I can’t help but wince whenever I see someone hold in a sneeze. It gives me physical discomfort.
I can’t help but hold them in. I used to be able to produce a full, loud, relieving sneeze as a young kid, but my dad thought it was performative or somehow fake. I realized recently that’s probably why I stifle every single one now and have for >30 years. This post actually scares me.
Hah, I have the same type of sneeze. Someone once told me they don’t believe I can have such an “archetypical” sneeze. It still blows my mind that some children were traumatized so much for this, they learned to instinctively suppress their sneezes. Of all the things to get upset about ffs…
Sneeze loud and proud my friend, let the whole world know you have an irritated sinus!
This made me think of mirror therapy… wonder if you could recondition by watching a video of somebody sneezing simultaneously. Sounds like a dumb suggestion, writing it out, but if it doesn’t you could bookmark a video and throw it on your phone home screen.
Hopefully you’re a “pro” now and that’s enough to avoid eardrum ruptures, vertigo, ruptured eye blood vessels! 😬
New fear unlocked! Sweet
Don’t stifle your sneezes and you’ll be fine.
Fucking hell that sounds painful
My mom only ever holds in sneezes. She says sneezes are disgusting and unnecessary. But I love a good loud sneeze. I don’t think I can hold in a sneeze. I might show her this
Your mom sounds like an idiot
Well I’m not gonna ever hold a sneeze in ever again, only loud and safe sneezes for me!
