Sam started her recovery with my free course- sign up here at https://thesteadycoach.com/free-course
It is a pleasure and a privilege to bring you this success story from Sam! Honestly, Sam had one of the most extreme cases I've seen, so this story goes out with love to those of you who have had a really difficult time. Sam was housebound, bedbound and completely debilitated at first. She suffered from visual vertigo, blurry vision, delayed vision, dizziness, horrible neck and shoulder pain, brain zaps, crippling anxiety, nausea, light sensitivity, burning eyes, difficulty seeing the in dark and more. After self diagnosing with PPPD after receiving no help from her doctors, Sam started down the recovery path. Notice suffered is in PAST tense because Sam recovered! As we say in this interview, if she can recover, so you can you.
00:00:00 Intro and list of Sam's symptoms
00:03:12 About Sam
00:06:09 How the symptoms started - post medical trauma
00:09:47 Another medical trauma
00:13:31 What it was like at the peak of symptoms
00:16:17 After 5 months of living like this, Sam started pursuing a nervous system approach
00:21:11 What to do when your symptoms are 10 out of 10 all the time
00:30:24 Not waiting until you feel better to start working exposure
00:35:00 How to do exposure in a way that actually helps you get better
00:40:17 Understanding how your past experiences shaped your nervous system
00:46:01 What it really meant to Sam to listen to her body
00:49:10 Difference between "neutral" and "compassionate" to create safety
00:51:56 Understanding her past traumas vs. processing them somatically
00:56:29 Sam felt it was critical to know what her past traumas and stress were
01:01:20 VRT exercises were helpful at the beginning of her recovery, mindfulness
01:05:50 Sam is FULLY recovered from chronic dizziness!
01:09:40 There may be actual life changes you need to make
01:12:39 "Your nervous system is working flawlessly" and "If I can recover, so can you" DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.