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Static electricity
Sat, 12/08/2012 - 03:31Hello fellow friends and or doctors
I would like to ask a question on what you have experienced, and or if you have experienced static electricity within your body? Or, have you ever shocked anybody upon passing? There have been times where I will actually shock someone just by touching them. Sometimes I get shocked just by touching a knob or an object. My hair sometimes will react from the this as if it is static electrity and will appear to be weightless as it reacts to the the electrical shock. I was just wondering if any of you have experiened this?
I showed a spike and wave
Submitted by MsSparky on Sun, 2017-10-01 - 15:31
I showed a spike and wave pattern when I had an electroencephlograph(?) at age 24. I did not seizure when they flashed a strobe in my face. So...no epilepsy I guess. Now 68 and living in phoenix, I actually have blue flames shooting out as far as 5 inches from my fingertip to zap the nearest person or piece of metal. I don't have to touch to send this spark out. I always wondered if having "epileptic brain waves" might be the cause. "We've still got that spark." Has become a running joke in my house.