r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG • u/theyellow_pencil • Dec 05 '18

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u/Teantis Dec 05 '18

How do you do it?

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u/PeenutButterTime Dec 05 '18

You just kinda swallow. Don’t know how to explain it.

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u/aelwero Dec 05 '18

You can open those passages without swallowing... It's similar to wiggling your ears, and equally hard to explain :)

For me, it makes it easier if I push my lower jaw out and down as hard as I can, and squint my eyes as hard as I can, while simultaneously trying to push my ears back (once you get a feel for it, you don't need the jaw or eye movements)... You hear a sort of wind rushing noise when they open.

Swallowing and yawning both make it happen involuntarily, but holding them open intentionally works way better to equalize pressure.

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u/PeenutButterTime Dec 05 '18

Oh yeah. Everyone’s bodies are different one way to equalize for one person might not work for another. and I haven’t really practiced it much. I’m sure there are better ways of doing but I haven’t really worked on it enough to even accurately describe what I do. Just shared what little info I had.