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Brain tumor?
I'm always one to have health anxiety and I'm wondering what's going on. I get headaches and randomly dizzy sometimes. My mom thinks this is from my bad habit. That habit being that i scratch my ears with bobby pins. I shove them down my ear as far as they can go. I do especially when I'm anxious. I have actually given myself ear infections from this. Is that what's causing the headaches and dizziness and vertigo? Help
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Hi, Christine. Putting bobby-pins in your ears is VERY DANGEROUS. You can peirce your eardrums, causing hearing loss for life, and yes, vertigo as well. I understand that this is nervous behavior. You CAN turn this particular nervous behavior on to something that is not harmful, like using a wet or dry cloth on your face and ears. Try removing all bobby pins from easy access. Then make cloths easier to get to. It may help you further if you pull on your earlobes and/or outside parts of your ears. Sounds like a strange thing to do, but it is much less harmful than what you are currently doing. AND have you been told by a doctor that you have a tumor? No? Then you don't have a tumor. You have FEAR of a tumor, which is much worse than really having one. Get out a peice of paper and a pen. Write the words 'I do not have a brain tumor' until the page is full. Then throw the paper in the garbage. This activity will help to get positive thoughts into your head about it. Blessings - Blu
I have bad headaches, dizziness and my ears will feel like they need to pop. Mine problem is allergies, I take a Zyrtec everyday and feel much better! Foe a year I thought it was a tumor or stroke, maybe you should see your Dr, it could be something as simple as seasonal allergies!
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