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Dr. Madison Oak, PT, DPT presents education and support for those with dizziness, vertigo, and vestibular disorders. We will cover Vestibular Migraine, Meniere's Disease, Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness, and more!
Give us a follow @TheVertigoDoctor & @Grounded.Vestibular.Pod and request what you'd like to hear us chat about next!
96. Nervous System Regulation for Vestibular Migraine
Grounded | The Vestibular Podcast
4 months ago
96. Nervous System Regulation for Vestibular Migraine
Most people think regulating their nervous system means being calm all the time or doing breathing exercises. It does not.
Having a regulated nervous system is not about feeling calm all the time. It’s about how you are able to respond to difficult and new stimuli. Because that is a fact of life that’s not going anywhere!
Nervous system regulation looks like a lot of different things depending on the person. We’re going to explore all the things you can do to have a more resilient and regulated nervous system.
Your brain is overstimulated and overreacting to a lot of things. It is not your fault. But you can rewire your way out of VM.
In this episode, we’ll dig into:
What the nervous system is in charge of
What the emotions thermometer is
Why fight / flight / freeze is not a bad thing
Why migraine attacks happen
Why avoidance or elimination doesn’t solve the problem
What true self-care is (with examples)
How to rewire your brain with nervous system regulation
It’s not just the symptom—it’s your nervous system’s response to that symptom that makes it feel like X, Y, Z is causing your life to fall apart.
Emotions are not in our control. But we do have control over our thoughts much of the time. Remind yourself this can get better, that you do have a toolkit. Because being in the throes of a migraine attack is scary and unsettling.
The ability—over time and with practice—to identify what you can do to regulate yourself and start to feel better allows your nervous system to become more flexible.
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Grounded | The Vestibular Podcast
Dr. Madison Oak, PT, DPT presents education and support for those with dizziness, vertigo, and vestibular disorders. We will cover Vestibular Migraine, Meniere's Disease, Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness, and more!
Give us a follow @TheVertigoDoctor & @Grounded.Vestibular.Pod and request what you'd like to hear us chat about next!
