Using psychology to treat motion sickness

There is such a joke: When I was a child, my family was very poor. How poor was it? I was so poor that no matter what kind of illness I got, my mother would always take out the essential oil from the drawer and wipe my forehead.

Hahaha. . . But looking back, I usually use Fengyoujing to prevent motion sickness.

For those with severe motion sickness, they can give up some means of transportation or even choose not to travel far.

Recently, psychologist Wu Zhihong wrote about several cases in which he helped others to treat motion sickness, seasickness and airsickness. He gave the following methods to treat oneself or others' sickness:

1. Make sufficient efforts to prevent fainting first, such as preparing motion sickness medicine. This will let people who faint know that they are fully prepared.

2. The core of treatment is to feel the body's sensations. When the body can feel it well, it means relaxation and trust have occurred.

3. The obstacle to treatment is that a person is under strong control, and his body and mind are tense at this time, so when he feels that his body cannot proceed, you can ask him to talk about what he is doing Control what.

4. Control is all about fighting against loss of control, and the original experience of losing control is the failure of emotional attachment. It would be helpful if this failure experience could be told.

5. The key to treatment is to have a trusted person by your side. This is essential for people who suffer from severe dizziness.

The above methods come from the perspective of psychology and human nature. Teacher Wu believes that motion sickness, seasickness, and airsickness are related to the sense of control and loss of control. There are also profound metaphors of narcissism and attachment behind this. Dizziness is a feeling of loss of control.

I have this experience: I will get dizzy when riding in a car, but I won’t get dizzy when driving by myself. Teacher Wu happened to explain the reason. This is because when driving, the car is completely under one's control, but when riding, the car is not under one's control. Therefore, it can be clearly seen from here that motion sickness is closely related to the feeling of losing control. together.

Key points: From a psychological perspective, motion sickness has a profound metaphor, which is related to loss of control, narcissism and attachment. Control is all about fighting against loss of control, and the original experience of losing control is the failure of emotional attachment. It would be helpful if you could talk about this failure experience. When vertigo occurs, it is essential to have someone you can trust by your side.