I’ve learned that sometimes you can trick yourself into not sneezing. Different people have different tricks, my go-to is pressing my finger against the area between my nose and upper lip, pressing up towards the nose with the finger held sideways. You see it a lot on old cartoons. The theory I was told was there’s a nerve there that reacts to pressure by canceling a sneeze. I personally don’t think there’s any science behind that until someone proves it, but either way this method has been reliable for me in preventing sneezes.
Thanks for asking this question, because I am hoping to find more ways to sneeze, haha. I love the feeling of sneezing. I have found that if you wiggle the very top of your nose you can build up to a sneeze. It doesn’t always work, but I was doing it in middle school once and this kid next to me goes “whoa, are you trying to make yourself sneeze?” I never knew it was a known thing. Anyway, I take my thumb and pointer finger and place them on the bone where you can gently wiggle it back and forth. That, combined with some slow inhales through the nostrils, will usually produce a sneeze. An almost-sneeze is such a tease for me. Can’t answer your question, but thanks for asking it.
Another interesting thing that I like to do sometimes (at times when I do not want to sneeze), is to quickly distract your brain when you feel a sneeze coming on. I think a common thing to think about is ‘pineapple’, since for most people it’s just some random thought that gets you distracted. I still think about pineapple, and even though I know what I’m going to think about, it still distracts me enough for the urge to sneeze to go away.
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