Motion Sickness - What is it?

Feeling a bit under the weather after reading in the car, or spending some time on the sea? Find out the secret behind motion sickness in humans.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

Music by Mitchell Moffit

Art by Gregory and Mitchell

Some Sources---

[alphazeus]

I get motion sickness and its terrible, if you don't have it, I envy you

[XxRoEmxX]

I get nauseous from just sitting in a car or plane that is stationary....

[MrJorge]

I'm glad i don't have motion sickness because i always read in the car. I can sometimes finish a whole book in the car during long trips

[fetasprite]

I get motion sickness 70% of all car rides I go on. but I have it baldy. I feel like I need to throw up, but I cant. so I spend hours feeling sick. and I don't feel just like I need to throw up, but I also get hot. very hot. so I feel very hot, I have a headache, my stomush hurts, and im bored because I cant play my tablet or read. and I cant get to sleep.

[TheGamerCreeper]

*both at the same time*
Ears: BRAIN BRIAN! DAT SHAKING IS SPLASHING MY LIQUID
Eyes: oh look, a book! Let's see those words! Nothing's going on here!
*one at a time*
Brain: huh? Ears? Are you sure you fell shaking?
Brain: and eyes, if ears said it's moving, why you said it's not?
Body: WHAT DO WE DO BRAIN?!?!?!
Brain:... Uh... I'm getting confused, let's bail!
Me: *vomits*

[Ghostcats]

When I'm in a car, the smell starts to make me feel sick and when it starts moving, it makes it even worse

[Shortcake]

Once me and my family went on vacation and decided to ride on a boat that was fairly large. The waters got choppy after we went out far enough and 5 out of the 6 of us on the boat got severe motion sickness

[darthreven]

when i ride in a car after eating i don't get motion sickness, but when i haven't, i feel motion sickness.

[samarai]

I have motion sickness with only cars. If I am in an IMAX theatre or on an airplane I don't feel sick. It's weird.

[KH-ldjj]

I've got an extreme case of motion sickness, especially when I ride air-conditioned vehicles. And worse is, I continue vomiting for a day after getting out of the damn car. I can't eat, too. TT_TT

[WRLDisYours]

As a kid I thought I was the only one with this problem, I never explained it properly to my parents.. Even driving in the car doing nothing gave me motion sickness..I don't get that anymore now that I'm older, but I still get it when I read something.

[ilikecamperz]

its wierd i get motion sickness only in car but not in anything else, In the back seat in the car after about 40 minutes or so if i don't get enough outside air, my stomach causes me to throw up nothing but air i need to eat to prevent this only in the back seat though not in the front

[madhumithakamaraj]

that is because your sound echos in the washroom the best in your house or anywhere because the washrooms are usually smaller than the other rooms, making the walls closer to each other, helping the sound to echo better. the echo cuts out most of your imperfections in your singing, making it sound better!

[ryonclarke]

Nice video. Thanks for making it! Just one thing to mention: Motion detection in the vestibular system is not carried out by tiny hairs, but rather "hair cells" which get their name from the bundles of stereocilia on the apical surface of the cell that look like hairs. A small but important difference! :)

[asiandamax]

Speaking of vomit, why do we think things are gross?

[artisticbuilding]

Why do I get sick in the car when it's hot but never when it's cold?

[txgirlaustin]

I used to get motion sickness when I was a little girl, but it disappeared as a teenager. I couldn't even ride the bus, because I'd vomit. It was a terrible feeling!! There were times when I even puked inside the bus. And, forget about even taking a long ride to another city!! But, my mom took me to the doctor at age 4, and the doctor said I had to include more fruit in my diet. I did, and I saw a big improvement as I got older. I also started exercizing & meditating too. Now I'm in my 30s, and that's all in the past. So, to you that are still getting motion sickness, include more fruit in your diet, meditating & exercizing. That should definitely help. Good luck!!!👍😬

[pikakimchu]

Now Natsu knows about Motion Sickness xD All we have to do now is give him a iPhone.

[latte]

This was uploaded 3 day before my birthday

[themeltedchocolate]

I have motion sickness. Used to be really bad when I was a kid, then almost disappeared for a few years, and a couple years ago it came back and it's bad, but as bad as it was during my childhood. What makes me feel the worst is looking at my phone/reading a book and the smell of gasoline - inside of the car always smells like it. The ideal option for me is sitting in the front seat of a car/bus so that I'm looking straight at the road in front of me.