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032 — Can Anxiety Cause Dizziness | Science-Backed Explanations and Relief
Dr. Robert Carl
6 minutes
1 month ago
032 — Can Anxiety Cause Dizziness | Science-Backed Explanations and Relief
Can anxiety cause dizziness, and how can you regain steadiness when your body feels out of control? Today you will learn why dizziness from anxiety is a real physiological response, not something imagined, and how neuroscience explains the link between stress, balance, and perception. You will understand how the vestibular system becomes hyper-alert under stress, how breathing patterns and hyperventilation can trigger sudden lightheadedness, and why adrenaline makes the inner ear hypersensitive. We will also explore why dizziness sometimes lingers as Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness, creating a loop between anxiety and imbalance. You will discover science-backed practices that calm the nervous system and retrain your body toward stability, including gaze stabilization, somatic tracking, breath–step synchronization, auditory anchoring, and micro balance challenges. Each practice builds confidence in your body’s ability to find steadiness again. With insights from psychology and neuroscience, this session shows that anxiety dizziness is not permanent. It can be understood, managed, and gradually replaced with a calmer sense of control and stability.
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