In my family (where there are several sets of twins) most all of the women have fibromyalgia. FMS is a syndrome inwhich perhaps 90% of the survivors have thyroid disfunction. It does not matter what type of dyfctunction, but the thyroid does not work properly or its connections.

Now, the thyroid has two major objectives that are real important:
oxytoxin and vasopressin. Vasopressin controls the water in our body and we can’t keep ours where it is supposed to be. Many of us have large water deposits in our legs or stomachs. It is an issue for dryness in our eyes.

If we are all atoms, and we are all cells, then we have to have water in the correct places in order for it to go in and out of our cells properly, especially the brain, and make the neurotransmittors work.

If vasopressin is keeping that from happening, we have major brain FOG.
And, to me, we have electricity problems.

I would think that the thyroid of these people needs to be checked very carfully…… and the amount of water that is in their body. If humidity is one factor on the outside, imagine the static without humidity, inside !

Just a thought

Can anyone give me a reasonable explanation for this happening?

As for other symptoms of some sort of “energy” that many have spoke of, I do sometimes shock other people or myself when touching metal, usually, and occasionally some other minor things that I haven’t even considered until reading through all these claims above. I am skeptical as well and think there is some explanation to it but haven’t figured it out yet. I think diet might play into it somehow, and definitely (probably in most cases) shoes, rubbing feet/legs together, carpet, etc. At the moment though I am wearing rubber sandals on a wood floor. However, I don’t shut off any computers or anything that drastic either. Mostly for me it is just the occasional shock (sometimes really bad but nothing major) and messing up the TV/antenna reception. It is usually just for certain channels. If there is a way to correct this problem, I would love to hear how! Or I can figure it out on my own if I just knew what caused it. Help?

If you can do such things please let me know how you do them??
I’m thirsty for this knowledge, to understand

contact me lj.5471@gmail.com

Sounds like some clients that I work with!

I have become accustomed to always carrying my car/house keys as I approach or leave the car or house. The key always touches the lock before I touch the door handles, thus any static is discharged through the end of the key, rather than through my hand.

I wear cotton clothes and leather shoes. I have wood floors in the house, and no carpeting. The weather is quite dry here, many times being less than 10% RH. However, I grew up in California, where the humidity was fairly high (just a few miles from the ocean), and had the same problem then as now. I do tend to drag my feet a little, but that has mostly been in the last few years.

However, there is one plus side. When I pet my cat in a dark room, the sparks fly everywhere! It is quite amusing. I’ve even seen what looks like really small ball lightning running away from the cat along the floor.

Nick

It’s amazing how quick people are to jump to claims of magical or paranormal properties when simple, science based answers are readily available. It’s as if they’re afraid to face the prospect of a mundane, even boring solution.

There’s no credible evidence to suggest anyone has any kind of “special” powers when it comes to generating static electricity. In the vast majority of cases it’s because of the clothing combinations people are wearing. They refuse to believe it’s their clothing because they don;t understand the physics of static electricity and only associate static with a very limited number of fabrics.

Faulty wiring is the next cause. Perhaps your outlets are improperly grounded. Perhaps the insulation on some of the wiring is going. Perhaps the power supply to your home is corroded. All of these things are possible explanations for the phenomenon described above.

As for computer crashes, viruses, faulty drivers and an overloaded CPU can all explain that. And yes, there are problems that will cause a computer to crash when a mouse is moved or a key pressed. It’s also common for a PC to be frozen and no one to notice until they try to use it, but then assume it happened when they touched the PC, because that’s when the screen saver was deactivated revealing the damage.

Finally, there’s medicine, real medical conditions that can increase your body’s conductivity, all of which need treatment and indicate more serious problems.

The bottom line is if you get a lot of static shocks, there’s something very, very wrong in your home or your body, you aren’t a mutant or in possession of magical powers.

It doesn’t make you special.

I did some research and if you’re experiencing a spike in static electricity in your body after getting infected with LYME then it’s because your pituitary gland is damaged, causing excessive urination, causing dehydration, making you a better conductor.

If what you claim is true it’s because of a medical condition that if left untreated will slowly kill you. It will destroy your ability to function. There’s nothing mystical, para-scientific or paranormal about it. A parasite has damaged part of your body and if you leave this untreated it will kill you.

Get to a doctor before it’s too late.

You’re probably frying cell phones because of faulty / poor wiring in your home. Try using a decent surge suppressor when you plug it in to charge it. Have an electrician inspect your wiring.

A cell phone damaged by a power surge while charging can fail later during use. Damaged parts may last until put under the strain of actively broadcasting a call to a tower.

I’ve seen chaos like that caused by those idiotic magnetic bracelets people wear for their circulation. I’ve also seen refrigerator magnets on the side of a computer case cause issues. While computers are designed to handle such minor magnetic fields, customized cases, poorly designed cases or even an improperly attached motherboard can all make the PC vulnerable. There are even some older Pacemaker and cell phone models that interfere with cheaper PC hardware, particularly poorly shielded CRT monitors.

It could also be his clothing. Some cloth combinations can build up static while sitting still typing. The minor movements of the arms can, with the right clothing combination, build up enough charge to shock. One of my fleece shirts, combined with the wrong t-shirt, can make my fingers spark if I wear it in dry weather, and that’s just from sitting around. His clothing could be building up a charge through his movement, which is then discharged through the keyboard.

You mentioned an “earth strip”. I don’t know what this is. Can you elaborate?

Doesn’t do it with his laptop or his computer at home. Either he has these energy powers or he has something in his pocket which we know not of. Perhaps the sceptics can inform me of a device that can do these things as mischief can’t be completely ruled out.

I think the fact that the problem doesn’t happen with his home equipment is a nice indicator you’re being tricked in some way.

As for devices to cause problems, I’d need to know more about the symptoms, as well as your work environment. But based on what you said so far (about screens fading in/out), that sounds exactly like the effects you’d see from a magnet. Either a strong simple magnet, or an electromagnet (which would work at a much greater range, and could be turned on and off covertly). Note that magnets can also cause permanent damage to monitors. Your coworker could be held liable.

Your coworker doesn’t have any magical electro-static charge. The computers are crashing because the moron wears magnets, you know, the ones dippy hippies think will balance their Chi or some such nonsense. They’re just strong enough to interfere with computer operation at close range. I’ll bet he doesn’t wear the magnets at home, which is why his laptop is OK.

Then again, you could just be an idiot looking for patterns where there aren’t any. It could just be that the application is unstable and you happen to notice the coworker around when it crashes. The times it crashes without him around are mentally written off or ignored.

Nick

I think you’re confusing healthy skepticism with accusations. You’re also misrepresenting the burden of proof: if you’re going to claim something, we have no obligation to believe you or pay for your $100K research study - it’s up to you to prove your claim.

Also note that there are plenty of organizations who will validate/invalidate your claims for low cost or free. The New England Skeptical Society and the CSICOP and (if you’ve already been in the media) the JREF come to mind.

If, as you insinuate, you have a power beyond the known laws of physics, fine. But don’t expect to be taken seriously unless you can prove it.

That wasn’t a psychologist, it was a Scientologist. You heard him wrong. The “Special Meter” was an e-meter and has NOTHING to do with static electricity issues.

Besides, why would a psychologist be involved in measuring the static charge in a human being? You have a lot of terms messed up. I’ll bet you’re just a nutter who wears a lot of polyester and refuses to admit your clothing could have ANYTHING to do with it.

You still haven’t answered any of the questions I raised above, just gave more examples of your powers and how they affect your life.

>To those non-believers, go to the University library
>and read up a bit on physics that deals in energy.

What kind of energy are you referring to here? There’s many different kinds. You seem to indicate your power isn’t with static electricity. What energy type do you claim you have? Kinetic? Heat? Mechanical? Photosynthesis? Gravitational? Sound? Chemical?

You’re giving a lot of symptoms without any scientific detail, assuming we should just “read up a bit” on some vague, undefined form of energy that you say you have, others have supposedly measured, but no one can define. Again, I stand by the last paragraph I wrote to you, Phaeton and Achein above.

I’d start simple before working with multimeters. Go with what Randi alluded to: What happens when you change your footwear? Go barefoot. Then wear shoes with a rubber sole. How do these change your experience?

I am interested in the steps for testing to make sure I reduce the amount of static I endure.

1. How would I encounter a multimeter/ voltmeter?
2. I am constantly wearing this grubby pair of slippers; however, they are Victoria Secrets Pink COTTON slippers
3. My legs do not rub together; however, when it is cold and I am at home I tend to wear baggy clothing. I’ll be more cautious about that
4. We have a couple humidifiers already “cranked up”, not related to static, but coinciding
5. As far as wiring, I have moved three times, currently unpacking from the last move from April 1st. Location does not matter, this occurs at other environments, parents homes, friends homes, however, mine is the worst, maybe it is because I am here the most too!

Basically, I know I am not a super woman. I am just trying to seek advice being a single mom of a 6 year old is hard enough, now I have to deal with all these cost of replacements. I try keeping these under warranty or extended warranty, but this should somehow be resolvable. I am afraid to do my hair. I recently fried my cell phone and Verizon said they had not seen anything like it, had to go w/o a phone for 3 days. These are all inconvenience.

Help needed!

“Yes, I’ve seen a few of them. Simply changing their footwear always ‘cures’ the problem.”

This seems to indicate that, from what Randi’s seen, the issue is caused more by normal static electricity buildup than by any special powers.

So, for anyone interested in testing if this phenomenon is real: take a close look at the feet!

What testing have you performed to verify your body is generating this static electricity, and your environment is not? For example, my own car has bad static shielding - It shocks me all the time. I have a streetlight outside my house that flickers and turns off whenever I walk underneath it. My home television antenna reception quality decreases greatly when I walk towards our TV. All attributable to my environment and faulty electronics.

As for other claims like “shooting out flares many inches in length”, disabling computers without touching them, regularly killing household appliances… You’d better get yourselves to a science lab, apply for the Randi million-dollar prize before it’s ended, or start using your massive energy generation abilities to save on home electricity costs. Think of the money you could make. Think of the massive scientific advances you could spearhead to help mankind. Think of how you can use this ability to help others. If greed, altruism, goodwill and fame aren’t enough motivators, then I have to conclude that you’re either mistaken about your situation, or, frankly, lying.

recently, i found out that my uncle has the same problem

Hold on a second here, either it’s enough voltage to fry a multimeter or it’s not enough energy to activate it. You can’t have it both ways.

“A humidifier is an expensive solution – you need to drive the relative humidity to about 40%. To do so to a whole house you need a BIG humidifier.”

That’s an odd claim, as a whole house humidifier can be added to most forced air heating systems for a few hundred dollars. By the time you’ve purchased and installed 30 to 40 $10.00 light switch plates you could have installed a whole house humidifier that draws water directly from you water line. The whole house humidifier has the advantage of making your skin and nasal passages more comfortable on top of reducing static electricity. The “Staticoff” wall plates can’t make the same claim.

As for the device being unique, a competing company makes a hand held version that can be taken anywhere and attached to a lanyard. You could even wear a watch with a metal strap and tap that against a grounded surface to get a painless static discharge.

I think that the European equipment is generally more sophisticated than the US one. And thus, a kettle may contain electronics that tells it when to turn on or off, a vacuum cleaner may have variable speed, etc. Static charges can kill such devices.

As for the house wiring – while possible, I note that it is the United Kingdom. Their electrical standards are several orders of magnitude ahead of the US electrical standards. They use generally excellent wiring, and had significant electrical inspections for a long time, at a level that simply does not exist in US homes. I am not certain how that such fault would work. Clearly, lack of grounding can not – by itself – kill a purely motorized or resistive device. If one assume bad contacts, 1) wouldn’t it be visible elsewhere?, and 2) by now, that bad contact would have burned itself to crisp over the years.

So I suspect that it is her clothing, and possibly super dry skin.

A humidifier is an expensive solution – you need to drive the relative humidity to about 40%. To do so to a whole house you need a BIG humidifier.

However, I wanted to introduce another solution: The StaticOff device shown in http://www.staticoff.com will allow a person to discharge painlessly just by touching any touch- point. After such discharge, I am certain that it will take even Ms. Price some time to recharge, during which she will be able to do what she needs to do without killing her devices. This device is unique in the market.

Full disclosure: I am the inventor and CEO of StaticOff.

Shalom Wertsberger