Polyvagal theory & nervous system safety for dizziness & pain recovery: interview w/ Tanner Murtagh

This was great! I’m coming out of 9 months of constant dizziness after having post-covid vestibular neuritis. I’ve noticed as I have started to recover, the anxiety and panic has increased. This was so counterintuitive to me before watching this discussion. I have, however, noticed this starting to be less frequent. I thought my life was essentially over earlier this year. There is hope!

One word: AWESOME!!! And I love the calm, clear voice of Tanner.

Fannnnnntastic!!!! Was better for me than many of the other interviews. This is the exact kind of information my mind has needed to hear. Thanks SO much for the large variety of professionals you interview for all of us.

Thank you for the video, Yonit. So nice to see your channel growing. The wobly folks are in good hands 😀

Tanner I just found a Qi Gong class near me a couple of weeks ago and it’s amazing I love it!!! I’m so thankful to find something I really like

This is an awesome interview. It explains so much of what I've been doing and dealing with for even longer than the 9+ years that I've been dealing specifically with the dizziness. Great information.

Think visualizing a safe place is helpful and i also think taking action when necessary is vital when in a constant survival state. This is so challenging as for me, it means leaving a 20 year marriage. This is my only option, this is slowly killing me from the onside out every single day. Im holding on to the beauty i see on the other side of this pain. The dizziness is debilitating and i must take action.

Two of my favourites!

What a great podcast (and an awesome resource this channel is!). He really explained the Polyvagal theory very well, and makes total sense in relation to PPPD. This really rang true to my experience, as "now" I'm aware of that moment my system became dis-regulated back in July/Aug of 2022, and what my system was probably doing. I had a minor shoulder injury (and was also a bit stressed personally at the time), and got crazy anxious after injury/couldn't figure out why it was still hurting after a week, etc. That manifested into a panic attacks, spinning vertigo (first time ever), lots of tests (MRI, VNG, carotid scan, etc), feeling fully on dizziness...then finally getting diagnosed with PPPD by an ophthalmologist in Nov 2022. My stress bucked was packed FULL and overflowed, evidently. I'm still not out of the woods with PPPD, but I do have my "good days in Ventral Vegal", and I'll take them. It's this channel, and videos like this, that really have helped me understand what I've been dealing with and continue to deal with, how to cope with them, and know that I'm not broken and am safe. I just keep doing the work...even with occasional setbacks, I'm still progressing. Thank you!

The Way Out (book) really helps simplify all of this. Thanks for recommending. All these sensations are safe. No need to get rid of them!

Omg! I burst out into laughter when he said “I’m an angry cleaner” SAME!!!!!! Every time I would get angry I would start to aggressively clean my house. Wow. I just figured it was a good way of getting the anger out. I’ve been using polyvagal theory and regulating my nervous system for MONTHS now. Although I’ve made some improvements I’m still very symptomatic and limited in my daily life. What could I be missing? I wish I could solve this puzzle already! It’s been a year and I definitely want to get back to my life!

Omg this is the greatest message I have ever heard thank you MrTanner and thank to you most of all

2 of my favorite people!!

Wow this was amazing for me to listen to. I feel like it's another piece of the puzzle for my healing I have been needing. The emotions it brought to my attention were ones I have been needing to experience that I didn't realize were there. So much love and thanks to both of you ❤ -Sarah

I look forward to your videos every week! Another excellent discussion which I connected with so much! Thanks to both of you 😊

Thank you so very much. I am so glad I found your channel. God bless you❤

I had so many breakthroughs watching this video- the most valuable one I have watched this past year! Thank you!

Really interesting, puts everything into simple terms, especially 3 steps in nervous system

Thank you ! I follow both channels and appreciate the work you do.❤

Great video. I always love the new videos and different ways of explaining it. I do tend to re watch my favourite ones though especially when i have to go out i keep an ear pod in trying to just remind myself i can do it and not to react to much 😊 recently had about 2 days of feeling relatively no dizziness apart from here and there when i snapped myself out of it by just thinkig "nope" today in a set back though as been feeling very depersonalised and dizzy again but onwards and upwards! ❤