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Static electricity

Sat, 12/08/2012 - 03:31

Hello 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?

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Yes my body goes hot, I

Submitted by Simone012 on Fri, 2019-06-21 - 05:19
Yes my body goes hot, I starts to burn and get itchy, my hair starts to go up, what I do is earth myself, I stand barefoot on a rubber mat or stand on grass and the electricity leaves my body 

Static is very bad. I had to

Submitted by MICHELLE ANDERSON on Thu, 2019-08-08 - 19:54
Static is very bad. I had to remove all my carpeting as it seemed to intensify the effect. I walk barefoot as much as possible and avoid wearing synthetic clothes. Still, I shock people and pets. Hand washing, frequently and using handcream seems to help.I am happy to know it's not just me.Suffering temporal lobe epilepsy since 1995.

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