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If you get that feeling where you need to sneeze but it's not quite enough for a full sneeze, say the word grapefruit. 60% of the time it works every time
You can also rub your tongue on your soft palate to stop a sneeze but it tickles
I inhale very very slowly through the nose, it almost always works for me
For me it's just looking at something bright.
Ha, for me it's the opposite. I have to cover my eyes, not just close them because I can still feel the brightness through my eyelids, so I have to physically cover them with my hands.
Also, if people talk I can't sneeze either. So if I'm around people I'm comfortable around, they know I'm about to sneeze and stop talking. That's very sweet of them.
I imagine this looking really adorable. Talking to someone who then suddenly covers their eyes and sneezes.
I often sneeze two times but when someone's bless you comes between them, my second sneeze is cancelled most of the times. So most people who know me will wait in anticipation wether I sneeze a second time.
The uses of "ACHOO syndrome"!
Aka the photic sneeze reflex.
Apparently not everyone has this reflex.
Wait, are you saying you can look at a bright light to suppress a sneeze? I used to work with a guy who said bright light sometimes made him sneeze.
Ahh, no no!
Not suppress it, but force it out. Kinda when you feel it coming but it's "stuck"
For suppressing it, I'll press my tongue hard against the roof of my mouth. Works most of the time
Looking at significantly bright lights cause the muscles of your face and sinuses to contract which can force a sneeze. It won't cancel the sneeze, it just makes it happen on your own terms.
If you say pamplemousse instead, the sneeze will sound fancier.
I don't care how fancy it is, I don't like pample flavoured mousse.
And if you don't want to sneeze, put a finger under your nose like a fake mustache
There's a spot on the bridge of your nose you can rub and it stimulates the sneeze out of you
Also right under your nose, push your finger against your mustache space
Edit: Oh wait, that prevents the sneeze. I read the comment wrong
That's not how you grapefruit your man
The noises will be forever burnt into my brain.