This is excellent Dr. Yo. I am guilty of spending way too much time trying to fix my symptoms. Videos books groups. It’s endless. So I’m reinforcing the problem. I love the connection advice too. I was totally isolated during COVID and my symptoms got worse and worse. Thank you so much.

Yes! I'm doing so much better, but I do tend to focus on the dizziness/anxiety symptoms and think "how can I move on from this?"

Hey Dr Yo, could you talk about how health anxiety further affects NCD? I think this health anxiety is keeping me dizzy/derealized. I suspect I’m not the only one going through the looping of finding things “wrong” with my body via being aware of body sensations…

I’ve been wondering about this lately, thanks for addressing it. I’m really amazed at how you manage to point out every problem we may experience/ questions we may ask ourselves and always give us relevant solutions. I can’t thank you enough for all your work!

Thank you! I confess I’ve been hyper focused on “healing” full time. Honestly, there came a point a couple of days ago when I said to myself, “enough!” I also have tingling/numbness in my feet and an ache in my leg and have also been trying to heal that. From going to a counselor, a vestibular physical therapist, an hour walk each morning, EFT tapping, breathing, meditation (Calm app), etc… I’ve been doing it all. All of this trying to fix it kind of backfired. My husband is a gem and is so supportive. He will hold me and say, “you are safe.” I was stressing out. I’m past the panic attack phase for the most part. A mixture of things are the root of my stress and anxiety. These symptoms come and go based in my stress level. Petting my cats and dog, being in nature and breathing are calming. Relax and breathe. Pivoting my thinking from my symptoms to what I want and gradually working up the emotional scale has been so helpful. A few moments ago, I put on some music and danced! I majored in dance in college so I really danced! I realized afterwards that I had no problem balancing. No dizziness! Virtually no symptoms! You are so right, balance is key. Following one’s inner guidance that feels so clear and right is also key.

I recently became a monthly Steady Member (Victoria). The allure of like-minded individuals who know my pain was all too fascinating to pass up. This video is a game changer regarding my approach to healing as I was just starting to focus all my energy on self- work. I've been suffering with NCD since 2017 at just 30 years old. Like every other Steady Member I stumbled upon Dr. Yo's KZfaq channel after the medical community gave up on me. After a gamut of tests over the years I got the vestibular migraine speech, prescribed a pill and was left to my own devices. I plummeted further into my depression feeling hopeless and miserable. There was no quality to my life. Just two weeks after finding Dr. Yo I had my very first dizzy free day in nearly 6 years on Saturday July 8, 2023. It was incredible, emotional and gave me a reason to fight for a life worth living for- a dizzy free life. Though it's so much more complicated than what I am articulating now, to put it simply I have hope. At this point in my recovery I am 50% better, yes that fast. This video is so helpful because it gave me some perspective and measurable approaches for my journey instead of blindly jumping in. Thank you steady community and thank you Dr. Yo- you saved my life and are helping to heal this girls' heart. Looking forward to completing your book, free course and interacting on the app!

Thank you so much Dr. Yo You helped me a lot Hugs from Germany ❤️

I wake up each day and I’m no longer searching for how I am that day with my dizziness/movement/ear fullness, but the sensations are automatically there and I feel it straight away, I’m confused in trying to heal why this is and I have found my sensations are so much stronger since I’ve learnt to not look for it… anyone else?

Thank you for this very informative video Dr. Yo. What if a virus or vaccine caused my symptoms and not stress or anxiety? I’ve been curious about this lately. If that’s the reason, is it possible to heal even if it’s more of a physical event that has caused these symptoms? TIA 😊

Great question/topic. It’s definitely a ‘fine line between too much and not enough. Thanks for sharing your insights.

I noticed being in a support group on FB keeps reminding me about it when it's "slipped" my mind. I'm going to shut off following, and just check in when I determine it's a good time. Thank you!

This is awesome info thank you Dr Yo

Dr Arthur... you have the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen and I am old... I'll tell you though it's very difficult finding your course I found the first the welcome and then the first steps and that's it then I get thrown into all this other stuff and when I search KZfaq I can't find them it would be nice if it was just all in one order

I’ve thought about this question a lot recently thank you for making a video on it! About the regulating thing with people: I’m fairly young (21) and I live in a very difficult family situation. Part of it is very unsupportive, energy consuming and overall negative to be around. Unfortunately I can’t change anything about it. Is it still possible to heal from the dizziness or will that ultimately affect my healing process because of the stress? Friends also do not take my troubles as serious as I’m experiencing them and it’s really frustrating to have to explain it over and over again. Do you maybe have a tip or something that would help me? If not it’s okay too, this was just on my mind a lot ever since i started feeling symptoms and when you brought people up I thought I might drop the question here. ^^

Dr. Yo, I have a question. Do cold showers help PPPD at all? I know there’s a lot of people saying it activates parasympathetic system but it also increases cortisol.

Thank you so much for this video 💖

thank you so much for everything you do. what to do about situations that are bothering you but you can not fix them? I have been dealing with vestibular problems since June followed by a severe anxiety and panic attacks. After finding your channel I realize that my nervous system have been struggling for a while. One of the major things that caused me a lot of stress is my whole family being in Ukraine. How do I regulate my nervous system if I cannot fix the major issue in my life? I hope my question makes sense

Thanks for another great video Dr. Yo. I have near constant dizziness and vertigo. Recently I’ve gone into a flare, with the added bonuses of hearing high-pitched frequency sounds, ears popping, and blurry vision. Sometimes I feel like my head has a “glitch” or is skipping the same way CDs back in the day used to skip. Have you seen others experiencing the same symptoms and could they be related?

This is something I’m struggling with. I am sooo much better than I was a month ago. I was over focusing on the symptoms to the point where I knew I was making myself worse and was considering going on a medical leave from work. Rather than running from it, I’ve chosen to live my life (with some limitations) and work on my mental health with some vestibular exercises. I’ve seen improvement and I know it’s possible but my problem is, is that I over focus on it! I catch myself checking for symptoms whenever I have free time in my day. I want to break this cycle! I’m feeling like I’m not afraid of my symptoms but I’m annoyed! Just go away. Any advice on how to stop the “checking” for symptoms? I am starting 1-1 therapy next week for hopefully some support with this but I’m interested to know what works for people!

Do you find a lot of people with chronic dizziness have stemmed from a panic attack or stress? I keep thinking it would only come during high anxiety if stemming from that but mine started during a high anxiety time and my brain got stuck on finding the cause for years! Its nice to hear a specialist mention anxiety. They always tell me sinus, bppv, migraine etc etc and its not so for me its anxiety or my eyes/neck. Maybe both but i wonder if you notice its very common to be chronic stemming only from anxiety. Like you mention getting stuck there. I feel thats what happened to me.

Your amazing. Pppd. Few weeks ago finally had a few good weeks. Flared up now feel like I am coming out of it again. I’ve been walking 15 miles a day. How do I get the weird feeling from being outside to going into the house gone? Going inside walking around feels weird. Thanks. Hoping these periods of feeling good are a really good sign.

Hi, Thanks for this video again, I have been following all of your videos on this very closely and its helping me a lot. I have been having IBS(Irritable bowel syndrome) for the last 30+ years and I have been having this PPPD for the last 18+months. Wanted to-know based on your expertise is there any link between Gut/digestion/food intolerence and this PPPD. Based on my ongoing symptoms I strongly believe so. Please help me preferably with a video on this topic. Thanks!

Did you just say spending time with my 3yo is regulating? 😂 😂 😂 Oh boy I don't know 😂

I got some balance exercise from a facility, wich was custom made to me and my balance issues, last june. And now I feel like maybe I am not trusting my self to let them exercises go. I function pretty good now, but if I may become dizzier I always think it's because i am trying to withdraw from the exsercises and I go back to them. But I don't feel that they are helping so much anymore. I am supposed to do them monday, wednesday and friday. Every other day I am doing fine. But if i don’t do them on those days my nqr flares up. And I think it’s because of my mind. Anxiety. How do I know if it is time to ease up the exercises? I have pppd and "vestibular migraine".

I hate that I over focus. I used to be able to power through but now my fear and AnxieTy have me mostly home bound. I am so discouraged. If my walking got better I would be so glad. I have tried the somatic walking and somatic tracking. The symptoms are just so terrifying to feel like I am always going to fall. It’s maddening. Thanks for the suggestion on structure. I don’t know how to stop paying attention to the symptoms. I hope I can still heal

Thankyou. Looking after a puppy certainly helps 😅😂

Hi Dr. Yo. I know this is a random question, but I’ve been feeling plugged up ears (and with it, sound sensitivity). The ears sensation is like if you’re on a plane. Have others with pppd mentioned this? It just really adds to my current dizziness, when I have days like this. Thank you.

Hi doctor, how can I schedule an appointment to meet with you? ❤️ (one on one session)

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