Does anyone else have this problem?

[TLHKAJ]

I get electric shocked by nearly everything I touch... light switches, appliances (fridge, stove, washer, dryer, etc), certain walls, grocery freezer doors, shopping carts, clothing, people.... sigh. It's not your normal shock. I actually see electricity (like little lightning bolts) shoot out of the switch when I touch it to turn the light on or off.

I've always had this problem to a degree ...but it's worse over the last few years.

Anyone else?

 

[Lambano]

T, Is the humidity low this time of year where you live?

I grew up in Colorado, and in the winter the humidity gets down in the single digits. Walking across a carpet can build up a substantial static charge. I remember entertaining myself winter nights by ducking underneath my wool blanket and watching the lightning show. My mom told me a story about when she'd go to the bank, and when she'd walk across the carpet into the stainless-steel vault where they kept the safety deposit boxes, the electrostatic discharge would jump off her to the metal door frame with a flash and a "SNAP!" that was loud enough to wake the security guard out of his post-lunch lethargy.

Here in North Carolina, we don't often have problems with low humidity.

 

[TLHKAJ]

T, Is the humidity low this time of year where you live?

I grew up in Colorado, and in the winter the humidity gets down in the single digits. Walking across a carpet can build up a substantial static charge. I remember entertaining myself winter nights by ducking underneath my wool blanket and watching the lightning show. My mom told me a story about when she'd go to the bank, and when she'd walk across the carpet into the stainless-steel vault where they kept the safety deposit boxes, the electrostatic discharge would jump off her to the metal door frame with a flash and a "SNAP!" that was loud enough to wake the security guard out of his post-lunch lethargy.

Here in North Carolina, we don't often have problems with low humidity.

Actually, no. We've had so much rain (and sometimes snow, ice ) here over the last several weeks ...the ground is still saturated, flooding easily. And ....I have zero carpet in my house. I somehow don't think this is a normal amount of electricity in a body. I mean ...I shouldn't be seeing sparks fly, right?

 

[Lambano]

Actually, no. We've had so much rain (and sometimes snow, ice ) here over the last several weeks ...the ground is still saturated, flooding easily. And ....I have zero carpet in my house. I somehow don't think this is a normal amount of electricity in a body. I mean ...I shouldn't be seeing sparks fly, right?

Check your local weather to see what the humidity is. If you think your house electrical system is improperly grounded, you may want to call an electrician.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Check your local weather to see what the humidity is. If you think your house electrical system is improperly grounded, you may want to call an electrician.

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I don't think it is my home's wiring, tbh, because it happens in grocery stores, and other people's houses.

Humidity is 60% and climbing. lol

 

[Grailhunter]

I don't think it is my home's wiring, tbh, because it happens in grocery stores, and other people's houses.

Humidity is 60% and climbing. lol

Electrifying personality comes in many forms. Forms of fibromyalgia---twinges of pain when you touching something can emulate a shock. Or wearing Wool underwear….LOL.

Some people have a type of electricity in their body that science has not identified yet….so it is not measurable. For example you can take a voltmeter and hold the leads in each hand and get a volt reading….very minimal, but this is not it.

Some people can walk by a TV that has an antenna and the TV will react with a fuzzy screen or stand in front of it and move their arms around and tune in a station.

Some people can get a radio station in the fillings of their mouth.

I have a form of this and computer equipment respond to it and if I pick up a smart phone and it does not matter how I hold it…the screens just start cycling around…..if I use a smart phone I have to wear surgical gloves…..so I just usually just use a flip phone.

For your form, try blue surgical gloves.

 

[quietthinker]

For your form, try blue surgical gloves.

...and rubber boots

 

[TLHKAJ]

Some people can walk by a TV that has an antenna and the TV will react with a fuzzy screen or stand in front of it and move their arms around and tune in a station.

I have always interfered with radio signals. lol And if I stand a certain way, the signal is better. But my phone seems okay other than not wanting to charge at tines ....and other times, it charges just fine. Idk if that's because of me, though. It's only a year old.

I don't wear jewelry either, btw ....they cause me to break out unless they are pure gold or pure silver. And watches never lasted long. I've not worn one in decades.

I think rubber gloves would help a lot ...at least I wouldn't be seeing sparks shooting out between my fingers and nearly everything I touch.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Some people have a type of electricity in their body that science has not identified yet….so it is not measurable. For example you can take a voltmeter and hold the leads in each hand and get a volt reading….very minimal, but this is not it.

Do you have any information on this?

 

[Grailhunter]

I don't wear jewelry either, btw ....they cause me to break out unless they are pure gold or pure silver. And watches never lasted long. I've not worn one in decades.

LOL my mom was that way with jewelry.

 

[Grailhunter]

I think rubber gloves would help a lot ...at least I wouldn't be seeing sparks shooting out between my fingers and nearly everything I touch.

The blue surgical gloves are pretty thin and they may work.

 

[Daniel33]

Ive got this in nights usually

 

[Grailhunter]

Do you have any information on this?

Shockers----These people usually have 100 times the ‘body voltage’ dancing around on their skin than ‘normal’ people. A normal person has around 4 Millivolts (.004 volts) residing on their skin, Shockers have around 400 Millivolts. So be cautious when handling a computer, you can give it a static shock.

Body shock: The electricity inside your body

How the human body uses electricity - University of Maryland Graduate School

I recall an article a few years back where a guy had this happening to him and he had heard all the reasons which mostly involved the fabrics in clothes and carpets and even excessive body hair or for women long hair.

But in his case he was bald and had hard wood floors in his home and could generate shocks even if he was not wearing clothes. So his conclusion was that his body was just generating excessive electricity.

The speed of the electrical impulses that control the body and give feed back to the brain. You stub your toe how fast does your brain get the message? These impulses travel just shy of the speed of light 186,282 miles per second. A nervous person may generate light tremors and can generate thousands of these rapid impulses back and forth throughout their body. The signals and movement of flesh can generate additional electricity….. maybe.

 

[dev553344]

I get electric shocked by nearly everything I touch... light switches, appliances (fridge, stove, washer, dryer, etc), certain walls, grocery freezer doors, shopping carts, clothing, people.... sigh. It's not your normal shock. I actually see electricity (like little lightning bolts) shoot out of the switch when I touch it to turn the light on or off.

I've always had this problem to a degree ...but it's worse over the last few years.

Anyone else?

Could be the fabric in the clothes you wear. The rubbing of certain fabrics builds up static electricity. I can't remember which they are, but if you do an internet search for clothes that cause static electricity you will find it. Here let me check: How Do Clothes Generate Static Electricity and 6 Ways Get Rid of it

Also @Lambano stated, the humidity in the air will also have an effect on that.

 

[dev553344]

Note that there is a big connection to certain fabrics rubbing together to create static electricity. Static generators are built off of this concept. At least the old school ones are. Check this out:

 

[Pearl]

I used to get the little shocks but not for a long time. I was told it may have had something to do with the material of your carpet.

 

[TLHKAJ]

I used to get the little shocks but not for a long time. I was told it may have had something to do with the material of your carpet.

I have no carpet in my house, though ...no carpet in the grocery store, etc.

 

[TLHKAJ]

Could be the fabric in the clothes you wear. The rubbing of certain fabrics builds up static electricity. I can't remember which they are, but if you do an internet search for clothes that cause static electricity you will find it. Here let me check: How Do Clothes Generate Static Electricity and 6 Ways Get Rid of it

Also @Lambano stated, the humidity in the air will also have an effect on that.

I've already ruled those out since I experience this no matter what I wear. Idk if anyone is actually ready my replies. Humidity here is quite high. Last night it was 60%. Now, it is 80%. We rarely get below 30% for brief periods. But normally stay quite humid.

 

[TLHKAJ]

LOL my mom was that way with jewelry.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing last might. My mom carried a lot of electricity, and she also couldn't wear certain jewelry.

 

[Pearl]

I've already ruled those out since I experience this no matter what I wear. Idk if anyone is actually ready my replies. Humidity here is quite high. Last night it was 60%. Now, it is 80%. We rarely get below 30% for brief periods. But normally stay quite humid.

The humidity here today is 88%. Do you wear man-made fibres because it may be that like with the man-made fabrics in carpets, like nylon.