Fun fact: You hiccup bc its a vestigial part of our once fish brains fundamentally forgetting we no longer breathe water so a solid way to force yourself to stop hiccupping is to just yell "YOURE NOT A FISH YOU BREATHE AIR YOU DO NOT BREATHE WATER" until you stop
If you hold your breath, usually holding nose as well, you are asphyxiating yourself i.e. less oxygen more carbon dioxide. Because hiccups are caused by spasms in the diaphragm, and higher concentration of carbon dioxide slows things down... you stop the diaphragm from spasming. basically
You have to remind yourself that you're not a fish. The reason we hiccup is because we used to need to inhale water, and it's a remnant from that time, and sometimes our brains just glitch. You just have to be like "I don't need to breathe water, I am not a fish." Idk if that's true but it works 4me
This is gonna sound dumb. The best way to get rid of hiccups is to just think that you don’t have the hiccups. This has proven effective multiple times for me and others. I don’t know why it works…
i personally use the moistcririkal method. hiccups arent real. they just arent. hiccups are a figment of the imagination. they aren't real. they just aren't and thats a fact. hiccups aren't real
I find it interesting how we all have different things to try and clear up hiccups. For me, it is bite into a lemon. Then your face is too puckered to hiccup (I mean, it’s really just placebo but HEY WHO CARES, EXCUSE TO BITE A LEMON!)
My mum always used to say; you gota hold your breath for 10 minutes, and as a kid I'd try. I've been saying it ever since I found out how dumb I was being. it does work though. 100%
Believe it or not but my trick to get rid of Hiccups is just by thinking that Hiccups dont exist.
At first it will feel like it doesn't work but trust me, try it twice or 3 times and it will be gone.
I like that I've grown to see hiccups go from this brief but incurable mystery that can be scared out of a person, to WILLPOWER THE HICCUPS AWAY WITH LUNG STRENGTH.
Two solutions for hiccups I use: Hold breath and swallow three times in a row, or think "I am not a fish" to yourself over and over again. I know the second one sounds insane but I heard about it from Jesse Cox and it actually worked last time!
Next time you get hiccups, put your pointer fingers as close as possible, focus on keeping the tips of them as close to each other without touching. The moment you stop after a bit of doing this you'll realize your hiccups have gone. This isn't a joke either, I didn't believe til I tried it
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(Seriously, next time you have the hiccups just say outloud "Hiccups aren't real", it's fucking witchcraft)
(I mean this in a 100% wholesome manner. The voice is very pretty)
Step two: burp
Hiccup gone. Works without fail.
At first it will feel like it doesn't work but trust me, try it twice or 3 times and it will be gone.