Thank you all for this discussion -- so helpful. Fearlessness ... so key. I remember the day I decided to get sober... it was kind of a conversation in my brain ..."something is going on in my consciousness, and in my use of alcohol, that needs facing... it's useless to keep running from this reality ... I need to face this despite my fear."
Although separation is the key with AVRT, separation does not mean aversion. I have learned to maintain the separation even in the midst of an attack of vertigo ... but it seems in those moments I struggle temporarily with grasping and aversion.