I sneeze really loudly and powerful and often I can’t control it. What makes it worse is, its often sprays a lot of saliva as well. I’m safe most of the time if I can get to my handkerchief or tissue in time. But there are times I have no other option but to let it out. Has anyone found a way to tame it and make it milder or easier to control.
Breathe out before the sneeze. It will be much less powerful when you aren’t squeezing your maximum lung capacity out through your nose and mouth.
Thats a real pro tip right here Been doing it like that for years and I am a full time allergician
That’s interesting. Never heard of this before. Gonna see if I’m actually able to next time I need to sneeze. I almost feel like the deep inhale before a sneeze is involuntary but we’ll see…
Makes sense. Gonna try this the next time…
Edit : Just sneezed. There’s a problem. Just as I’m about to sneeze I breath in. I’ll need to use a lot of force in a short time to exhale any air. Am I doing it wrong?
I don’t exhale, rather I just close off my airway to stop the big inhale. It sounds super uncomfortable to try exhaling at that point, but with some practice I have been able to stop the inhale and that mutes the sneeze considerably. Also, I can plug my nose when I feel it start to tickle and stop the sneeze entirely.
Sneeze into the fold of your elbow, instead of spraying around the room
How the fuck isn‘t everyone thaught this?
Are you saying you haven’t taught this to everyone yet?
they’ve been slacking
That’s a good suggestion as well.
This, or bicep or forearm if you’re like me and dont want extra germs developing in that elbow fold
We get it. You work out.
Lol, you’re right, I do, but I think I sneezed on my bicep/forearm before I started working out😆
Let it out with pride! Shock everyone out of their state of serenity.
I’ve literally thrown my back out trying to suppress sneezes. I gave up trying years ago, I’m a scream sneezer through and through. Dracula barely helps but at least it’s more sanitary.
The way you sneeze is learned, so just make a conscious effort to change.
Also cover with your arm so you’re sneezing into your elbow.
Elbow is most hygienic. That said someone tell me how to sneeze when I’ve thrown out my back 😭
Unfortunately painfully is the only method I’ve found.
EVERYONE STOP TRYING TO HOLD IT IN!!! The scream is because you’re using your vocal cords. Stop using them when you sneeze.
For example: -Say “ahhhhh” like a doctor is checking your throat. You’re using your vocal chords while exhaling
-Okay now just exhale. Now you’re NOT using your vocal cords.
That is the difference between using your vocal cords and not using them. You just have to not use your vocal cords when you sneeze to stop yelling.
I find it insane that people somehow think they have to make that noise when they sneeze. It’s totally a learned and unnecessary behaviour. People who are born deaf don’t ever make that noise when they sneeze.
That thing you see in cartoons where they stop sneezes by putting a finger under the nose? Never seemed to work for me at first, but it turns out, it does work - you just have to push up against your septum, hard. It can at least diminish the urge slightly and maybe help you delay the sneeze so you can time it more conveniently.
I punch the tip of my nose and pull up a slight bit. Seems to help.
I punch the tip of my nose and pull up a slight bit. Seems to help.
Tried your suggestion, and I misjudged my punch and broke my nose.
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Lul I meant pinch. F my friend.
Don’t worry, it made me forget all about my sneeze, so I guess it was successful.
My dad has the same issue and my girlfriend also had. I was able to help her, he is a lost cause.
But honestly it’s really basic. Just don’t yell while sneezing. Sneeze without vocalising at all. Even if it’s “strong”, it won’t be nearly as loud.
This is just like “muscle memory”. You one day started yelling while sneezing, and it became subconscious.
If you consciously try to not do it every time you sneeze, that too will become subconscious and “muscle memory”.
Do you at least sneeze in your arm fold? :P
Yeah, I do the Dracula
Never heard that name for it. But that’s perfect!
I once sneezed so hard while lying down that my sock flew off.
Like you, I use a handkerchief. If I’m wearing a T, I might instead lift up the collar and sneeze down the front of my shirt. More gross for me but more hygienic for everyone else around. The third option is to drop into a crouch and sneeze into my elbow between my knees, funnelling it towards the floor.
I would rather do one big sneeze than lots of little sneezes, though.
Apparently deaf from birth people don’t make any noise when they sneeze, as they’ve not heard anybody else do it so don’t know they “should”.[1] I’m not a particularly loud sneezer but it strikes me as odd that any noise at all would be learned behaviour.
Some people do make a lot of noise though, to the point where I’m thinking that it can’t all be involuntary.
I heard this from years ago; don’t know how true it is ↩︎
I find it weird that the only way I can actually scream is thru a sneeze
Apparently you should be able to stop a sneeze by rubbing your tongue to the roof of your mouth. Never tried tho
For me it won’t stop it, but pushing my tongue up and forward against my pallet and clenching my jaw will help contain the sneeze (and often also give the sinuses a good clear).
I tried this. Didn’t really work for me.
It’s in and its gotta come out
