motion sickness at the cinema

Yorkie1

The fact that your symptoms occur immediately you enter the cinema, don't stop when you sit down, and only stop when you leave, makes me tend to agree with the posters that you're experiencing a form of anxiety or panic.

Whatever triggered the feelings on the first occasion, your brain has anticipated them ever since, which leads to your body producing adrenalin in the 'fight or flight' response, and frequently to hyperventilation through shallow breathing. As soon as you flee from the perceived thread, your body calms.

NoAngel

Yorkie1 wrote: »

The fact that your symptoms occur immediately you enter the cinema, don't stop when you sit down, and only stop when you leave, makes me tend to agree with the posters that you're experiencing a form of anxiety or panic.

Whatever triggered the feelings on the first occasion, your brain has anticipated them ever since, which leads to your body producing adrenalin in the 'fight or flight' response, and frequently to hyperventilation through shallow breathing. As soon as you flee from the perceived thread, your body calms.

Anxiety and hyperventilating are common if there is an underlying balance issue too.

j-josie

claire16c wrote: »

A simulator ride? I never do those now they make me feel really ill too!

Ewww..now you are making me think of the time we went to Disneyland Paris and my DS made me go on the Star Wars simulator 7 times in a row.:eek: I practically had to be carried out. :rotfl:

balletshoes

j-josie wrote: »

Ewww..now you are making me think of the time we went to Disneyland Paris and my DS made me go on the Star Wars simulator 7 times in a row.:eek: I practically had to be carried out. :rotfl:

I can do that ride once a trip only, and my eyes are shut for a fair proportion of the time .

can6342

Ooh, I get terrible motion sickness and vertigo at the cinema (or just watching TV) when they do those slow, panning shots. I have to close my eyes immediately or I feel very sick and it can take hours to get over it! Mine started when I had an inner ear infection as a teen that gave me severe spinning vertigo for a week... And I've never been the same since.
As someone mentioned earlier, I cannot play certain computer games.. I can't go on the swings at the park, let alone fairground rides etc.. Sounds a bit different to you but I agree with others that the cinema can be disorientating. Its a horrible feeling!

pulliptears

Callie22 wrote: »

I get this! I'm find with 'flat' and slow games but anything that has a lot of movement sends me reeling. OH likes driving games but I find it hard to even be in the room when he's playing them as if I watch the screen I start to feel giddy and queasy. Burnout Paradise is one of his favourites but I can't stand it. I'm wondering if those seaband things you get for motion sickness might help.

Sea bands were one of the first things I tried, did nothing for me at all
I'm so so with driving games, I certainly cope with them better than I do call of duty etc. I never had problems playing older games like grand theft auto etc. It just seems as games have gotten fancier and with better frame rates I've gotten worse

I did fall over in an arcade in Blackpool years ago watching someone on a racing game that involved a full size car. I stupidly stood behind watching and was so engrossed that when he crashed I fell over.... Not one of my finer moments lmao

Make-it-3

There is definitely something in the cinematic experience - it is designed to take you out of reality and focus on the film. The slope, dark, sickly smell of popcorn and sweets can make me feel a bit nauseous sometimes. I can't sit too close to the screen, don't like too much action, hate 3D films. I also had to leave the Blair Witch Project and not because it was too scary.

I wonder however, if you have now got it into your head that you are going to feel sick and therefore these thoughts take priority as soon as you enter the cinema.

daska

pigpen wrote: »

The popcorn stench makes me feel quite sick so I rarely go to the cinema. I took OH to see The Hobbit a few weeks back and spent most of the time feeling nauseus.. I blamed it on being 9 weeks pregnant but if i am honest I feel the same whenever we go lol.

I have an irrational fear of them bursting into flames and not being able to get out so I am usually very edgy anyway.

Congratulations (again!) hope this one goes smoothly

bestpud

Ooh, that's interesting, Maureen.

I get motion sickness from computer games as well as when sitting to the side of a cinema screen as I mentioned earlier in the thread.

I adjust within a few minutes of playing a game but can't pan the camera angle around too quickly.

I also get dizzy if I lie flat on my back, look up in the air, turn my head too quickly (I hate supermarket shopping!), chew hard (I can't eat toffee!), turn over quickly in bed or float on my back in a swimming pool.

I've been sure for a while that it's an ear problem, especially as I am far worse when I have a cold and my sinuses are probably a bit bunged up.

Blackpool_Saver

and it's supposed to be pleasure