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A British man blew a small hole in his neck after holding in a sneeze
- Thread starter Dalek
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I never ever held back a sneeze, because they're extremely loud and forceful, would probably break something doing that.
I hold them in sometimes but this dude straight up pinches his nose. I'd probably blow out my eardrum if I did that. The pressure has to release somewhere.
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Topic: My mother does the same, she sneezes at least 8-10 times and always with closed mouth and nose. Always looked very uncomfortable. I´m a loud sneezer, but I don´t try to hold it in, but I am using the crook of my arm to sneeze into it.
I just let it go, funnily enough for a small guy (tom cruise height) my sneeze is insanely loud lol.
Anyway damn so there is something that can happen after all when holding in, my favorite myth was the poppin eyes out one.
Anyway damn so there is something that can happen after all when holding in, my favorite myth was the poppin eyes out one.
Yes, that was way too much.
You can hold your sneeze to a certain level even if you're a loud sneezer, but pinching your nose is just not what I would think of considering the pressure has to go somewhere...
It finally happened. I've always wondered if there was any physical danger to holding in a sneeze and now we know. I've always let mine go full force because it feels great which is fine as long as you cover your month unlike those....those monsters who don't.
Sneezing away from people (into arm or tissue) always seemed to be the more polite way to handle a sneeze. Sneezes are violent and restraining them takes visible effort. It would make me unconfortable to see someone putting in that much effort just to try to hide something involuntary.
Yea wheb my back is particuarly bad i cant hold in a sneeze even when i tried. Would just hurt too much.
This is my buddy when he sneezes it sounds like he is just yelling loudly lol.
This man was trying to make his head explode with the intention of kill himself, no other explanation.
I kinda hold my sneezes in all my life but not to the extent where I pinch my nose and do it. I never block my nose. The way I do it is is just not open my mouth so it kinda sounds like a little squeak or rat through my nose. Is this still ok? I don't block my nose or anything and air must come out of my nostrils.
The secret to public sneezing is to first gain a lot of weight (like 100-200 additional pounds), wait until you reach an age where your skin has lost some elasticity, rapidly lose the weight, and now you have a natural skin sleeve around your neck you can raise and lower as a sneeze guard as needed.
I've always held mine in, but not by pinching my nose. I just close my mouth and I guess press my tongue to the top of my mouth. Any who, the sneeze is stifled with almost zero noise.
The free article on casereports.bmj.com is an interesting read. Apparently blocking sneezes have also led to rupture of cerebral aneurysms. Don't block the nostrils.
You beat me to it ^^
Sneezing is a great way to convey a certain message. Especially the 'explosive' variant, works every time if you need to silence a crowd of noisy people :p
I'm prone to long series of explosive sneezes. Typically I'll get five or six in a row. I cover my mouth and nose but can't risk blocking the passage of air. Each sneeze is preceded by a deep spasm of inward breath. I try to avoid the risk of accidentally breathing in small objects on the inward breath. It's terrifying for me, so it must be pretty scary to witness. Fortunately I've never been tempted to block a sneeze. The effects would probably be life threatening.
I was shocked when I moved to Bulgaria and realized that almost all women hold in their sneezes. I asked why, to which most replied "Because it's not polite or elegant".
I told my boss who did this about my mother getting whiplash from holding in a sneeze. Ever since she's been making loud sneezes. Makes me happy every time :D
I told my boss who did this about my mother getting whiplash from holding in a sneeze. Ever since she's been making loud sneezes. Makes me happy every time :D
