Is there any science behind why I sneeze 3 times in a row?

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Is there any science behind why I sneeze 3 times in a row?

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  1. felimercosto Avatar

    my son and my father do the same

  2. Prestigious-Fan3122 Avatar

    WOW! I’m the only one in my family who does that. Imagine my surprise coming here and reading this and learning I’m not so special after all.

  3. guy_from_LI_747 Avatar

    I do this …it’s a habit we create and associate with how we saw people sneeze growing up

  4. raccoon_in_here Avatar

    maybe you try to fight the sneeze, so it comes out in bursts? embrace the sneeze, try to make it as loud as possible, and see what happens

  5. Intelligent-Exit-634 Avatar

    Your previous sneezes didn’t clear your nasal passages? LOL

  6. CrimsonWife Avatar

    Omg same! At least 3. Sometimes 5!

  7. catsaway9 Avatar

    One of my kids does that! I finally got them a “bless you” type charm for their keychain in Iieu of saying it several times in a row. I told them I was saying it in spirit but that I wasn’t going to say it to them any more

  8. LumplessWaffleBatter Avatar

    It’s the same (not really but sorta) reason that you dry heave.  It’s a hacked-together responses that your body just kinda guesses on—it does not know or care how much bile or mucus you have stored up.

    There’s not a lot of rhyme or reason to it because your body is doing the physiological equivalent of a jazz vocalist yelling, “take us for a ride” at a trombone player—the parts of your brain (that you don’t actually trust to be in your brain) takes over and makes you mildly convulse for a hot second.

  9. Practical_Corgi7228 Avatar

    Once twice three times a lady

  10. Ok_Mathematician6075 Avatar

    It’s the sneeze science. Not really. It’s legit dust or cooking with spices for me.

  11. Old_Alps_8593 Avatar

    In some religions 3 sneezes is considered lucky, while 1 is ok and 2 is bad

  12. Cautious_Pie8415 Avatar

    You have allergies most likely u get these giant sneezing spells where I start and have to use flutacasone nasal spray to get it stopped

  13. Vitaminpk Avatar

    Your sneezes come in threezes.

  14. Rushleite Avatar

    My mom is a 3 sneezer, while I am a 2. The last one is usually the most explosive.

  15. fabiosmethplug Avatar

    Probably just around dust or something’s wafting too pungently in the air. Unrelated, I did hear that if you sneeze three times in a row you get to make a wish on it.

    Might’ve been four times… I’m not sure where I heard this from.