Is it possible to keep your eyes open while you sneeze? And not looking funny?
480335
it is not possible looking normal or funny your eyes automatically close when you sneeze because your muscles contract
312636
As in humans, sneezing is normal. It's a reflex for expelling something in the nose that doesn't belong there.
99483
You are sneezing for a reason.  Just let the sneeze happen so the offending materials can be effectively eliminated.
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
493240
closing your eyes is a natural reaction to many events.  if someone blows in your eye, you will naturally try to shut them.  sneezing elicits this response because you are going through a spastic motion and there are lots of particles being hurled into the air.  it is hypothesized that we evolved this reaction to sneezing to keep those particles out of our eyes.\n\nsneezing involves releasing the air in your lungs at very high velocity.  for the most part, your nose and mouth can expel this gas before the pressure in your sinuses gets to a point that it causes your eyes to pop out.\n\nyour eyelids alone can't prevent your eyes from popping out.  try to close your mouth, nose and eyes as tight as you can and see how the air gets out.  also tell the doctors at the emergency room
920736
If he's about to sneeze (and can feel it building up) then he should stare at a bright light (obviously not TOO bright or sneezing will be the least of his problems!) It stops you from sneezing! It does work...bout 50% of the time. God knows how though!\n Failing that, make him sit in the garden.At least you wont be able to hear him!!
1008079
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.
871528
I doubt it can damage your brain.  But it is bad for you.  You sneeze to expell germs or something irritating your sinuses, so not allowing yourself to sneeze ("closed mouth") allows that germ or whatever to stay inside.  Just let yourself sneeze!
913830
its possible that when you sneeze, your eyes close reflexively, to prevent your eyes from getting contaminated by whatever is coming out of your nose and mouth.  As well, the urge to sneeze (that tingling feeling in your nose) may play a part, due to the optic nerves for your eyes laying close to the nerves for your nose and recieveing some residual signal...
336844
A sneeze happens with tremendous speed and pressure, and you can feel it coming, if a ball is coming at you extremely fast, or anything for that matter, it's our instinctive response to close our eyes. I was in a car accident and as soon as the car went off the road, I closed my eyes, there was nothing else to do. We're just people.
327835
Due to the pressure in your cranium your eyes would be pressurized slightly. There would be a slight bulging of your eyes from your head which is actually what happens normally when you sneeze, however your eyes would stay in just as they normally do. The closing of your eyes is just to maintain some extra support to keep the muscles and nerves which hold your eyes in from having to do as much work.\n\nWithout the eyelid, the many eye muscles and optical nerve would do a fine job keeping the eyes in.\n\nIf you've seen Ripley's or Guinness Book of World Records, and you've seen the people that push their eyes out of their heads really far, you'd realize that you dont have to worry because your eyes can handle a lot.
1081304
due to the force with which u sneeze ,ur eyes will automatically close.try it but u will not succeed.\n\nGOOD LUCK!
332145
heck yes i would. i know some one who sneezed and farted at the same time. I lauged but quietly. Its hard not to
1165185
yes.  you sneeze when something irritates your inner nose.  all that happens is that a little piece of dust gets in the wrong place, and you wake up sneezing--but this does not happen very often.  it is very rare
604569
You sneeze with your eyes open.
149715
It is almost impossible for a person to keep their eyelids open during a sneeze, although some rare individuals report having little if any trouble doing so.\n\nThe sneeze center makes all these muscles work in just the right order, to send that irritating particle out of your nose -- at speeds up to 100 mph
224343
I whacked my back out of line sneezing...hurt like heck...took a week to get back to normal....so I suppose ,yes,it is possible.