Do you look into the sun to sneeze?

It makes the sneeze go away! 16
Sometimes it helps. 69
The sneeze won't come if I do not look into the sun. 46
I have never tried... 157
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  • CrashMan

    No, I look down because my sneezes are so sudden and violent, I'm afraid I might sneeze in someone's face if I keep my head up. Or spray snot/spit everywhere, lol.

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  • spongerobert

    Yeh I do it! I think it's a reflex - you go blind if you look at the sun, and you have to close your eyes when you sneeze or they shoot out. God bless evolution.

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    • drugsrbadmkay

      I'm totally going to try it next time I sneeze.

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  • username420

    i enjoy that pleasant feeling you get right after sneezing, so i definitely look into the sun when i feel my nose tingle. it seems like it might have something to do with the rapid constriction of your pupils affecting...something? i don't know.

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  • Darkoil

    Why would anyone sneeze when looking aat the sun?

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    • drugsrbadmkay

      I don't remember the details but it has something to with the optic nerve running alongside the olfactory nerves, so there is some cross-talk between the two. Or something like that, I didn't go to medical school.

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  • nAt2017

    I usually try not to look straight into the sun...

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  • I do

    Cheers - Me

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  • legendary27

    Every single time I walk outside and into the sunlight from any kind of shaded area, I sneeze. I'll sneeze immediately or I'll get that sneezing sensation and it won't happen all the way so I look up (on purpose) into the bright sun and sneeze like 2, 3, sometimes even 4 times.
    Don't know how common that is though. I thought everyone was like that...

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  • Jessie735513

    I pinch the bridge of my nose. It works every tome but produces one MASSIVE sneeze.

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  • NothingxCrazy

    Sometimes when I walk outside and it's sunny out, I sneeze. I don't intentionally do it but it does happen. My friend once told me that you sneeze because your eyes are sensitive to the sunlight. Brighter color eyes, (blue, hazel..) are more sensitive and let more light in so people with these lighter color eyes are more prone to sneezing due to sunlight.

    I've never looked into it to see if it were factual or not.

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  • Dozis

    Yes I look at the sun on purpose so I can sneeze.
    I got a photoallergy.
    And photophobia.
    And my skin gets itchy whenever I expose it to sunrays.
    And I can't see shit for a while afterwards.

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  • squirrelgirl

    I have a friend who sneezes when he looks into the sun.

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  • Massotta

    Huh, I've always found that when i look into a light (including the sun) it makes the urge to sneeze go away.

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  • Indigoviolin

    Yeah sometimes deliberately... When it's very bright or just a glary day, then I'll sneeze no question! Thats why I always carry my trusty pair of sunglasses ;) I read the other day that 1/4 of the pop in UK have this 'condition' that means when it's bright, they'll sneeze haha!

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