Do you close your eyes when you sneeze?

you have to close your eyes when you sneeze,otherwise the pressure from the sneeze will pop your eyeballs out,I THINK

hello minx, I haven't known any person who can sneeze without closing eyes. Have you ever tried to sneeze without closing your eyes anyway? I think it is a normal reaction,that we closes our eyes when we sneeze. Then,maybe,you need to be extra careful when you sneeze while driving to avoid any accident. take care then...don't drive when you sneeze(hahaha..just kidding) have a good weekend

Eyes closes automatically while sneezing for a second.

Your biggest fear? I wish that was mine! Weird? No! Overly attentive to such things? Yes! Give it up. The few seconds usually isn't enough to cause a problem. Just becareful. If you are an attentive driver and serious about it there shouldn't be any problems. Doesn't happen that often anyway.

I usually close my eyes when I sneeze, and yes, if I am having for example a cup of coffee in my hands or some other gentle things, I usually put them down before sneezing. My body shakes quite roughly when I am sneezing, so I can break or drop something by accident, so I usually keep fragile things away from me. I think that you act right when being so cautious when sneezing while driving. Drive safe and have a nice day!:)

Yes, I close my eyes when I sneeze.I think all close their eyes when they sneeze.

Nope you are not weird at all as I do this to and I have to say it always scares me to I normally hld my Nose if I know it is going to happen lol and most the time that works and I don't sneeze then but it is very scary I have to admit that

It seems to be the consensus on most sites it's about keeping your eyes in. Here is an article that says that while the pressure is not enough to actually have them pop out, your eyes will be very uncomfortable if you try to leave them open. I'm on dialup, so I don't know how this ends, but here's the myth busters take on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5fJYHbK7k

I actually had a sneeze at a point where I had to keep both my hands on the wheel and my eyes open, and I managed the latter with great difficulty - I don't worry about either of the events, one, because I don't jerk my wheel and I try to keep enough distance from the car in front of me to keep me safe. and, unless I'm sick, I don't sneeze a lot.

I thought people's eyes closed automatically when they sneezed...

It has been said that it is virtually impossible to sneeze without closing your eyes. I have been able to sneeze with my eyes open, but it is difficult. What is keeping you safe is that you are afraid of rear ending someone when you sneeze or jerk the wheel and run into someone. Letting go of the wheel when you sneeze really isn't too safe as you could run into a pot hole, bump, manhole cover or something that could cause your wheels to turn on their own. By holding onto the steering wheel when you sneeze you can feel the change in direction of the wheels if you hit an obstacle that might cause your wheels to turn. Plus the amount of time that your eyes are closed in proportion to the speed and chances that someone is beside you are like nano seconds. I figure if my eyes are closed when I sneeze I can't see the boogers go flying everywhere! I know it's pretty gross, but I remember a spactular sneeze I had in high school. There was this super cute student teacher that I had a huge crush on...I had a bad head cold and was sitting in class (without any kleenex handy) when I sneezed. I did the appropriate thing for that era and covered my nose and mouth with my hand. I ended up with a huge handful of snot!!! I pulled my hand away from my nose and of course it was a big stringer of snot that followed, (kind of looked like taffy that was being pulled) I heard "EEEEWWWWWWWW" behind me, so I went to the student teacher who looked up at me with those gorgeous brown eyes...I couldn't move my hand so he could hear me say anything because the snot would slither out...so I did the only intelligent thing I could think of, I cut and run!!! I raced for the girls bathroom to clean up my face. Fortunately the student teacher didn't ask where I went...I sure didn't want to tell him the snot story.

I have tried to keep my eyes open while sneezing & it's not an easy feat so I just tend to close my eyes but when driving, I try not to sneeze unless it's VERY necessary.

do not worry, it happens to me too. I think it is some spontaneous reaction. There are some body reaction that we can not control. It is normal for you and i think you are not weird at all

You aren't extraordinarily paranoid at all, everyone does close their eyes when they sneeze, it is a natural reaction. That said, I know most people would be able to say that they have never met someone that has gotten into an accident that was caused because of them sneezing, but I'm not one of those people. My sister did in fact total her car when she was a senior in high school because she sneezed while she was driving and ended up hitting a parked car. Ever since then I've done as you do and let go of the steering wheel when I know I am going to sneeze and I also take my foot of the accelorator pedal as well.

i think i also close my eyes when i sneeze. that's true, it could cause an incident while driving and you happen to sneeze and you close your eyes. scary... i drive motorcycle most of the time.

that is normal when you sneeze your eyes will close not a bad one huh, but if your sneezing constantly in every seconds you should ask your doctor what will be the prevention for that because it will be harmful for you in that case you were driving a car or much harmful if motor bikes..

Apparently, like another mylotter mentioned earlier, humans HAVE to close their eyes when they sneeze otherwise the pressure results in the eyeballs popping from their snug little sockets And yes, I have had many near accidents on the road before caused by stupid things like a badly timed sneeze

I have a unique way of sneezing. I usually double sneeze, sneezing followed by another sneeze and it's uncontrollable. I do close my eyes every during those sneezes and it's also uncontrollable

You have to close your eyes when you sneeze or your eyes would pop out. That's a known fact. I don't think it will ever cause me a problem, especially because you can force yourself not to sneeze and then you don't close your eyes either. I would do this in the car, because I know that holding your sneezes in is not good for your health. I don't think there are many accidents involving the driver sneezing.

fact is everyone sneeze with their eyes closed. bot only that your heart stopped functioning for 1 millisecond, creepy eh? so that's why someone says "god bless you" cause your heart just stop beating. yeah for me it disturbs. i break my concentration just to sneeze. things like that