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Originally posted by edmc^2
I'm not sure if it was already mentioned but did you try putting/rubbing a body lotion after shower - your skin might be very dry that you are attracting too much SE. Oil in the body will usually make the skin nuetral.
hth..
[edit on 6-3-2010 by edmc^2]
Originally posted by impressme
You’re not the only one OP, I go through this all the time. It started about 10 years ago for me, when I have to get into the car; I have to always touch the car door handles very fast to knock some of the big shock away so the next touch is not so bad.
I get shock when pushing Wal-Mart shopping cart especially if I am holding the handle tight.
I remember one day reaching for a can of soup in Wal-Mart and I was shock so bad that a blue bolt lighting came of my hands the static was very loud, it was a loud (pop). Several people in the same isle saw and heard the pop. I dropped the can from my hands on the floor I was embarrassed from all the on lookers just gasping at me and asking me if I was ok.
This happeneds all year round for me, it does not matter what shoes or clothing I am wearing; it does not matter if the floors are carpet or not, I am not hairy and I do not have red hair.
I affect the radios when they are on I get to close to it in which I cause it to lose the station, but when I back away the radio works fine, electrical components do not work well for me either they are always malfunctioning.
I have noticed if I am angry I get shocked very bad and things around me will fall or move lets just say accidents happen when I am stressed, it is hard to put in words I feel there is a negative energy around me that effect everything I do and touch sometimes.
I have researched this phenomenon and still do not have a satisfied answer for myself.
[edit on 6-3-2010 by impressme]
Originally posted by EnlightenUp
Originally posted by dragonsmusic
Thanks, EU. I'm still waiting for some more poetry from you
Hey, don't mention it. I had a similar problem and discovered quite by accident the solution. The last couple of months I don't believe that I've had a single charge potential equalization incident.
Freebie 4 U:
Shoes or dye!
Leather attacked, hide!
Canned! The poetic wax.
By imprisoned souls, applied and shined.
Sloshing brine repelled to re-merge with its own kind.
Originally posted by dragonsmusic
OK, so I am one of the most highly charged people in terms of static electricity that ever lived
I request your fine ATS minds to help me find the answer to this simple, but most likely completely natural phenomenon that I have just experienced
I say that I am so static electric because unlike most people I shock myself on just about everything. lol
When I get out of my car I have to make contact with the door by first touching the back of my hand to the handle. This always results in making the electro-static shock easier to handle. I then keep my hand touching the door and rotate it around before grasping and pushing it closed. Otherwise...
If I reach for it with my hand/fingertips, I get a shock that is way too unpleasant. Now, here is the crux of this thread.
For the past two nights in a row I have shocked myself ,on my own comforter for god’s sake, and seen electricity. I have seen a spark and a mini bolt of lightning. I ‘m talking like a bolt of static electricity , but it looks like lightning. It lights up the way lightning would.
Can you help me ATS understand how that happens? Is it normal that my hand touching the comforter on my bed could cause enough static electricity whereby I could actually SEE the electricity?
The comforter is black, and the room has been pitch black on both occasions where I saw this. So it was easy to see.
I’m sure it’s perfectly normal and that there is a perfectly good scientific reason behind having seen this electricity
And do any of you know what I can do to lower my overall level of static electric conductivity ?
Originally posted by CAELENIUM
reply to post by dragonsmusic
My opinion is that this problem is as a result of several things combining. Static electricity is electric energy that is going nowhere. Science cannot measure it. It is invisible to detectors. It could be large amount of potential or a low amount of potential. The body acts as the capacitor. The body has the capacity to hold virtually any amount of static charge imaginable. Enough to even kill your enemy ! One touch and their dead duck. The brain will set up a certain frequency of electromagnetic modulation which is the conduit by which the electric potential will begin charging up in your physical body. This brain wave modulation is what prayer and transcendental meditation is about. It is natures defence mechanism. Similar to the electric eel [a type of fish] for example. It electrically zaps its food to kill it. In Russia there is a man with such high static electric potential like as yourself. He uses it to hold metal objects to his body. Like a kind of gravity. If you live near to a power station or power lines or transformers then you might be picking up charge from them by "harmonic resonance impedance". There might be geological factors at work too. Obviously you will not be able to stop it. Thus you need to learn to live with it. One quick solution which you can try is to shave away your beard and keep your hair short or even shave your head too. If you wear surgical latex rubber gloves you will be insulated when touching objects. Be very careful about shaking hands. You might cause the person to suffer heart failure. In the presence of petroleum be extremely careful. Even you need to ask the attendant to fill your car tank for you. Another idea which you can try out is to manufacture an earthing rod. Drive a long rod of electrically conductive metal into the ground as far into the ground as possible. As a matter of dayly ritual you then need to clasp the top of that rod with both hands so as the charge will go out of your body and into the ground. In deed a general lack of "earth connection" might be the root cause of your problem. In nature we would all be walking around bare footed with our feet directly in contact with the earth. Especially when the ground is wet it is very conductive. Make that earth connection and I believe that your problem will resolve itself. If after all else you continue to suffer this problem then you could try turning it into something profitable. Have you tried some "TELEKINETIC" experiments ? Moving objects around without having to touch them ?
SHIMONO
GENSHAE
[edit on 6/3/2010 by CAELENIUM]
Originally posted by angelx666
Originally posted by dragonsmusic
OK, so I am one of the most highly charged people in terms of static electricity that ever lived
I request your fine ATS minds to help me find the answer to this simple, but most likely completely natural phenomenon that I have just experienced
I say that I am so static electric because unlike most people I shock myself on just about everything. lol
When I get out of my car I have to make contact with the door by first touching the back of my hand to the handle. This always results in making the electro-static shock easier to handle. I then keep my hand touching the door and rotate it around before grasping and pushing it closed. Otherwise...
If I reach for it with my hand/fingertips, I get a shock that is way too unpleasant. Now, here is the crux of this thread.
For the past two nights in a row I have shocked myself ,on my own comforter for god’s sake, and seen electricity. I have seen a spark and a mini bolt of lightning. I ‘m talking like a bolt of static electricity , but it looks like lightning. It lights up the way lightning would.
Can you help me ATS understand how that happens? Is it normal that my hand touching the comforter on my bed could cause enough static electricity whereby I could actually SEE the electricity?
The comforter is black, and the room has been pitch black on both occasions where I saw this. So it was easy to see.
I’m sure it’s perfectly normal and that there is a perfectly good scientific reason behind having seen this electricity
And do any of you know what I can do to lower my overall level of static electric conductivity ?
COOL, MEE TOO, i can even shock people, lemme no what you will find x
i think its good thing, gives you power, no ? why lover, wear gloves like meee looooo
AND your heart beats double the speed i guess ????
[edit on 6-3-2010 by angelx666]
Originally posted by Bhadhidar
-Avoid "man-made" fibers and wool clothing. Cotton, linen, and especially silk, are good "insulator" fabrics
-Maintain proper hydration. The body's nervous system is electro-chemically based - the implication is that the body generates its own electromagnetic field, which can, under the right circumstances, result in the build up of a static electric charge.
-Reduce to a minimum excess body hair. Also a generating/concentrating factor in the build-up of staic charges.
Good Luck, Sparky!
Originally posted by dragonsmusic
Between dressing in cotton and silk and shaving my body from head to toe I'm going to begin looking like a monk before too long
Sparky, lol.
Thanks!
Originally posted by truthquest
reply to post by futurewolfaqua
While I have never tried the ring idea, the point is not to avoid the spark but stop it from being painful. What I do use all the time is my keys. I simply grip my keys and touch them to the metal. It reduces the pain of the shock.
I believe that one could potentially design a ring specifically for the purpose of dissipating static, since all you'd have to do is find the right metal or mix of metals.
Originally posted by edmc^2
So OP did any of the suggestions here worked? Please let us know as some of us are static.
[edit on 10-3-2010 by edmc^2]
Originally posted by colloredbrothers
stop draging your feet on the ground, that could make the static less :p just kidding bruv, I'm gona listen to some "electric feel - mgmt" peace out