Re: Why does sneezing feel so good?

Stephanie,

As you probably expect, there is no good answer for this. I am sure that a 
neurologist could trace out all the pathways of the nerve tracts that are 
required for initiating and completing a sneeze, but that would not answer 
the interesting question of why it has come to pass as being pleasurable 
for some people. We would have to assume that there is some benefit to our 
health to sneeze, otherwise we probably would have lost it during 
evolution. My dog sneezes, with or without pleasure. My wife finds no 
pleasure in sneezing and does so with only a little beep. I like a good 
hearty loud sneeze and experience a brief pleasurable sensation.

The sensation of pleasure, from whatever means, reduced to its essentials 
probably is an electrochemical reaction in a specific collection of cells 
in a specific part of the brain.