107. Health Anxiety Is Locking In Your Dizziness & Symptoms – How to Break Free w/ Drew Linsalata

Health anxiety is NOT just stress — it's often the hidden driver keeping chronic dizziness, PPPD (persistent postural-perceptual dizziness), vestibular migraine, MDDS, and neural circuit symptoms locked in place long after any initial trigger is gone. In this powerful interview, Dr. Yonit Arthur (The Steady Coach) sits down with Drew Linsalata from The Anxious Truth — therapist, author, and anxiety disorders expert who's helped thousands recover. They break down: The difference between normal anxiety (everyone has it) and an anxiety disorder where the feeling itself becomes the problem Why trying to "calm down," regulate your nervous system, do vagus nerve exercises, breathing techniques, or "rewire" your brain forcefully often backfires in health anxiety How control, avoidance, compulsions (mental Googling, checking symptoms, reassurance-seeking) feed the cycle and make dizziness worse The real path forward: acceptance, "doing nothing" about the fear, riding the wave, exposure-like willingness, and letting sensations peak & pass naturally Why full recovery from neural circuit dizziness and medically unexplained chronic symptoms IS possible — even if you've been told it's permanent Disagreements (and agreements!) between vestibular/coaching approaches and anxiety disorder treatment If you're stuck in rumination, doubt, fear of symptoms, 24/7 dizziness/unsteadiness, or health anxiety loops, this conversation could change how you approach recovery. Resources: The Disordered Guide to Health Anxiety: https://www.amazon.com/Health-Anxiety... The Disordered podcast: https://www.disordered.fm/ The Anxious Truth website: https://theanxioustruth.com/ Learn more about Dr. Yonit and The Steady Coach on our website: https://thesteadycoach.com For more free education and information from The Steady Coach, please visit our YouTube channel and website: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thesteadycoach Free Healing Chronic Dizziness Course: https://thesteadycoach.com/free-course Instagram: @therealsteadycoach Our website: https://thesteadycoach.com DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of  our guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical 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.