Can you answer my serious question about painful static electricity?!
Question: I am absolutely serious about this, no joking. I am getting seriously painful static shocks. I had the same problem a few years ago, then it went away. Everytime I touch anything, doorknobs, computer, oven, remotes, car doors, people, etc , I get seriously painful static shock. I actually kissed my husband and shocked him so badly that he said his heart "skipped a beat", the cats cringe from me. I reached to pick up a Wii remote near my TV and actually saw a blue electric spark arch over to the TV. Sometimes when I walk near metal or electrical objects you can hear a "crackling" sound before the shock comes. It really hurts! I keep my home humidified, I don't use alot of fabric softener, I don't wear slippers and I make sure not to "shuffle my feet" when I walk. I have a heart dysrythymia and the shocks scare me. Can anyone offer any more suggestions on how to reduce this static? I must have one hell of an electromagnetic field!
Answers: I am absolutely serious about this, no joking. I am getting seriously painful static shocks. I had the same problem a few years ago, then it went away. Everytime I touch anything, doorknobs, computer, oven, remotes, car doors, people, etc , I get seriously painful static shock. I actually kissed my husband and shocked him so badly that he said his heart "skipped a beat", the cats cringe from me. I reached to pick up a Wii remote near my TV and actually saw a blue electric spark arch over to the TV. Sometimes when I walk near metal or electrical objects you can hear a "crackling" sound before the shock comes. It really hurts! I keep my home humidified, I don't use alot of fabric softener, I don't wear slippers and I make sure not to "shuffle my feet" when I walk. I have a heart dysrythymia and the shocks scare me. Can anyone offer any more suggestions on how to reduce this static? I must have one hell of an electromagnetic field!
I KNOW THE FEELING!! it might be the shoes you wear. yesterday, i was wearing my sneakers and i kept getting bad shocks like you are, so i took them off and i havent gotten any shocks since. so you might try that.
Don't blow dry your hair or spray anything in it.
Use more fabric softener and use a name brand like Downey, Snuggle, Bounce or Gain. You can also put pans of water infront of your heat vents. Another thing to do is if you have forced heat you can weave a dryer sheet through the slats in your heat vents. Go out and buy your self a bouquet of flowers or get some house plants. Anything to add moisture to the air.