VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal?message-squaremessage-square478fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat were you surprised to learn wasn't actually normal?VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square478fedilink
minus-squaremattc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoLooking at light or sky when I need to sneeze helps me sneeze quicker. It’s apparently something to do with Photic sneeze reflex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
minus-squareAngry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s not super uncommon My hypothesis: evolution keeping our ancestors from staring at the sun till blindness
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agotheres one called solar reflext sneezing, i sneeze when theres a bright or intense sun. its much more likely if you allergies too.
minus-squarekender242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWho would ever want to sneeze faster? 😄 My wife does this too, both of us have the reflex, I just happen to not enjoy sneezing?
minus-squarethegreatgarbo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoYep, same same, nothing more annoying than sneezus interruptus.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoI pretty much always sneeze when first stepping into sunlight My wife doesn’t but I thought it was pretty funny when I realised my kid does too
Looking at light or sky when I need to sneeze helps me sneeze quicker.
It’s apparently something to do with Photic sneeze reflex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
It’s not super uncommon
My hypothesis: evolution keeping our ancestors from staring at the sun till blindness
theres one called solar reflext sneezing, i sneeze when theres a bright or intense sun. its much more likely if you allergies too.
Who would ever want to sneeze faster? 😄
My wife does this too, both of us have the reflex, I just happen to not enjoy sneezing?
Yep, same same, nothing more annoying than sneezus interruptus.
I pretty much always sneeze when first stepping into sunlight
My wife doesn’t but I thought it was pretty funny when I realised my kid does too