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What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work? (lemmy.world)

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When I can't sleep, I turn around and sleep "upside down" - moving my pillows to where my feet were beforehand, and my feet to where my head was beforehand - and I stick with that for a week or so. It gives me a week or so without insomnia and then wears off, so I have to turn myself back around for the next 7-12 day period.

Admittedly this could just be a me thing, but let's put our faith in this method and let the power of placebo effect take hold. Boom, minor bouts of sleeplessness are cured.

What are your own examples of this?

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[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

If you get that feeling where you need to sneeze but it's not quite enough for a full sneeze, say the word grapefruit. 60% of the time it works every time

[-] frosch@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago

For me it's just looking at something bright.

[-] TisI@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Ha, for me it's the opposite. I have to cover my eyes, not just close them because I can still feel the brightness through my eyelids, so I have to physically cover them with my hands.

Also, if people talk I can't sneeze either. So if I'm around people I'm comfortable around, they know I'm about to sneeze and stop talking. That's very sweet of them.

[-] frosch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I imagine this looking really adorable. Talking to someone who then suddenly covers their eyes and sneezes.

I often sneeze two times but when someone's bless you comes between them, my second sneeze is cancelled most of the times. So most people who know me will wait in anticipation wether I sneeze a second time.

[-] TisI@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 minutes ago

Haha, it gets annoying real fast!

Yeah, it's good to sneeze around people who know you well enough to not disrupt your sneezing, because there's nothing more frustrating than not being able to sneeze.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

The uses of "ACHOO syndrome"!

Aka the photic sneeze reflex.

Apparently not everyone has this reflex.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Wait, are you saying you can look at a bright light to suppress a sneeze? I used to work with a guy who said bright light sometimes made him sneeze.

[-] frosch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Ahh, no no!

Not suppress it, but force it out. Kinda when you feel it coming but it's "stuck"

For suppressing it, I'll press my tongue hard against the roof of my mouth. Works most of the time

[-] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

And if you don't want to sneeze, put a finger under your nose like a fake mustache

[-] oce@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago

If you say pamplemousse instead, the sneeze will sound fancier.

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

A... A.. ACHEAUX!

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I don't care how fancy it is, I don't like pample flavoured mousse.

[-] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago

There's a spot on the bridge of your nose you can rub and it stimulates the sneeze out of you

[-] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also right under your nose, push your finger against your mustache space

Edit: Oh wait, that prevents the sneeze. I read the comment wrong

[-] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

You can also rub your tongue on your soft palate to stop a sneeze but it tickles

[-] assa123@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I inhale very very slowly through the nose, it almost always works for me

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