Neither is the popular variant that says that sneezing a certain number of times will bring on an orgasm — or at least deliver the same feeling of lightheaded buildup and release. Some evidence suggests that sneezing, like orgasms, also releases endorphins. Thus, it seems, comparisons were inevitable. Nevertheless, no scientific basis exists for equating an involuntary nasal expulsion to the sweet shudder of sexual climax. Although supporting literature remains sparse, cases have been reported of men and women who sneeze when sexually aroused. The nose, like the genitals, contains erectile tissue.
Snopes needs your help! Learn more. Never having sneezed eight times in a row, and unwilling to make myself sneeze to find out I ask you. Since the mids, we have been tripping over a claim that sneezing a specified number of times in rapid succession either produces a physical sensation comparable to a sexual climax or triggers an actual orgasm. The belief that a magic number of sneezes will produce an instant of sexual satisfaction is false. Possibly contributing to the confusion is a statement oft attributed to sex therapist Dr. A divination rhyme from the United Kingdom suggests that the number of sneezes governs what will happen to us:.
Does anyone else feel high after sneezing like 10 times in a row? Your brain just doesn't respond quickly enough to the eighth of an orgasm, this is why it is hardly, if at all noticeable. Each time you sneeze is one eighth of an orgasm, if you sneeze eight times, it will not give you an orgasm, it will give you eight separate eighths of orgasms at different times which are hardly recognisable at all at the time because they happen so fast that they are not linked :.