can u sneeze w/ ur eyes open?
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Nope, it's an automatic response.  Check this answer from Yahoo:\nhttp://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20050721.html
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Your eyes are forced shuh by a part of the brain that refuses to look at the booger bits that go flying out when you sneeze.\n\nYou have overcome it looking at stuff like go-at-se until that part of the brain just gives up.
402647
It is not the sun that is stopping you from the sneeze, it is the position of your head. you can look at the moon or a a piece of key lime pie that is floating in the sky and have the same result.
371550
No, but if you can keep your eyes open, you will not sneeze
853475
Sneezing contracts a lot of the muscles in your face, including the ones controlling your eyelids.\n\nAs for the people answering with the popping eyeballs: LOL!
400067
because if you opened your eyes when you sneeze your face will explode
284610
I think its physically impossible to sneeze while you sleep, without waking up.
267134
look at a bright light-it usually works!=) oops thats for getting a sneeze out....sorry =) not sure how to stop em' just don't fart and sneeze at the same time...although i'm not sure you can...
545364
If you try to stop a sneeze you could rupture a vein in your brain or neck and die.\nIf, by force you keep your eyes open while you sneeze, they could leave their sockets
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Eyeballs popping out when you sneeze is an urban myth.  I have intentionally kept my eyes open while sneezing with no ill effects.  The eye sockets are made of hard bone and are only connected to the sinuses through tear ducts.  Sneezing is a reflex action to the presence of an irritant in the sinus passages.  I would suggest that the reflex involves closing the eyes to prevent the transmission of this irritant into the eyes.
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Yes. This is a very interesting question and have an answer everyone must know. \n\nWhenever we sneeze, our heart stops. This is the only time in the life (of a living person) when a heart stops. There has been a convention of different cultures around the world to welcome (or say welcome back) just after sneezing. These people don't know why we welcome the person who just sneezed. But the truth is that, he/she just came back from a situation between life and death.
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Do you mean "why do we close our eyes when we <sneeze>?"?\n\nWhat a wonderful way to phrase that question :-)\n\nYou can find some answers at these sites:
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Because the pressure of the sneeze, you close your eyes. You can't control them because its something the body controls. Try holding your nose or biting your tongue though if you're about to sneeze. Then you don't.
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Sneezing in sleep occurs only when you are about fall asleep and about to wake up but when you are not aware of it. In other  words, due to your breathing rhythm, you can not sneeze in the REM states. For further information please refer to;\n\nhttp://www.anderson-college.edu/ pdf/documents/Healthservice.pdf
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Tidbitonebox7 is on the right track.  The nerves that serve your eyes and nose are very close together, and strong stimulation of one can affect the other.  So, if you get a strong light stimulation in your eyes, it can affect your nose nerves and cause you to want to sneeze.  There are similar affects and effects throughout the body.
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You're simply blocking the air that would come out during the sneeze, not actually preventing the sneeze. You can accomplish the same thing by closing and tightening your mouth.
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Because otherwise some 'thing' in your eyes will get damaged by the fastness of a sneeze, and therefore the eyelids react with shutting when sneezing.\nDon't really remember more than that, I read it 3 years ago somewhere... :S