Why do we only sneeze when we are awake?

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I’m sick in bed. I can sleep 8 hours without sneezing at all but as soon as I wake up my sneezing machine turns on and I can’t stop it for a while. Just wondering why I can’t distribute my sneezes during the night.

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You can’t sneeze during deep sleep or during the REM phase because all of the nerves telling your brain that you should sneeze, are also asleep. Your brain activity changes completely during these phases of sleep and that also changes the signals your brain receives.

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