Sneeze Narcissism?

[SleepingPhlox]

Please forgive me if this has been done to death, I went back a few pages and didn't see anything exactly like this so...

I go through these stages where the person I most want to see sneeze...is me. I don't have too much of a problem with this because it's fun and it affects me differently than seeing someone else sneeze. I mean, it's not like I think I'm so super hot I'm attracted to myself or anything. And nearly 100% of the time I tend to imagine myself as someone else. And my reaction when I feel a sneeze coming on is more like "Ooh! Yay! Fun!" much like if someone just handed me a piece of my favourite chocolate and I knew I was about to experience the joy of eating it rather than "Get a load of me, I'm so freaking hot right now".

I just really like to experience it all for myself sometimes, so I can pay close attention to the finest nuances of the whole process, or sneezing differently in different situations and noting my reasons for doing so.

Just sometimes I do think to myself "Goodness, that's a bit narcissitic of me, isn't it?". I do rationalise it by telling myself that I'm just gathering information to use in future daydreams that involve other people that totally are not me (which is totally true) or that I'm fantasizing about being someone else but...just...someone out there tell me I'm not a conceited weirdo and that loads of "us" do this!

[March Hare]

Narcissism is a bit more complex than loving yourself or your own sneezing. I think this is our fetish's essence of masturbation, rather than anything narcissism-related.

[SleepingPhlox]

Oops, I was trying to be lighthearted by using the more vernacular/slang use of the word rather than the medical definition. I really hope I haven't put my foot in it already. I apologise if I did.

[•.*°•☆. Q .☆•°*.•]

Neh, it isn't narcissistic. We live in a culture, unfortunately, that frowns upon anyone so much as thinking nice thoughts about themselves, which sucks. I think it's so that people can sell us things. It's definitely not narcissistic or unhealthy to like one's self or to like to experience something that brings one's self pleasure, tho.

[March Hare]

I was just being a wisenheimer, don't worry But I do mean what I said. It's masturbatory in nature, to enjoy your own sneezes; there is exactly nothing wrong with that.

[TwinklingStars053]

Oh thank you for posting this! I'm in the same boat and I was wondering the same thing. Now I feel relieved.

[atchoum]

Very interesting post. I think I've mentioned this on the forum before, but many years ago, so I'll recap.

I met on-line (or the equivalent a long time ago) two people who were really turned on by their own sneezes. They were both amazed that some people could be turned on by other people's sneezes.

One only sneezed on rare occasions - once or twice a month, he claimed, but when he felt he was going to sneeze, he would drop everything and just wait to relish the sneeze to the fullest. He said he had never told anyone about this before, but it was a very strong feeling when it happened.

The other had sneezing fits, and it was the succession of sneezes that he found pleasurable. He wondered whether his daughter hadn't somehow realised this, as she would remark on how he was oblivious to the world when he was having one of his sneezing fits.

I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't more common than you would think, because, contrary to those of us who like other people sneezing, those who find their own pleasurable don't have to go out of their way to indulge the whim... and probably don't talk about it either.

[Geist]

I don't see anything wrong with liking your own. Some people who have this fetish are turned on by their own sneezing, so it's not all that strange. I wouldn't call it any type of self-love, really. Seems normal to me . . . well, normal for us, anyway.

I'm not especially turned on by my own, but about 1 out of every 5 make me say, "niiiiiccce."

[Morningsmith]

I love my own as well, but I'm most into them when they are observed by someone else, even though this is extremely embarrassing at the same time. Even when I sneeze by myself, I like to imagine someone watching and reacting. So exhibitionism rather than narcissism?

[SleepingPhlox]

I would quote a bunch of stuff here which I thought were great points and really made sense to me but I just realised I was meant to be out the door a couple minutes ago, so I'll just say "There are great points here, and some things really made sense to me!" I was questioning myself because most of the time I love others sneezing and it's tied into a huge love of hurt/comfort for me but every once in a while I go "Why should everyone else have all the fun? I want to sneeze too, and I want to do it lots and lots and pay very close attention to how it feels".