@Agent J oh... that's where your coming from. for a minute there I thought your comment was unrelated to the topic. not much context. until you cleared it out. okay.
Do it while slowly tilting your head in the four directions with your eyes closed. Make sure you have somebody around for it, though, so you don't get hurt.
I got an ear infection in both ears one time and every movement of my head made me feel like I was spinning. I can't imagine the suffering of people with that problem chronically.
Mister Itchy Oh, I had that once, too! It was awful. You’re totally incapacitated. And it was hard, not to get panicky about it. I was just lying there all day, literally praying for it, to go away...and I‘m not even religious. I was THAT desperate.
I have vertigo and I honestly pray to God for death rather than spin for hours. LITERAL hours. I couldn't move once for 6 hours, if I did I would get very dizzy. I ended up going to ER. They don't do anything there for dizziness either. So I'm screwed no matter what.
I’ve had chronic vertigo for about two solid years, but have probably always had a motion sickness problem. They used to think it was ear infections but my current diagnosis is fibromyalgia thanks to all the other symptoms, which unfortunately most of those medications ALSO cause dizziness. Basically I sit a lot these days and my ears pop every time the pressure changes which can be annoying, and sometimes I get so dizzy doing nothing that I can’t speak or I slur badly. It sucks to say the least 😂
@@easelqink2986 idk if you believe in God but I do, and I'll be praying for you. Dizziness is one of the most horrible feelings ever. I pray that you may be healed and feel better. 🙏🙂
I get vestibular migraines, a rare type of migraine that instead of pain, you get dizziness and vertigo. Lots of things can trigger it, from low or high pitched sounds, to light, heat, cold and sitting on something with a slight wobble or something in my periphery swaying like clothing on a rack in a shop. It also comes in different strengths, from a short wave of dizziness, to it lasting minutes or even hours of the room moving sideways. I've had lots of tests and although I have some strange symptoms, they decided it was mostly likely vestibular migraines.
When I was 8 and got nothing to do at home, I would sometimes spin very fast pretending like I'm a spinning top, then stop suddenly to lie on the floor and experience the dizziness. Moments later I would ask myself "why did you do this" while trying not to puke.
7:10 - that's actually what happens in autistics!! Our sensory processing is more conscious than automatic, so we don't become desensitized to things very easily, which is why we suffer from sensory overload! It's literally Sensory Processing Disorder that causes us our overstimulation, because the part(s) of the brain that handles our sensory processing is not functioning the way it does in most people! It also means that we end up with processing issues, like auditory processing issues such as increased difficulties understanding what's being said, being unable to process what you're looking at when you're overwhelmed (resulting in a weird state where you're looking at something that you know you should recognize but just.... Can't figure out what it is. Even if it's something you've seen or interacted with a million times. Some even believe this might have something to do with our difficulties with facial recognition, because faces tend to be overwhelming for us!) We also have issues with proprioception, which is why we are so clumsy - dyspraxia! It's basically a disability on the sense of proprioception the way blindness is a disability on the sense of sight. In most cases it just leads to a lack of coordination, ie clumsiness, but in severe cases it can be so bad they can't do basic stuff like walking, feeding themselves, bathing, etc. Btw dyspraxia is far from exclusive to autistics. For example apparently Daniel Radcliffe has it! Anyway enough rambling about autism sorry lol
When I was younger I absolutely loved the feeling of being dizzy and did stuff like this all the time. I had this one game in particular that I called "rollercoaster" where I would spin around as fast as I could for about 30 seconds and then sat down super fast with my eyes closed. This made me feel like I was on a rollercoaster (hence the name). The effect only lasted like 10 seconds max so I always jumped back up to do it again and again. Very fond memories to this day.
I wonder, though, why do some people enjoy stimulating their vestibular sense, often via roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, or the aforementioned office chairs? And why do many people like it when they are young, but not when they are older? Edit: I am thinking about not the mechanics of why happens, but why we derive pleasure from the experience and go forth to seek it? And why we don't get the same pleasure when we're older?
Watching this video and reading your comment makes me think there might be something wrong with me. I just did it last week (spinning on an office chair for fun while waiting for people to come to the room) and I'm 27. You don't do it?
If I could, I would totally do it in my office. But I love roller coasters a lot, so I ride them whenever I can! But there's plenty of friends of mine who, over the years, start to feel sick on coasters, and there's other friends who will ride coasters despite being scared of them; it's like their desire for the dizzy sensation overcomes their fear. So I wonder why do some humans seek getting dizzy? And why do other humans lose the positive feedback from it?
Hmm, but why even develop a positive link with getting dizzy in the first place (evolutionary-speaking)? I don't think humans are necessarily the only ones who enjoy messing with their senses, either. And when we get older, is it something in our brain that changes that can't process the changes in our senses as fast, or does something in our ears start to degrade/wear out? (not that I expect you to have answers, these are just the things I am wondering)
couple of comments: one, adults can catch the same buzz from drinking (or doing drugs) without having to get out of their chairs. two, people are seeking the adrenaline rush, not the dizziness. i mean, you can take a pill before you get on the ride to stop any nausea.... as people age they're simply less inclined to risk their lives for the momentary rush. and three, as we age it takes longer for the dizziness to stop, for the liquid to settle down, which can be really uncomfortable (like vertigo), so people might choose to avoid it altogether.
Ever since I was diagnosed with Vestibular Migraines, I love learning about the Vestibular system, allowing me to learn what the hell is going on in my head. I gotta say I really hate dizziness and vertigo. I am just thankful that Vertigo is not as common as it was a few years back, shortly before I was diagnosed.
Near the end of last summer, I was infected with a virus that affected my vestibular system. It was absolutely horrible. I had such bad vertigo to the point where I could barely even sit up. I was stuck lying still in my bed for days; any movement would make me feel worse. Incredibly debilitating. It made me very grateful for how our bodies can do so many amazing things unconsciously.
The construction of those semicircular canals is one of those facts that really sticks in my brain and makes me absolutely marvel at the power of evolution. On a macro level, evolution makes sense to me - different skin colours, the placement of the limbs etc. all makes intuitive sense. I understand how a creature logically responds to environmental pressures and incorporates those attributes. But a series of tubes on either side of your head, each oriented to a different axis and filled with fluid, the movement of which your brain is able to effortlessly decipher without even a moment of conscious thought? That’s incredible. That blows my mind. It forces me to confront the true scale of what evolution is and can do. Frankly, it’s kind of beautiful.
@@subwaystories1031 that is, until you look at the parts that really don't work very well... here's a list (i hate gizmodo, but they have a nice list) io9.gizmodo.com/the-most-unfortunate-design-flaws-in-the-human-body-1518242787
Yup, it's hard to fathom how amazing natural selection is, but that's mostly because it's hard for us to fathom how much TIME it took to make these amazing things. Yeah, we can say and understand it took millions, maybe billions of years... but we can't REALLY grasp how long that is. We just now it's "a lot" of time. But man... it's so much time that nature could make creatures like us just by interacting with itself for that long. It's incredible.
ive been getting vertigo episodes and migraines ever since I was a kid... After working with a physio therapist on something else and talking about it, she made me realize that getting a number of concussions in your childhood and not getting any follow up treatment can REALLY mess up your vestibular sense!
This video is awesome. I am a physical therapist that does vestibular rehabilitation, and I plan to recommend this video to patients. So many people don't understand their dizziness, and this is perfect.
I'd love to see how this relates do sudden hearing loss. I had a crisis, everything started flying and spinning around, I've instantly lost the hearing on the left ear. After running a lot of tests I was diagnosed with a vestibular disorder, but to this day, nothing was said about the sudden hearing loss and the tinnitus. It is quite scary not knowing what actually happened... Anyway, I loved the video. Thank you for the content.
I tried to remember the movement contributed to each canal in uni it felt so complicated you made them so flawless. My mother was diagnosed with basilar migraine it basically make her dizzy and sleepy with visual aura, very life compromising condition.
Your videos are SO great!!!! If school teachers were half as passionate about science and had a quarter of your fun and clear way to explain things, ohhh we would all be better educated, good thinkers and knowledgable!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! Hugs from Buenos Aires, Argentina! 😀
Aerospace Physiology in the Air Force has a spinning “chair” where they teach pilots what you just showed so they know what it’ll feel like if they’re in a death spiral and how to recover from it. I’m not a pilot but I got to try it and it was nuts!
I'm not reading through 482 comments to see if anybody's mentioned this, but everybody that decides to spin after watching, consider this: After spinning in one direction take note of the sensations you're experiencing. Immediately thereafter, spin yourself in the anti direction and observe the results. Test various speeds relative to your initial spin (i.e. slower, same, faster), oriented in the various planes, and with relatively different orientations between initial and final. Reply with your results and reactions thereto. Were you previously familiar with this phenomenon or is this novel?
I have vestibular issues but they're kind of undiagnosed at the moment because I don't have any nystagmus, even when spinning around for a while. However, I still get extremely dizzy doing normal things like staying upright, turning my head, or reading.
When I was a kid I used to feel a bit like that too! I'd also feel something similar if I laid on a bench or something with my head hanging off upside down and then looked "down" into the sky lol. I felt like I was seriously going to fall up into the sky when I got dizzy and then laid down lol, had to do that for fun a few times! Now that I'm remembering this, even though I'm 23 I might have to give it a try again 😆
Does anyone else sometimes get Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Where it feels like your room is really tiny or really far away like youre standing in the middle of a stadium? Its a horrifying feeling.
I have Ramsay Hunt Syndrome type 2, & it has damaged my 5th, 7th, & 8th cranial nerves, so I have vestibular issues. People always mistake me for being a drunk when I'm in public, & I get cruel remarks. My eyes will do that wiggle thing too-nystagmus. Thanks for this deep look!
funny thing tho is that i really feel a kind of dizziness while I understand something, particularly maths stuff. I also have dizziness while *mapping* a new location, I have a great space memory but it comes to the price of some weird dizziness for new places I encounter
I developed vertigo around age 35 with no reason for onset. Still trying to learn why 😢 worst feeling in the world, just to randomly and suddenly not be able to move. Great video! Very informative.
I have vertigo. The first attack lasted about 2 weeks. Debilitating? That's an understatement. No video can accurately portray the feeling. PS Jimmy Stewart's character had acrophobia not vertigo.
I have peripheral vertigo. I know how you feel. I have never had an episode that has lasted 2 weeks, but one that lasted a few days and yes, debilitating is an understatement word for this.
My family is prone to vertigo. I was hoping for a new scientific breakthrough on a cure. My mother is housebound by it now. She’s so scared to go anywhere. ( 84). But my daughter (. 27) gets it once or twice a year. And I’m searching for any new news about this debilitating problem.
Hey there, my vertigo fellows. Meniere's disease here. Just passing by and wishing you all the best. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome (by staying at home in bed and calling in sick for work).
I don't think the "getting in cold water" thing is the same. Temperature sensing is relative. A science 'museum' in Atlanta has an exhibit with three metal bars, hot, cold, and warm. Visitors grasp hot and cold, when move both hands to warm. The hand that was on hot feels cold and the one from cold feels hot. As always, enjoyed!
Wow, this was fascinating and really helped me understand my own brain. I had to have my right Vistibular nerve removed due to a benign tumor and since then I get so much vertigo in all directions it feels. Most of the time my brain can make adjustments as you mention here but when I'm tired or sick I really get a ride. As I'm used to it and I know it's not real I can enjoy the free ride from the safety of my bed or floor. It's rotten but also a very cool experience.
Dizziness is a huge political problem in the US. Unfortunately the vestibular lobby is so powerful and has so much money nothing will ever be done about it. It makes one’s head spin.
I had a concussion in grade 9 that damaged my vestibular system in my left ear... When I get a vertigo attack the room starts spinning counter clockwise and my eyes do the darting thing. The average spell lasting 1-3 days. Thankfully though it has healed a lot since then (Guess my brain eventually learned to tune out the faulty tube or it healed or something), only happening once or twice a year or so and I always wake up with it so I don't have to worry about it happening at work or anything... Can't play VR though as I found out the hard way as it'll trigger a spell instantly and I have to make sure I get enough sleep every night because I found that if I'm sleep deprived or had a couple bad nights sleep I get more prone to dizzy spells. This video also helps explain a lot so thank you!
So, what about the opposite phenomenon when playing in VR? Is it just because the expectation of feeling motion isn't happening so we're confused until we're sick?
now i havent tested this and its probably pretty subjective. but ive found i can make the dizziness go away faster (sometimes in a second or 2) by looking directly in the opposite direction of the spin and not focusing on anything. this sort of "override" to the reflex mentioned in the video helps me at least
Very interesting. I've always thought that motion sickness is what happens when visual information doesn't match the information from the vestibular system. And I guess becoming nauseous as a result is the body's defense mechanism attempting to empty the stomach just in case the reason for the conflicting information is the consumption of eating something toxic. It's like your stomach is a public swimming pool and the lifeguard (our defense mechanism) gets the message to evacuate the stomach contents " _whistles_ OK, everybody out of the pool! lol. I get horrible bouts of vertigo sometimes. It can last for months. It's like being drunk, without the fun. During those times I can fall over a lot or bump into things. No-ones really been able to help or give me a good reason for why it happens. I would rather be in pain all the time than have vertigo. Because you can ignore pain, but you can't ignore vertigo.
weird timing for this topic ! Because i fell on my head two weeks ago and this caused a problem in the middle ear which makes me feel dizzy since I fell so far . I feel so much pain i can't do anything properly , Wish me well :(
I guess you have seen a doctor? I feel for you.😰 and hope you feel better soon! I did get vertigo once and the room was spinning violently for 3 hours. I was vomitting for most of that time. I really thought I was going to die. Over the phone, my doctor explained how to fix it with a certain head motion. I felt odd for days.
when i was a kid i used to get the sensation that the room is spinning (specifically when lying bed at night). I couldn't make it stop, but i could change the axis of rotation. If i focused enough i could get a dual axis rotation going for a short duration.
Did you spin a chair as a child? Dude, I still do it as an adult. I always loved those rides best and when my friends were stumbling around after, I'd calmly walk away. Guess I trained my inner ear to know what to do when it feels those sensations
I get this weird thing when I lay in bed (dark and still), my vision doesn’t get dizzy but my nervous system makes me think I’m moving/ rolling. Not sure what this is but I’m not sure if it’s just me?
I used to suffer a lot from motion sickness when in a car but it got a lot better when I got a license and started driving myself. I'd love to know more about that
I used to spin in circles with music on till the age of 20 and after 2 years later when I stopped I started experiencing panic and anxiety related problems and also depression. I've started taking antidepressants now.
2 years ago if I'm correct, I suffered from what my doctor diagnosed as Anxiety. My "anxiety" episodes felt like I was falling when I wasn't and that started to intervene to intervene with my life, because it started to get to a point when it never stopped. I started to loose a lot of sleep, because it would come to me at night. I was a mess. My doctor took labs, checked everthing in my body, send me to an ear specialist and I even got a MRI of my brain. Everything was good in my body, so the doctor came to a conclusion that it was anxiety. She prescribed Lexapro, but I was hesitant to take it, I was affraid. I decided to take other routes like excercise, eating well and herbal teas, but nothing seemed to work. I lost a lot of weight. I was tired. It was until one day I couldn't stand it anymore, that I though I had to try the medication. Apparently it was anxiety, because I am myself again.
Your body has the same reaction to being dizzy as it does to being poisoned. One of the ways your body tries to correct this is by vomiting to get rid of whatever is causing the illness. I don't know all the details but that is basically what is happening.
You know what's not super fun? Vertigo. What's even less fun is trying to get it diagnosed. My mom was told that I was straight up lying by one ENT! Having the room always spinning gives you a major headache. I needed help moving, I needed help changing from lying down to sitting up and every other position. I had to be in a silent room with the lights out and something on my head to give me a sense of grounding in order to sleep. Vertigo sucks.
I have congenital nystagmus, I've had it since birth. my brain has gotten used to it, so the world doesn't move constantly. The brain is fascinating, how It can rewire itself is amazing. I love the channel, I'm always looking forward to a new video. 🧠❤
I've had vestibular neuritis. It was horrible. I would not voluntary get dizzy again. I learned a lot about the vestibular because they thought I had crystals in my canals at first. This was interesting to watch. It took a while for the nestagmus to stop. For me, 2 months. I couldn't drive, walk, work...and was constantly getting the pukies.
I see a lot of people with BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo). This video will be a great teaching tool for them to understand what’s going on.
2:18 I have done this before. If you look up and down and up and down (similar to when you are very loopy and can hardly hold your head up) it makes it a whole lot worse. Just sort of let your head go limp while looking up and down. Its weird.
After surgery I was hit with vertigo and it was horrible. Just walking down a hallway was pure agony. A vestibular therapist was able to cure me with two sessions of moving my body through a set of maneuvers.
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a rollercoaster while I'm actually just lying down. Once I had this while walking and I had to concentrate a lot to not fall over. It happens maybe once every two months I'd say.
This is very interesting. However as a ballerina when we spin we have been taught to “pick a spot” you are to stay focused on a particular spot while you spin, you never spin around unknowing but snap back to the spot on every spin therefore lowering the dizzying effect💃🏼
I loved spinning and getting dizzy as a kid, but couldn't do it without extreme nausea after age 13 or so. As an adult, I got benign paroxysmal positional vertigo without nausea and got to experience the joy of dizziness once again!
is this also the reason why I feel like I'm floating up and down on waves whenever I get home from travelling on those big boats or after swimming for almost 12hrs?
I often get a sense of vertigo when meditating and I have no idea why. It is the "weird dizzy" sensation that Vanessa describes where it feels like everything is spinning in a sort of arch. My eyes are closed while meditating though, but that is what I feel. I am also dizzy briefly if I open my eyes at that moment.
I still feel queasy when I watch this. Nice working with you, I think? 🤢
Lol
Haha........ lol
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@Agent J 😂 where are you coming from mate? 😂
@Agent J oh... that's where your coming from. for a minute there I thought your comment was unrelated to the topic. not much context. until you cleared it out. okay.
This video is just an excuse for me to spin around the house, for science.
Thats my excuse for everything to my parents. "Why are you drawing on the wall" me: " SCIENCE"
"The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down" Adam Savage
For Science!
Do it while slowly tilting your head in the four directions with your eyes closed. Make sure you have somebody around for it, though, so you don't get hurt.
The best motto: "For Science!!"
I love these videos. As a 72 year old senior, I'm learning so much from outlets like this.
How's everything today? :)
keep learning, my friend!
@@KevinMcScrooge These videos are great. The older I get the more I realize how little I know.
@@MrAlsfan5 Well, happy learning! ;)
now, if only more of the elderly were open to learning and not just be self-absorbed grumpy narcissists who think they know everything :)
Getting dizzy is kids' first psychotropic experience and it is the gateway to hard stuff!!
Gateway to sugar then tragically... caffeine.
Yup. Just a short step from asking to be thrown in the air by pops.
@@briand8090 (Jokingly) Disgusting... 😒. 😂.
Still getting dizzy to this day
I got an ear infection in both ears one time and every movement of my head made me feel like I was spinning. I can't imagine the suffering of people with that problem chronically.
Mister Itchy
Oh, I had that once, too! It was awful. You’re totally incapacitated. And it was hard, not to get panicky about it. I was just lying there all day, literally praying for it, to go away...and I‘m not even religious. I was THAT desperate.
I have vertigo and I honestly pray to God for death rather than spin for hours. LITERAL hours. I couldn't move once for 6 hours, if I did I would get very dizzy. I ended up going to ER. They don't do anything there for dizziness either. So I'm screwed no matter what.
I’ve had chronic vertigo for about two solid years, but have probably always had a motion sickness problem. They used to think it was ear infections but my current diagnosis is fibromyalgia thanks to all the other symptoms, which unfortunately most of those medications ALSO cause dizziness.
Basically I sit a lot these days and my ears pop every time the pressure changes which can be annoying, and sometimes I get so dizzy doing nothing that I can’t speak or I slur badly.
It sucks to say the least 😂
@@easelqink2986 idk if you believe in God but I do, and I'll be praying for you. Dizziness is one of the most horrible feelings ever. I pray that you may be healed and feel better. 🙏🙂
Rara Avis I had that 2 weeks ago and let me tell you, weed is BEAUTIFUL.
I get vestibular migraines, a rare type of migraine that instead of pain, you get dizziness and vertigo. Lots of things can trigger it, from low or high pitched sounds, to light, heat, cold and sitting on something with a slight wobble or something in my periphery swaying like clothing on a rack in a shop. It also comes in different strengths, from a short wave of dizziness, to it lasting minutes or even hours of the room moving sideways.
I've had lots of tests and although I have some strange symptoms, they decided it was mostly likely vestibular migraines.
Oh, I'm so sorry! I haven't watched you guys for a while so I didn't know that :( I hope you can get better soon!
Dang that sounds uncomfortable
Hope you don't get them often
i like dizziness
@@AmplifiedGamerEXTRA well good for you, you can activate it in yourself whenever you want haha
@@smileyp4535 But you guys are lucky to not even have to put any effort in to turn your world upside down
When I was 8 and got nothing to do at home, I would sometimes spin very fast pretending like I'm a spinning top, then stop suddenly to lie on the floor and experience the dizziness. Moments later I would ask myself "why did you do this" while trying not to puke.
Chris P Bacon 😂😂😂😂
Chris P Bacon u r amazingly insane🤣😁😂😂😂😂🔥
@@masaratkhan8677 more like stupid.
@@overcookedwater1947 Well, he was 8.
7:10 - that's actually what happens in autistics!! Our sensory processing is more conscious than automatic, so we don't become desensitized to things very easily, which is why we suffer from sensory overload! It's literally Sensory Processing Disorder that causes us our overstimulation, because the part(s) of the brain that handles our sensory processing is not functioning the way it does in most people! It also means that we end up with processing issues, like auditory processing issues such as increased difficulties understanding what's being said, being unable to process what you're looking at when you're overwhelmed (resulting in a weird state where you're looking at something that you know you should recognize but just.... Can't figure out what it is. Even if it's something you've seen or interacted with a million times. Some even believe this might have something to do with our difficulties with facial recognition, because faces tend to be overwhelming for us!)
We also have issues with proprioception, which is why we are so clumsy - dyspraxia! It's basically a disability on the sense of proprioception the way blindness is a disability on the sense of sight. In most cases it just leads to a lack of coordination, ie clumsiness, but in severe cases it can be so bad they can't do basic stuff like walking, feeding themselves, bathing, etc.
Btw dyspraxia is far from exclusive to autistics. For example apparently Daniel Radcliffe has it!
Anyway enough rambling about autism sorry lol
Team meltdowns! *raise hands* Just watching that figure skater made me dizzy.
And oooohhhh, that's why daniel dance in 7th movie was so clunky!
Kye Talks Thank you! This is really interesting
I’m autistic too
Good info to know and helps me understand a little bit of what is going on for a person who is autistic. Thanks :)
I'm also autistic and I came here to say this!
Me:it's time to learn some hard science
Joe: spins Vanessa around until she swears out of dizziness
Me: I'm not dissapointed
When I was younger I absolutely loved the feeling of being dizzy and did stuff like this all the time. I had this one game in particular that I called "rollercoaster" where I would spin around as fast as I could for about 30 seconds and then sat down super fast with my eyes closed. This made me feel like I was on a rollercoaster (hence the name). The effect only lasted like 10 seconds max so I always jumped back up to do it again and again. Very fond memories to this day.
Just tryed yhat its so cool
I wonder, though, why do some people enjoy stimulating their vestibular sense, often via roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, or the aforementioned office chairs? And why do many people like it when they are young, but not when they are older? Edit: I am thinking about not the mechanics of why happens, but why we derive pleasure from the experience and go forth to seek it? And why we don't get the same pleasure when we're older?
Watching this video and reading your comment makes me think there might be something wrong with me. I just did it last week (spinning on an office chair for fun while waiting for people to come to the room) and I'm 27. You don't do it?
If I could, I would totally do it in my office. But I love roller coasters a lot, so I ride them whenever I can! But there's plenty of friends of mine who, over the years, start to feel sick on coasters, and there's other friends who will ride coasters despite being scared of them; it's like their desire for the dizzy sensation overcomes their fear. So I wonder why do some humans seek getting dizzy? And why do other humans lose the positive feedback from it?
Young children have a better response to being dizzy without getting sick. It's something most people lose over time, unless they practice. :)
Hmm, but why even develop a positive link with getting dizzy in the first place (evolutionary-speaking)? I don't think humans are necessarily the only ones who enjoy messing with their senses, either. And when we get older, is it something in our brain that changes that can't process the changes in our senses as fast, or does something in our ears start to degrade/wear out? (not that I expect you to have answers, these are just the things I am wondering)
couple of comments:
one, adults can catch the same buzz from drinking (or doing drugs) without having to get out of their chairs.
two, people are seeking the adrenaline rush, not the dizziness. i mean, you can take a pill before you get on the ride to stop any nausea....
as people age they're simply less inclined to risk their lives for the momentary rush.
and three, as we age it takes longer for the dizziness to stop, for the liquid to settle down, which can be really uncomfortable (like vertigo), so people might choose to avoid it altogether.
Ever since I was diagnosed with Vestibular Migraines, I love learning about the Vestibular system, allowing me to learn what the hell is going on in my head. I gotta say I really hate dizziness and vertigo. I am just thankful that Vertigo is not as common as it was a few years back, shortly before I was diagnosed.
Man, these videos are crafted so carefully and lovely, you guys make science not only easy but genuinely fascinating
Near the end of last summer, I was infected with a virus that affected my vestibular system. It was absolutely horrible. I had such bad vertigo to the point where I could barely even sit up. I was stuck lying still in my bed for days; any movement would make me feel worse. Incredibly debilitating. It made me very grateful for how our bodies can do so many amazing things unconsciously.
The construction of those semicircular canals is one of those facts that really sticks in my brain and makes me absolutely marvel at the power of evolution. On a macro level, evolution makes sense to me - different skin colours, the placement of the limbs etc. all makes intuitive sense. I understand how a creature logically responds to environmental pressures and incorporates those attributes. But a series of tubes on either side of your head, each oriented to a different axis and filled with fluid, the movement of which your brain is able to effortlessly decipher without even a moment of conscious thought? That’s incredible. That blows my mind. It forces me to confront the true scale of what evolution is and can do.
Frankly, it’s kind of beautiful.
Indeed! The engineering in our body is superb
@@subwaystories1031 that is, until you look at the parts that really don't work very well... here's a list (i hate gizmodo, but they have a nice list) io9.gizmodo.com/the-most-unfortunate-design-flaws-in-the-human-body-1518242787
The human body is the most complex machine on this planet.... and even I have the same thought process as yours... btw I am a Biology student 👨🎓!
Tom Morgan that might be why most people believe in God
Yup, it's hard to fathom how amazing natural selection is, but that's mostly because it's hard for us to fathom how much TIME it took to make these amazing things. Yeah, we can say and understand it took millions, maybe billions of years... but we can't REALLY grasp how long that is. We just now it's "a lot" of time. But man... it's so much time that nature could make creatures like us just by interacting with itself for that long.
It's incredible.
ive been getting vertigo episodes and migraines ever since I was a kid... After working with a physio therapist on something else and talking about it, she made me realize that getting a number of concussions in your childhood and not getting any follow up treatment can REALLY mess up your vestibular sense!
I can't be the only who was shaking their head while he was explaining the hair cells
I did too!
It made me dizzy.
Definitely not
*raises hand* Yup, was tilting my head along with the graphic :D
This video is awesome. I am a physical therapist that does vestibular rehabilitation, and I plan to recommend this video to patients. So many people don't understand their dizziness, and this is perfect.
I'd love to see how this relates do sudden hearing loss. I had a crisis, everything started flying and spinning around, I've instantly lost the hearing on the left ear. After running a lot of tests I was diagnosed with a vestibular disorder, but to this day, nothing was said about the sudden hearing loss and the tinnitus. It is quite scary not knowing what actually happened... Anyway, I loved the video. Thank you for the content.
Just discovered this series and binging like crazy. Joe's presentation is so relatable.
Whoa I got a headache just watching this
lol you have 69 likes
@@christopherbarrett2220 not anymore 😢
I tried to remember the movement contributed to each canal in uni it felt so complicated you made them so flawless. My mother was diagnosed with basilar migraine it basically make her dizzy and sleepy with visual aura, very life compromising condition.
0:35 Hey Joe! Smart person here.
Tried spinning with my head tilted left, immediately fell off the chair :)
I liked spinning when I was younger, I got too big to keep doing it safely.
Your videos are SO great!!!! If school teachers were half as passionate about science and had a quarter of your fun and clear way to explain things, ohhh we would all be better educated, good thinkers and knowledgable!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! Hugs from Buenos Aires, Argentina! 😀
I say "stay curious" along with him... lol
Aerospace Physiology in the Air Force has a spinning “chair” where they teach pilots what you just showed so they know what it’ll feel like if they’re in a death spiral and how to recover from it. I’m not a pilot but I got to try it and it was nuts!
I'm not reading through 482 comments to see if anybody's mentioned this, but everybody that decides to spin after watching, consider this:
After spinning in one direction take note of the sensations you're experiencing. Immediately thereafter, spin yourself in the anti direction and observe the results. Test various speeds relative to your initial spin (i.e. slower, same, faster), oriented in the various planes, and with relatively different orientations between initial and final.
Reply with your results and reactions thereto. Were you previously familiar with this phenomenon or is this novel?
I have vertigo. My eyes sometimes move just like Vanessa's when I lie down.
Me, too.
Try and find an ENT or neurotologist who treats positional vertigo, that can happen when you lie down and feel dizzy/have weird eye movements!
I have vestibular issues but they're kind of undiagnosed at the moment because I don't have any nystagmus, even when spinning around for a while. However, I still get extremely dizzy doing normal things like staying upright, turning my head, or reading.
This is bppv issue curable go ent
sometimes when i spin in circles and fall on the floor i feel like i'm going to fall off the world that's tilting sideways
When I was a kid I used to feel a bit like that too! I'd also feel something similar if I laid on a bench or something with my head hanging off upside down and then looked "down" into the sky lol. I felt like I was seriously going to fall up into the sky when I got dizzy and then laid down lol, had to do that for fun a few times! Now that I'm remembering this, even though I'm 23 I might have to give it a try again 😆
This is actually the coolest thing I've seen on this channel! Love it!
Does anyone else sometimes get Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? Where it feels like your room is really tiny or really far away like youre standing in the middle of a stadium? Its a horrifying feeling.
I have Ramsay Hunt Syndrome type 2, & it has damaged my 5th, 7th, & 8th cranial nerves, so I have vestibular issues. People always mistake me for being a drunk when I'm in public, & I get cruel remarks. My eyes will do that wiggle thing too-nystagmus. Thanks for this deep look!
funny thing tho is that i really feel a kind of dizziness while I understand something, particularly maths stuff. I also have dizziness while *mapping* a new location, I have a great space memory but it comes to the price of some weird dizziness for new places I encounter
I developed vertigo around age 35 with no reason for onset. Still trying to learn why 😢 worst feeling in the world, just to randomly and suddenly not be able to move.
Great video! Very informative.
*I fear nothing*
But my Motion Sickness...it scares me.
I did all of these when I was younger. Never thought about the science. That ear-down one is crazy though!
Anime characters when they are about to go insane 5:46
Until I saw the end sequence of Vanessa spinning Joe I was thinking, “You owe Vanessa, big time!”
Come to think of it, you still do. 😆
6:05 that’s Kathryn Morgan! I love her ballet toturials!
I tell ya as someone with a vestibular issue, I do appreciate bringing attention to this.
I have vertigo. The first attack lasted about 2 weeks. Debilitating? That's an understatement. No video can accurately portray the feeling.
PS Jimmy Stewart's character had acrophobia not vertigo.
I have peripheral vertigo. I know how you feel. I have never had an episode that has lasted 2 weeks, but one that lasted a few days and yes, debilitating is an understatement word for this.
My family is prone to vertigo. I was hoping for a new scientific breakthrough on a cure. My mother is housebound by it now. She’s so scared to go anywhere. ( 84). But my daughter (. 27) gets it once or twice a year. And I’m searching for any new news about this debilitating problem.
Hey there, my vertigo fellows. Meniere's disease here. Just passing by and wishing you all the best. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome (by staying at home in bed and calling in sick for work).
@@lovely-mk4rt ugh same. I dont mind losing my hearing to get rid of my vertigo
Deffo try and find a neurotologist! They specialize in dizziness and might have some answers...?
I used to break my vestibular sense a lot when I was younger in so many ways, I loved it and I don’t know why
As someone who suffers from chronic vertigo, this was a great video to watch.
I don't think the "getting in cold water" thing is the same. Temperature sensing is relative. A science 'museum' in Atlanta has an exhibit with three metal bars, hot, cold, and warm. Visitors grasp hot and cold, when move both hands to warm. The hand that was on hot feels cold and the one from cold feels hot.
As always, enjoyed!
Wow, this was fascinating and really helped me understand my own brain. I had to have my right Vistibular nerve removed due to a benign tumor and since then I get so much vertigo in all directions it feels. Most of the time my brain can make adjustments as you mention here but when I'm tired or sick I really get a ride. As I'm used to it and I know it's not real I can enjoy the free ride from the safety of my bed or floor. It's rotten but also a very cool experience.
getting dizzy is a fate worse than death
Dizziness is a huge political problem in the US. Unfortunately the vestibular lobby is so powerful and has so much money nothing will ever be done about it. It makes one’s head spin.
Take your like and get out!
I had a concussion in grade 9 that damaged my vestibular system in my left ear... When I get a vertigo attack the room starts spinning counter clockwise and my eyes do the darting thing. The average spell lasting 1-3 days. Thankfully though it has healed a lot since then (Guess my brain eventually learned to tune out the faulty tube or it healed or something), only happening once or twice a year or so and I always wake up with it so I don't have to worry about it happening at work or anything...
Can't play VR though as I found out the hard way as it'll trigger a spell instantly and I have to make sure I get enough sleep every night because I found that if I'm sleep deprived or had a couple bad nights sleep I get more prone to dizzy spells.
This video also helps explain a lot so thank you!
So, what about the opposite phenomenon when playing in VR? Is it just because the expectation of feeling motion isn't happening so we're confused until we're sick?
now i havent tested this and its probably pretty subjective. but ive found i can make the dizziness go away faster (sometimes in a second or 2) by looking directly in the opposite direction of the spin and not focusing on anything. this sort of "override" to the reflex mentioned in the video helps me at least
Very interesting. I've always thought that motion sickness is what happens when visual information doesn't match the information from the vestibular system. And I guess becoming nauseous as a result is the body's defense mechanism attempting to empty the stomach just in case the reason for the conflicting information is the consumption of eating something toxic. It's like your stomach is a public swimming pool and the lifeguard (our defense mechanism) gets the message to evacuate the stomach contents " _whistles_ OK, everybody out of the pool! lol.
I get horrible bouts of vertigo sometimes. It can last for months. It's like being drunk, without the fun. During those times I can fall over a lot or bump into things. No-ones really been able to help or give me a good reason for why it happens. I would rather be in pain all the time than have vertigo. Because you can ignore pain, but you can't ignore vertigo.
I feel dizzy from sleeping on a moving train all night, it's two days now and it's weaker and weaker and it comes and goes and I feel weird.
weird timing for this topic !
Because i fell on my head two weeks ago and this caused a problem in the middle ear which makes me feel dizzy since I fell so far .
I feel so much pain i can't do anything properly , Wish me well :(
I guess you have seen a doctor? I feel for you.😰 and hope you feel better soon! I did get vertigo once and the room was spinning violently for 3 hours. I was vomitting for most of that time. I really thought I was going to die.
Over the phone, my doctor explained how to fix it with a certain head motion. I felt odd for days.
now my excuse for everything to my parents. "Why are you drawing on the wall" me: " SCIENCE"
The inner ear doesn't sense movement. It senses acceleration.
My CPU is a neural net processor. A learning computer. The more I am with science and scientists the more I learn!
Close up the eyes, right best thing ever.
That woman is liven on the edge of the bell curve. Talented, gorgeous and brilliant. Please have 12 kids...we need more of your kind.
@@djpickle68 what
when i was a kid i used to get the sensation that the room is spinning (specifically when lying bed at night). I couldn't make it stop, but i could change the axis of rotation. If i focused enough i could get a dual axis rotation going for a short duration.
What about dizziness caused by things without visual components, like a sinus infection or migraine?
Etterra interference with the signals throws your brain out in the same way motion does.
Did you spin a chair as a child? Dude, I still do it as an adult. I always loved those rides best and when my friends were stumbling around after, I'd calmly walk away. Guess I trained my inner ear to know what to do when it feels those sensations
I get this weird thing when I lay in bed (dark and still), my vision doesn’t get dizzy but my nervous system makes me think I’m moving/ rolling. Not sure what this is but I’m not sure if it’s just me?
You can also get fluid in the ear! That'll make you dizzy, no spinning required!
Also make you unsafe to drive for a while!
Fun fact: We can’t feel speed, we can only feel acceleration
I used to suffer a lot from motion sickness when in a car but it got a lot better when I got a license and started driving myself. I'd love to know more about that
Who else is spinning around like a lunatic??
Me
So this is why i feel dizzy after going to the beach for like 5 minutes, thank you!!
So it's not huffing all these Whippits? Oh good... 😵
I've watched plenty of your stuff. This is one of the most interesting. Thanks.
So interesting to watch, but I'm not gonna try. It would make me very very nauseous... 🤢😆
I used to spin in circles with music on till the age of 20 and after 2 years later when I stopped I started experiencing panic and anxiety related problems and also depression. I've started taking antidepressants now.
Wait. You're saying I can train myself to not get dizzy any more? Interesting. Imagine you could just say you can't get yourself dizzy!
So much new information after the inner ear details. Loved it.
It's cuz astronauts have superpowers
You're everywhere my dood.
Can you do one on VR & how it messes with your head for your eyes to think you are moving when your body knows you aren't?
I have vertigo. Imagine waking up, opening your eyes and the whole room is spinning. Not cool
Sad
2 years ago if I'm correct, I suffered from what my doctor diagnosed as Anxiety. My "anxiety" episodes felt like I was falling when I wasn't and that started to intervene to intervene with my life, because it started to get to a point when it never stopped. I started to loose a lot of sleep, because it would come to me at night. I was a mess. My doctor took labs, checked everthing in my body, send me to an ear specialist and I even got a MRI of my brain. Everything was good in my body, so the doctor came to a conclusion that it was anxiety. She prescribed Lexapro, but I was hesitant to take it, I was affraid. I decided to take other routes like excercise, eating well and herbal teas, but nothing seemed to work. I lost a lot of weight. I was tired. It was until one day I couldn't stand it anymore, that I though I had to try the medication. Apparently it was anxiety, because I am myself again.
but why we vomit when we feel dizzy?
Your body has the same reaction to being dizzy as it does to being poisoned. One of the ways your body tries to correct this is by vomiting to get rid of whatever is causing the illness. I don't know all the details but that is basically what is happening.
@@coryfrench5940 thanks mate
You know what's not super fun? Vertigo.
What's even less fun is trying to get it diagnosed.
My mom was told that I was straight up lying by one ENT! Having the room always spinning gives you a major headache. I needed help moving, I needed help changing from lying down to sitting up and every other position. I had to be in a silent room with the lights out and something on my head to give me a sense of grounding in order to sleep.
Vertigo sucks.
hitting a juul
yuh
I have congenital nystagmus, I've had it since birth. my brain has gotten used to it, so the world doesn't move constantly. The brain is fascinating, how It can rewire itself is amazing.
I love the channel, I'm always looking forward to a new video. 🧠❤
Notification squad 😂
7:55 probably the coolest thing I've ever seen
56 people didn't get that "sk8r boi" reference.
Sad.
I've had vestibular neuritis. It was horrible. I would not voluntary get dizzy again. I learned a lot about the vestibular because they thought I had crystals in my canals at first. This was interesting to watch.
It took a while for the nestagmus to stop. For me, 2 months. I couldn't drive, walk, work...and was constantly getting the pukies.
Vestibular sense??? What a stupid name.... i would go with a fleshy gyroscope
i feel, that it's not just our response gets weaker, but the muscles in the eye which control the movement normally get stronger and more controllable
209 views, 9 comments, 31 likes, and 1 dislike- from yours truly.
how did you like it 31 times? 😂
I see a lot of people with BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo). This video will be a great teaching tool for them to understand what’s going on.
I used to learn ballet and I could handle the no - stopping spinning only after practicing for a month .
2:18 I have done this before. If you look up and down and up and down (similar to when you are very loopy and can hardly hold your head up) it makes it a whole lot worse. Just sort of let your head go limp while looking up and down. Its weird.
After surgery I was hit with vertigo and it was horrible. Just walking down a hallway was pure agony. A vestibular therapist was able to cure me with two sessions of moving my body through a set of maneuvers.
1:00 Why would you make the Z-axis yellow instead of blue :(
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a rollercoaster while I'm actually just lying down. Once I had this while walking and I had to concentrate a lot to not fall over. It happens maybe once every two months I'd say.
This is very interesting. However as a ballerina when we spin we have been taught to “pick a spot” you are to stay focused on a particular spot while you spin, you never spin around unknowing but snap back to the spot on every spin therefore lowering the dizzying effect💃🏼
I loved spinning and getting dizzy as a kid, but couldn't do it without extreme nausea after age 13 or so. As an adult, I got benign paroxysmal positional vertigo without nausea and got to experience the joy of dizziness once again!
is this also the reason why I feel like I'm floating up and down on waves whenever I get home from travelling on those big boats or after swimming for almost 12hrs?
Omg yesss
I often get a sense of vertigo when meditating and I have no idea why. It is the "weird dizzy" sensation that Vanessa describes where it feels like everything is spinning in a sort of arch. My eyes are closed while meditating though, but that is what I feel. I am also dizzy briefly if I open my eyes at that moment.
0:57 Nooo... Again that "freaky" move!