One of 8 motion-sickness types
The Wing-Seat Strategist
Row 14, over the wing. You have a system.
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You check the seat map before you check the price. You know the wing is the steadiest place on the aircraft, you know which side the sun lands on, and you treat turbulence forecasts as essential reading. Honestly? The strategy works.
What this pattern usually means
Flying is your trigger, and you've already half-solved it with seat choice. The over-wing rows really do move least, and the air vent trick is physiology, not folklore.
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The other seven types
The types are a friendly layer over a real instrument: the test behind them scores the validated Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire (MSSQ, Golding 2006), which has moderate predictive validity — a self-assessment, not a diagnosis. Frequent or severe symptoms are worth discussing with a clinician. Dizzout is the drug-free sound-therapy option from Kinda Smart Inc.