#selfobs

I’ll start by stating that I have a reliably stubborn nose. Probably with its own ego somehow, because any cold I catch or any allergy I encounter it does NOT want to sneeze. I get about (1) sneeze a week as a treat but that’s it. And when I induce? Ha HA, yeah right. My nose wises up after like three hard-won sneezes, five if I’m lucky. So when I choose to induce, it’s both a commitment and a declaration of war.

Now, I had just finished showering, had gotten into my comfy clothes, and was listening to music. And I thought to myself, “oh man you know what would feel amazing right now?? SNEEZING.” I don’t often get to induce because my roommate is usually home and I’m worried he’ll hear. But I was high and didn't care, so I jumped up and grabbed a tissue. I twisted up a corner, navigated it to the most sensitive area inside my left nostril, and went to town.

The tickle formed almost immediately. I could feel it like a sparkle of sensation, growing stronger when I breathed, making my nostrils slowly flare. My expression began to weaken, my lips parting, eyes closing, eyebrows rising. The sneeze threw my head forward:

“heh-TSCHUuu!”

It felt fantastic. I experienced every piece of the reflex assembling, falling into place step by step until the machine overpowered me completely. I chased the tickle again to the back of my nose and held it hostage there, easing the tip quickly in and out until I.. until..

“haAH’DCHOoo!”

My head ducked again, and the moment I lifted it my hand was right back under my nose, threading the tissue deep inside.

At this point, I needed more stimulation for the tickle to grow; the sensation was much slower to form, harder to keep around. My nose was getting suspicious and was trying to shut down the whole operation. Because of this, every buildup was longer and every sneeze was stronger. I would hitch and hitch and hitch more desperately each time.

I muffled the next two sneezes into a pillow and after a particularly vicious fifth sneeze, I could only get false starts. My eyes would roll back, my brow would furrow, my nostrils would flutter, but nothing I did would get me another sneeze. I even tried the right nostril, but no dice. It was like my nose, that smug bastard, had dropped the flood barrior and was SO proud of itself.

Just you wait, I thought. I’ve got a something for you.

I busted out my chhinkni. It expired in 2022, so it’s trying its best but I’ll admit it’s not very good at its job. Fortunately, I determined a decent method for its use in this self-ob. Basically, I dip two rolled-up tissue points in chhinkni and give both nostrils a generous dusting at once. Once I had brushed some inside, I sniffled — couldn’t feel anything spicy, so I blew my nose. I figured all the chinkni would get blown out, but no! I felt the tickle flicker and grow. I tried to get back to my bed where my pillow was but I couldn’t hope to make it in time. Instead I staggered forward with a jarring “hUH’CHSSH’uh!”

After that I had to blow my nose again. I could feel it starting to burn. I rolled fresh tissues and got more chinkni into both nostrils. It built slower, with more power, and again surged over me before I could muffle it at all: “HEH’KShhuh!”

It came out rough because of how forceful it was, like my nose was being spiteful and serving up a sneeze with attitude. I wanted more though, so I blew my nose and rolled up some more tissues to coat liberally in chinkni. My nose was really burning by then, so I kept the tissue points focused just inside my nostrils instead of the back. It was aching agony — I wanted to sneeze so bad, but it kept slipping away. It felt like a flame flaring up after getting oxygen, then guttering and losing momentum, again and again. I was getting dangerously close when my music speaker (still playing music) began to fade as the current song ended. I did NOT want to lose the sneeze I just managed to build, but I also didn’t want to sneeze loudly when my roommate might hear; that music was the last buffer between me and a quiet house. If I sneezed, it would be audible.

So I very carefully twisted the tissues to keep the tickle alive, my nostrils twitching, my eyes narrowing as I floated inside the urge. I could feel it rising up in me every couple seconds, making my breath catch over and over. And my eyes would well shut before they opened again, more teary each time. As soon as I heard the base beat of the next song kick in, I lost it. A big gasp, and then —

“HECKSSH’HOoo!”

Whoops. Well, hopefully that was the only one he heard. I could tell that was the last one my nose would allow; it was stinging, irritated, and pissed about being prodded at. No regrets though lol. Those sneezes were amazing. The build up on that last one was insane. I could feel myself balancing on the tightrope between “gonna sneeze” and “gonna lose it” for what felt like forever before I tipped too far to one side. 10/10 would sneeze again.

So. My partner has what he thought was a head cold. He went in to the office the other day and was sneezing a bunch, complaining of sore throat, etc.

I never thought I'd be in to something contagious? But the entire next day I was just waaaiting for him to come home. He knows about the fetish but I've been wicked shy with him; he's made it perfectly clear in the past that he'd be willing to indulge.

We actually tried chhinkini recently and it didn't work... I probably need a new vial. Anyway, with his symptoms I asked if he'd be willing to try and he was down.

Chhinkini doesn't hit him right away, which I sort of like because it builds suspense/tension. Like i don't know when it's going to actually start to work. He started kissing me and was hovering over my belly when he paused and started to ask me where he should sneeze, but the powder ended up kicking in before he got an answer. He pressed his face to my belly and stifled. I chided him for it and through the fit he tried to explain that he didn't want to make a mess. He did stop stifling thou 🙂

After the initial fit was over, we were continuing on with our business and I reached up and traced my finger lightly along the side of his nose. He scrunched his face, paused, and sneezed and I 🙃🫠🥰🫠🙃 never thought I'd experience that IRL- thought it was only in my fantasies 😂 TBH I think it was just timing but I'm so gonna try it again. You know, or science.

I've never been so comfortable in a relationship before. Everything feels different- stable. Communication is wide open. Ugh, he's just the besttt

WARNINGS: Inducing, sensory language, nothing explicitly nsfw.. but it IS indulgently snz-horny so please know this before reading LOL, mention of mess but no details. 2k words.

I am not a frequent sneezer. My irritation threshold is high, so I sneeze maybe once a week, if that. Been like that my entire life. I rub my nose frequently because it often itches, but rarely does that itch become anything close to a sneeze.

This is unfortunate, because I enjoy my own sneezing and I'm a little bit of an exhibitionist 😅 I feel giddy when my nose starts tickling.

I got my first real sneezing fit a few years back when trying chhinkni and I've been chasing that high ever since LOL. It was only like, 8 of them, spaced out over the course of minutes, but that was more than I'd ever sneezed at one time.

It's usually a hit or miss for me though -- either I snort it too deep and it burns like hell or I sniff it all dainty and it doesn't get me anything but an icy tingling sensation. My nose gets wise real quick, so if I don't surprise it on my first try it'll shut down the whole operation.

Thus, I did some research and decided to make it a whole event:

First, I bought some daily saline spray. Apparently it can help "prime" the reflex by "waking up" the nerves a bit. Not sure how true that is, but whatever, worst it can do is nothing.

Second, I decided to try some different approaches to chhinkni application. Usually I just sniff it from a pile on the counter or straight from the vial, but those methods have bitten me in the ass too many times to chance it again lol.

Quick detail to note: my left nostril is always more clear than my right one. I suspect I have a deviated septum or something, but I've never investigated. This becomes important later.

Step 1 goes pretty smoothly. I spray both nostrils, nearly drip all over myself before scrambling for a tissue, and give my nose 10 minutes to soak it in. I don't like the feeling of it being wet inside, so it took some willpower not to blow and rub my nose dry immediately.

So far so good. Onto Step 2.

I had planned on bending over upside down and literally sprinkling the powder into my nostrils but I quickly realize that is lunacy. There is no way I am going to get it in without powdering my whole bathroom 😅 So I pivot and apply it to a Q-tip to distribute the powder just inside my nostrils. I am cautious with the amount.

Then I wait.

My nose tingles, feels wide open and cool, but no tickling. Not even the suggestion of it. All right then, time to escalate.

Using the Q-tip, I stuff more of the powder into my nose. Ease the Q-tip deeper. Twirl it to apply the powder more thoroughly. Sniff to coax it along. It burns a little, tickles faintly, but ultimately nothing. My nose is flushing a tiny bit pink from all the attention, but it stays silent.

I get desperate enough to sniff from the vial. It's less than half full, and I tuck the rim up to my left nostril and try some little sniffs. The last time I tried this, it was a fresh vial -- absolutely breathed too much and flambéed my nasal passage 🥲 Got ZERO sneezes out of that mistake, only pain, so I don't go too ham with the sniffling this time. I give up after a few attempts.

Now I'm frustrated. I rarely get the opportunity to sneeze my head off in private, so I'm determined to make this work.

I roll up a tissue. This is usually my most successful inducing method. The problem is, my nose has a stern refractory period -- the more I sneeze, the less sensitive I become, and so generally I can only coax out at max three or four sneezes with a tissue before my nose gives up on me. Since I have chhinkni coating the membranes, I'm optimistic I can get some traction this time. I go for my left nostril and navigate to a sensitive area a couple inches deep, toward the back wall of my nose. This spot always works.

I start niggling the tissue point and the familiar sensation rises. My nostrils spasm, fluttering like they always do when I'm teasing a sneeze loose. It builds in one long, shaky breath. I have a silent buildup unless I consciously hitch, so it’s quiet. And once the urge locks in, it coasts through me in a big, gathering storm. It drags my eyelids shut, but I watch my expression for as long as I can. When my lungs fill completely, it holds me for half a second before crashing out in a rush. One of my legs lifts off the floor as I crunch inward.

I’ve always struggled to spell my own sneezes. They're kind of throaty, mostly air, usually with a sound of effort at the start and one of recovery at the end. Something like, "heh'EHYSSHH'uh!!"

I recover and brace my hands on the counter. Stare at myself in the mirror. Watch my expression weaken and my nostrils go wide as the feeling rises up again. A second one comes and I throw my head down toward the sink.

Then I'm done.

And pissed. Because really, that's it?

I chase after it with the tissue again, but it's getting soggy. As slow as my nose is to sneeze, it's quick to start running and undo all my work, so I have to blow. All the chhinkni washes out and I'm left with nothing but a vague prickling that begs me to make it worse.

Foiled again.

Fed up, I roll up a new tissue and dig it into the chhinkni vial. I coat it liberally with powder. Then I shove it up my left nostril and seek out that special spot.

Now, I recognize this is probably a common technique for people who regularly induce but it really didn't occur to me to do this until I was annoyed enough to punish my nose lol.

It tickles. God, it tickles a lot. I can feel the motes of powder getting stuck against agitated membranes, layering onto that magic place. It takes time to cultivate. I can feel the tickle growing, my expression getting slack, like my nose is weighing the threat level of my irritation. My nostrils are twitching and flaring, wary of what I'm trying to bring on. Finally, it occurs to me to breath through my nose. I never do when I induce. Something about an obstruction in my nose makes me breathe through my mouth automatically.

I pull a deep, gentle breath through my nostrils. They flare wide at once. That breath becomes the fuel for a sneeze. I lower the tissue in time to brace and throw myself forward.

"hah'EHYSSHH'ah!!"

It's just the one, but it feels good. That worked well. Emboldened, I dig the tissue point back into the chhinkni and go to town. I paint that sensitive spot in my left nostril again, wiggling and scraping and trying to apply as much as I can without it starting to burn. The tissue gets wet so I roll a fresh one, then start on my right nostril.

Remember when I said I usually induce on my left because the right one is always kind of blocked? Well, I'm able to get the chhinkni deeper with the tissue point, capable of dusting it on some unbidden, jumpy nerves tucked away up there, and the sneeze is coming before I'm ready.

"iih'EHYSSHH'uhh!!"

Leg snaps up, head snaps down. I snuffle through my nose, ease the tissue point back in to tease whatever spot I'd found and --

"HIH'EHHYSSH'uhhh!!"

Oh yeah. Now we're cooking.

I want to see how far I can go, how long I can sustain it before my nose cuts me off. I find a routine that works --

Roll up a tissue, apply a coating of powder where my nose is most sneeze-prone. Do this until the tissue is unusable.

Roll up a fresh tissue, get more powder, navigate to those sneezy spots and tease them mercilessly with fast, relentless stimulation.

Breathe deep through my nose as I do this.

Sneeze. Sneeze. Sneeze. Sneeze again.

Blow my nose when mess starts to leak, when there's too much in the way for my nose to register the irritation.

Repeat.

Each sneeze is hard won. It takes long seconds of tickling myself before the collective agitation rises to a point my nose will act. And each sneeze ratchets that bar just a tiny bit higher.

But in return, the sneezes get bigger.

The reflex builds stronger, hovers longer, sits at the top of my lungs seconds more each time as I stand there trembling, waiting for it. My body winds itself more tightly, detonates more deliberately. The sneezes are getting rougher, messier, louder, bending me over completely. My nose is trying so hard to vent all the irritation out for good in one powerful release, but I just seed tickles back into twitching walls the moment they relax.

"EHH'HHYSSHUHH!!"

I'm getting dizzy, but I'm grinning. My god, this is the longest I've ever managed to keep going. Not a rapid fire fit -- I don't think I'm built for it -- but a surge of increasingly unmanageable storms. My reflection is a wreck: glassy eyes, wet flushed nose, hair all tousled from snapping forward so many times. But I love it.

I keep going. I'm in the double digits by now. Somehow my nose hasn't called it quits, too overwhelmed by the double whammy of me prodding its weak spots with powder engineered to stimulate them. My left side is starting to burn a little. I can tell I'm in danger of reaching a refractory period.

I really, really don't want my final attempt to end in failure. There is nothing less satisfying. So I blow my nose, roll a new tissue, and say to myself, "Just one more time."

My nose knows what's coming. It's braced for it, and those sensitive bundles of nerves I seek out are dulled down when I find them. I tickle one side, then the other, then trade off again. My mouth hangs open. My eyes droop half-way shut. My nostrils flutter and flinch. I remind myself to breathe through my nose as I ease the tissue into the right side and find an angle that gathers that familiar, aching feeling. I don't let up.

It comes slowly, enormously, and holds me hostage for long seconds. Helpless to it, my eyes well shut, one before the other. And then I crunch forward, leg jerking up, head jerking down, with one last sneeze.

"AHH'HHYSSHH!!-uuhhhhhh..."

I stand there for a second, head pleasantly spinning and nose still tingling, before I call it quits. I blow my nose for the final time, pack away all the supplies, and then I sit down to write this 😎

It's kind of embarrassing to share this 😅 but I'm stupidly proud of the success and just wanted to record it somewhere. Nobody would understand better than those in this community haha 💖 Also, shout outs and appreciation to all my fellow high-threshold sneezers!! Wishing you all luck in getting relief, when you seek it.