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People are not identical. Obviously it would only apply to people who reflexively put their hand over their mouth. To me it's not any different than putting your hand to your nose when you sneeze, there is no forethought, it is simultaneous with the surprise, at least within a few milliseconds, and certainly not long enough to involve conscious thought let alone a decision, before the action happens.
I think sneezing into your hand is kinda gross. Then you gotta take yourself and your hand to some washroom which may not be around. I turn my head away from anyone and sneeze into my shoulder into my pulled-out shirt, if I don't have a tissue.
Talk about reflexes, who here sneezes when they look into the sun?
This is not just something women do, in any case. It's just a natural human reaction to surprise, who knows why it evolved? At some point in time it must have served some purpose.
I think sneezing into your hand is kinda gross. Then you gotta take yourself and your hand to some washroom which may not be around. I turn my head away from anyone and sneeze into my shoulder into my pulled-out shirt, if I don't have a tissue.
Talk about reflexes, who here sneezes when they look into the sun?
I don't mean sneezing into your hands, just that when you sneeze, your hands automatically fly up there, it doesn't involve forethought in the slightest.
I think sneezing when you look at the sun is pretty unique, lol.
I think sneezing into your hand is kinda gross. Then you gotta take yourself and your hand to some washroom which may not be around. I turn my head away from anyone and sneeze into my shoulder into my pulled-out shirt, if I don't have a tissue.
Talk about reflexes, who here sneezes when they look into the sun?
I sneeze in the sun as well, it drives me nuts when it happens while I'm driving. It's genetic, it actually occurs in about 17%-35% of the population.
I think sneezing into your hand is kinda gross. Then you gotta take yourself and your hand to some washroom which may not be around. I turn my head away from anyone and sneeze into my shoulder into my pulled-out shirt, if I don't have a tissue.
Talk about reflexes, who here sneezes when they look into the sun?
I don't with the sun, but often do when using computers. Called the photic sneeze reflex. Drives me crazy.
When I found this site I thought I would get a professional reason from a physiologist , not a lot of maybe's, although interesting I would like a viable answer.
When I found this site I thought I would get a professional reason from a physiologist , not a lot of maybe's, although interesting I would like a viable answer.
Do you think that the forum is staffed with professional physiologists? Or psychologists, for that matter?
I think that some gestures help when you don't know what to say. You're reacting, don't have to find words. Though I know that when I cry or when I laugh really hard, I cover my face with my hands, hiding as much as possible of it, because I think my face looks all distorted and weird. I feel an embarrassment when I am not in control of myself.
Someone mentioned the "fanning yourself" motion...for me, I only would use that as I would the back of the hand to forehead gesture, which is to say, in an exaggerated and dramatic way, probably when I'm joking. Like if I am pretending to be turned on by something in a silly way, something that isn't necessarily even sexual, like an expertly crafted spreadsheet with complex formulas, or a description of a variety of fancy cheeses. A sharp finish with hints of merlot? Stop it. You're making me blush... And the hand-fanning thing to add to the "I may have a fit of the vapors" act. I really like cheese, but I am certainly exaggerating for effect.
I don't do it if I think I'm going to cry.
But I think that the OP mentioned examples from TV and I would not look there for realistic behavior examples, since people on TV are supposed to be "acting" and it can be over the top sometimes. If someone did a lot of this kind of thing in normal interaction, I would think of them as being a rather dramatic individual, and it might annoy me.
When I found this site I thought I would get a professional reason from a physiologist , not a lot of maybe's, although interesting I would like a viable answer.
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