Until recently, I thought the expression that something makes your head spin was just a figure of speech. I now know it’s real. After my husband, DC, and I sold the Happier Yellow House in a whirlwind deal, without even listing it, we had 45 days to find a new house, pack up and move out.

During half of those days, we were away on a long-planned, nonrefundable summer vacation, which was supposed to be relaxing, but which turned into a nonstop frenzy of long-distance broker negotiations.

For most of those 45 nights, whenever I sat down after a busy day, my world would whirl, as if I were on my own personal merry-go-round. I’d lock my widened eyes on something I could count on, usually DC, and wait till the spinning stopped.

I Googled causes of dizziness. Stress and anxiety topped the lis

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