Are you a sun sneezer?

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When you walk out into a bright light from a dark room does it cause you to have a sneeze reflex?

18-35% of people have a mutation in our DNA which causes us to be sun sneezers. It was also be triggered by normal light bulbs etc

Anyone else a sun sneezer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69XZJ9DEj0

Skylinehead

I am.

Love a good sneeze or three.

volchitsa

So far it's 100%, not 35, never mind 18. Is that because (like me) those of us who have the reflex thought "Yes!!" when they saw it?

I used to think it was just normal until one day in college I sneezed and said to whoever was with me "Oh it's just the sun", and she looked at me as if I was literally mad. That's how I found out lots of people had never heard of it.

upupup

I have a times had 20-30 in a row when sudden light is mixed with dust.I was triggered by the light of my phone late at night lately so I must be getting worse or maybe better:)

Quantum Erasure

Ah, ah.. Ah, the ACHOO syndrome (Autosomal dominant Compulsive Helio-Ophthalmic Outbursts)....




ACHOOOOO!!

cb123

Super sun sneezer here. 5 sneezes in a row, no more, no less unless I'm sick.

These attacks like to happen on roundabouts and it's terrifying.

Potential-Monke

Myself and the sun have a non-verbal agreement to just not look at each other. Working out fine, but he is testing me with these long ass days. Bright from nearly 4am to 11pm! *vampire hiss*

McGinniesta

Given that Im Irish and that I'm a fattie with a massive pasty Irish head on me, this makes me react badly to strong sunshine.

I start melting, twitching and grunting at any temperature over 20 degrees celsius.

I can only imagine what the ging lads have to endure.

Dublinandy3

I am for tempurature, either way so going from hot to cold or cold to hot I sneeze several times in a row, usually about 8 or 10.

bnt

Indeed, and I feel sorry for people who don’t enjoy a good sneeze. Don’t fight it, let it out.

Tilden Katz

Yup. Photic sneezer here. It’s a very handy trait to have. Artificial light can help me bring on a stubborn sneeze but nothing is as good as sunlight to get the job done, even on a cloudy day. Looking NEAR the sun, not directly at it, of course.

On a very bright sunny day, the sun can even induce a fit of sneezes in me. My whole family are photic sneezers so I was surprised when I found out that it doesn’t work for everybody. My parents used to tell me to look at a light when I had a stubborn sneeze but I have a feeling I had figured it out for myself before they ever said that to me. I think it was pretty instinctual.

Tilden Katz

volchitsa wrote: »

So far it's 100%, not 35, never mind 18. Is that because (like me) those of us who have the reflex thought "Yes!!" when they saw it?

I used to think it was just normal until one day in college I sneezed and said to whoever was with me "Oh it's just the sun", and she looked at me as if I was literally mad. That's how I found out lots of people had never heard of it.

Me too! I remember in a past job, my whole office looking at me like I was fit for the loony bin when I said “Oh, just look at a light” to somebody who was trying to sneeze but couldn’t.

the beer revolu

Same here.
One to five sneezes.

Strangely, at the start of the pandemic, when in public, the urge pretty much left me.
Over time as anxiety levels decreased, it came back.
Or more, the urge was there but I was able to suppress it.