much it feels like I'm going to past out how do you feel if your doing to much
@@lexi1536 Breaks are so important. I take one every 2 hours and remind myself that I am safe and the dizziness is only my brain trying to protect me from a non-excisting danger. I also noticed stress gave me high blood pressure that made my dizzinees worse. I have learned to take more care of myself and that helps a lot.
I'm sorry you didn't find this video clear. Bottom line: "As long as one doesn't examine oneself, one is completely subject to whatever one is wired to do, but once you become aware that you have choices, you can exercise those choices."-- Bessel van der Kolk
I needed to hear this today. I care for my 9yr old autistic son and every mealtime is a battle. I end up pandering to his every need and my husband has always said I'm too soft on them because my needs were never fully met as a child so I don't want them to feel the same. But I end up putting myself out so much that I am completely burnout. This really helped listening to this today so thank you!
Kerry, you are so not alone in this. There are so many carers of loved ones with special needs who end up in this exact same position. There are many here on my channel. I hope you feel more empowered now- you can definitely work with the processes you identify going on inside you regardless of what's going on on the outside.
Something that has helped me recently is.. I got off of all social media, stopped watching/reading the weather and news. My symptoms have gotten better. I guess I didn't realize those things were stressing me.
Yes! Exactly, Amber!
YOU ARE simply amazing in putting this together and help us understand it. I am big fan of yours and a big thank you in helping people like me to recover from unpleasant feeling of 24/7 dizziness. I am aware of the outside and inside stresses but trying hard to implement what you just said
Ravishankar, thank you, it truly does touch my heart every time to read comments like this. I'll be talking about this a lot more in the live Q&A today. It'll be available to replay on my channel once the live stream is over.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thanks much - Honestly I see God in you since you are truly trying to change so many people's lives in a better way 🙂that too at no cost. God Bless you and your family.
@@ravishankarnarasimhamurthy6289 hi sir are you from India?? And how are feeling nowadays?
I agree with you 100%. I think that we need to look into ourself, "we said: you nees to drink a boutle of wine with yourself and be hunest with yourself., even if it hurts" and after the healing can start... i had such a stressful 2 years behind me... but loooking back, a lot of inner stress and traumas stays with me... and if you are a person who allways feel like you need to save and help everyone- even the stress from other people is on your shoulders... and for me it was just TO much.
Now i am trying to do step by step, beliving in me and my body, that i can have i all all--- even better like it was before, when i was not dizzy every day. Somehow i am thankful for dizzynest to open my eyes and see the clear picture of how much i was allways giving and trying to "save the word"... but now i now i have to safe myself first.
Thank you for this video ❤ you really are a great person giving us this thoughts and knowladge
What a great way to see this, Ursa! You are on a great path!
Your examples are outstanding… really outstanding…. I completely got what you said…. Actually I was thinking of this outside stress and to my surprise you were there with this video… I have really started being aware of my thoughts nowadays and I realised that it really very helpful 🎉…Thanks is a very smaller word for this kind video by you… Grateful 😇 😊
Vaneeta, thank you, your comment touched my heart. I am so happy it made sense to you. I want people to know how much agency they have in their recoveries- they're not completely at the mercy of outside stress.
Thank you so much for this video, Im a care giver to 2 family members, one being my dear Mum she has dementia and can be extremely difficult, my dad passed away last year too and his illness and death clearly left me traumatised ive had chronic VM now for 2 years, your advice really gives me hope! Ive been watching your videos and educating myself and I am practising self care more and not focusing so much on my condition with the faith that I will improve thanks to you. Im only 2 weeks in to my new thought process but its definitely helping, I keep telling my self it will be a slow process but I will get there. Thank you so much you are a really wonderful human helping many im sure. x
Oh, Jen, thank you for these kind words! You are on the right track! I believe in you!
@@TheSteadyCoach That means so much thanks again!
Hello, I have dizziness for four years now and just before two months I was diagnosed with PPPD. It was a huge relief. So now I'm doing the vestibular exercises and reducing the anxiety and stress. I learn a lot from the free course, thank you for the effort you put in it.
I want to ask something that I didn't found information for. Some days my struggles are more from head pressure, lightheadedness, heaviness, fatigue. And nothing works for them. Can you talk more for these common symptoms and how to deal with them. They're more uncomfortable and persistent, sometimes than the dizziness.
I'm sorry for my English, it's not my first language.
Hi Katrin, the way to deal with them is exactly the same way you deal with the dizziness- but not through breathing and VRT. With all those other symptoms, it's (a) understanding they are also the result of a nervous system error and (b) finding and addressing the stress and emotional distress that are still causing the brain to be in danger mode. If you haven't taken the updated course yet- it went live Jan 5. Steps 5 and 6 are very important for reducing these other symptoms.
@@TheSteadyCoach Thank you for your answer. I will look the changes in the free course. I want to ask something else. In my vestibular therapy, the center which I'm visiting, is included exercise with VR glasses and moving platform at the same time. I can hardly stand it. It makes me very dizzy and unstable. Do you think that this exercise is needed in the therapy? I started without the glasses, only the platform, which was also hard, but now with them is awful.
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Hi Dr Yonit
I've been feeling not so great last few days no matter how l try to reduce my fear an stress.
Most if the time l can do it.
These ups and downs in my recovery are difficult.
They are the worst. I wish there were a way to avoid them, but they seem to be part of the recovery process. Jim's video might help: th-cam.com/video/Ueo06fE4FnQ/w-d-xo.html
@@TheSteadyCoach thank you
This is so me...😔😔🙏🏼
Johnny, I'm glad it resonated! You are not at the mercy of outside stress!
Do you have a video on PPPD symptoms increasing during/after covid? PPPD for 21 months. I caught covid and now I am completely bed bound and unable to move. Really struggling and need some positivity
Hi Rebecca, I am sorry you are not well. It is normal to have symptoms temporarily increase during any kind of illness. We had Covid go through my membership community several times in the last year and people’s symptoms went back down to baseline afterward, which makes me wonder if the reason yours haven’t is because danger mode is still very active for you. Danger mode can result from fear of the virus or symptoms or it can be the result of life stress/emotions.
What if you have been going to therapy for years for general anxiety and I have consistently journaled, expressed, meditated, got off social media etc but have recently developed VM. Would you look more into other changes/treatment since you’re already addressing those issues but developed this anyway?
What a great question, Kamilah! I feel that general therapy sometimes doesn't quite reach the parts of us that need help. It can build wonderful tools and awareness, but sometimes the small, wounded parts of us and the emotional components of our difficulties have not been fully expressed. I, too, have been through a lot of therapy in my life, and I joke that only the adult got therapy- none of my "inner children" did because THEY didn't show up to therapy. While many people have success with journaling, it's not enough for everyone. If you've never tried an experiential therapeutic modality like IFS or AEDP, I would love to see you try those. There are also very specific types of therapy such as emotional awareness and expression therapy that are specifically designed for people with physical symptoms. My colleagues at mindbodytherapycenter.org and bettermindcenter.com are awesome and specialize in mindbody disorders like migraines. I refer people to them all the time.
Hi steadycoach,
I want to fly to alot of beautiful places with my girlfriend but have never flown. Always have been scared to get dizzy from flying, because after escalators and elevators i already feel 'like the floor isnt steady' for a few minutes.
Its all in the mind, but do you have any tips i could use? Im just scared for after the flight, when im not flying anymore. Thats when i get my symptoms. Thanks!!!
Hi Wouter! This is a common question in my community and I have made a video on this topic that you may find interesting th-cam.com/video/BXx80O8BVuA/w-d-xo.html
Hey Coach How can I do things that make my symptom worse like studying. And how can I study without getting these symptoms and how can I study at night because studying at night makes me more symptomatic next day
Hi Utkarsh see my response to your other comment!
Hii utkarsh are you from India?
@@divymahour4737 Yes
@@UtkarshKaradia do you know Hindi??
@@UtkarshKaradia nice
? About dizziness how can anyone work with chronic dizziness, how do you get money to live on also if disabilty disapprove how can someone live on the streets with chronic dizziness just wondering how everyone is surviving
Hi Lexi, many of the people here have been able to return to work as they start to feel better. But this is another reason why I made the course free
When I got chronic dizziness I only stopped working for about a 2 weekes. But not only because of the dizziness itself but also the panic and anxiety that followed.
I soon learned that thinking and focusing on the dizziness only made it worse, so I tried to focus on life (including work) instead. It is hard, but can be done - Especially when you learn what is really going on. (TheSteadyCoach channel has helped me a lot).
@@jesjorgensen I went back to work working only 3 hrs it is hard if I do to much it feels like I'm going to past out how do you feel if your doing to much
@@lexi1536 Breaks are so important. I take one every 2 hours and remind myself that I am safe and the dizziness is only my brain trying to protect me from a non-excisting danger.
I also noticed stress gave me high blood pressure that made my dizzinees worse. I have learned to take more care of myself and that helps a lot.
@@jesjorgensen hii jes just wanted to ask you that since when you have been working??
What
I'm sorry you didn't find this video clear. Bottom line: "As long as one doesn't examine oneself, one is completely subject to whatever one is wired to do, but once you become aware that you have choices, you can exercise those choices."-- Bessel van der Kolk
@@TheSteadyCoach what u mean