My vestibular nerve damage made me agoraphobic.
I have many chronic ailments including dysautonomia which makes my blood pressure and fatigue levels completely unpredictable. But I also have damage in my inner ear that completely messes with my sense of balance. It makes me dizzy, I can't look around too fast or close my eyes because I will fall over as my body can't tell where we are positioned in space. That's why I constantly keep accidentally bumping into things and injuring myself. The worst part is that this affects my vision so much that my eyes can't get used to my new glasses (and I'm extremely short sighted with astigmatism) so everything looks like I'm seeing through a fish lense. Also, a lot of visual stimuli like in the grocery store or with big open spaces and buildings make my brain go into overdrive and makes me super dizzy. I have no idea where to begin.
Posted Jun 12, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC