Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a Photic Sneezes And Solar Max
Despite my tendency to sneeze photically whenever I so much as think of the sun, I really like the photographs submitted to the Solar Max group on Flickr:
A good rule of thumb, though not absolute: If it hurts your eyes to look at your subject, or through the viewfinder, chances are you’ve got a good Solar Max canidate.
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Holy crap, you mean photic sneezing is an actual condition? I thought I was the only one! Consider me similarly afflicted.
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i too suffer from sun induced sneezing fits…
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I hadn’t come across the Solar Max group on Flickr yet…
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Holy crap, you mean photic sneezing is an actual condition
It is! I was mocked for years because no one would believe the reason for my sneezy outbursts.
A couple more comments from photic sneezers and I may have to set up a Photic Sneezers Support Group website and make my fortune. Er, not entirely sure how the fortune-making bit would work, though.
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I always look at the sun/a bright light when I need to sneeze…So glad I found this as I too thought I was the only one!
Put me down for a years subscription to that support group, Mot.
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Yeah, I have photic sneezing too. My family were convinced that I had hay fever when I was little, but I knew what it was. Besides, it happened in the winter as well as the summer. I was just looking it up on the web, and it looks as if a lot of people still don’t even believe it exists, or think it’s incredibly dangerous! Ho hum.
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Excellent photo… and just looking at it I can feel the sinus start to throb…
Jack, there is a Photic sneeze group already, mostly confined to France/Germany/Switzerland, but going for about six years, made up of people who got tired of explaining that they weren’ t freaks just because they sneezed when they look at the sun.
The site is about due for a major update. Any suggestions?
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My son has always sneezed when we would leave a bulding and the sun was shining bright, We just laughed it off.
We never thought there was anything to it. He is eleven now and will get a kick out of knowing he’s not the only one.
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