Why do strong vibrations make me nauseous?

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It happened when I went to see a concert live. I had to leave because the vibrations made me feel like throwing up and I dry heaved outside. I didn’t throw up but felt very queasy for a while.

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You have a system of fine organs in your ear that have fluid and very fine hairs. (Google “vestibular nerve” and you will get to this system) That system of hairs and fluid gives you balance and spatial orientation by the way they move and bend according to gravity. The fluid and hairs can be fooled by things that cause them to move (like vibration from music) and they send signals via nerves to your brain that say gravity is not how it is supposed to be. This disorients your brain and makes you wanna puke.

At least, that’s the top of my list of suspicions.

Alternatively, maybe the music was just awful. 😉

Hope this helps.

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