Dizziness is just an illusion?

Were you told that your dizziness was purely psychological or merely an illusion, just because the MRI, blood tests, and ENT examinations remained unremarkable? For those affected, this statement is a slap in the face. Modern dizziness research clearly shows that your dizziness is absolutely real!

What happens when a Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) really happens in the body:

• The delusion is real: If routine examinations show no structural damage, that does not mean that the symptoms are fabricated. This is a genuine processing disorder of sensory stimuli in the brain.
• Trigger of acute dizziness: In the vast majority of cases, the disease begins with a severe event, such as a fall from a height, a loss of balance, an infection, or an accident.
• Brain in an alert state: Although the original trigger has long since healed, the brain no longer switches back to normal mode. It remains in a permanent state of alert.
• Impaired processing of stimuli: Incoming signals from the eyes, muscles, and balance organs are no longer processed automatically as usual. The brain continuously scans for danger, which creates a constant sense of instability and dizziness.
• A vicious cycle through avoidance: The constant dizziness automatically leads to an understandable avoidance behavior. However, this very same self-preservation further amplifies the sensory overload over time.

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