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Do we sneeze in our sleep?

Asked by tirithalui (408points) November 4th, 2008 from iPhone

I sneezed in bed today and this question came to me and has been bothering me ever since.
Is it possible?
What other weird stuff do we do in our sleep?
What weird things could we do in our sleep that would be pretty funny?

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Bluefreedom's avatar

Here is an excerpt of an article that I found on Wikipedia:

Sneezing cannot occur during sleep due to REM atonia – a bodily state wherein motor neurons are not stimulated and reflectory signals are not relayed to the brain. Sufficient external stimulants, however, may cause a person to wake from their sleep for the purpose of sneezing, although any sneezing that would occur afterwards would take place with at least a partially awake state of mind.

mea05key's avatar

I never experience thaat before.

Maybe you are in your early sleeping stage ( probably stage 1 and 2 ). REM only occurs in later stages. Bear in mind that the stages repeat itself throughout our sleep. One set of sleeping stage can occur 4 times in a normal sleep.

gooch's avatar

I have sneezed in my sleep and it woke me up when I did.

asmonet's avatar

I have seen, in person, my brother sneezing a shocking amount of material from his nose whilst asleep. it was terrible.

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