Normal_Anomaly comments on How is your mind different from everyone else's? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 06 December 2011 02:27:22AM 1 point [-]

Whenever I am in the process of inserting an earplug inside my right ear, it presses on a spot that causes me to feel an urge to cough. It happens every single time, and it doesn't have to be an earplug pressing the spot; an otoscope can also trigger the sensation.

Cool, I'm not the only person who has this!

Comment author: billswift 06 December 2011 01:53:05PM 0 points [-]

It happens to me too, but in my case I know what caused it. I had shingles in 2000 and have several facial scars and one small bump of scar tissue in my ear canal. The neuralgia associated with the scars has mostly faded, but it is fading more slowly on the scar in my ear, direct contact on the scar still triggers it and in that case gives me an urge to cough.