Don't You Just Hate Getting Shocked!

I used to get a shock off metal cupboards where I once worked but have never had it happen since. Not sure what the solution is - rubber soles?

lol i dont know how to stop it! I used to love3 that when i was a kid, now it is really really annoying!

I often get a shock when I get out of my van. Fine getting out, but when I touch the door to close it - zap! That get's old! One possible solution would be to spray my seat with an anti-static spray. It might help.

That is very common here in North when it is cold and winter. Perhaps it would help to wear clothes of nature material or rinse them in that antistatic liquid that softens your laundry. You can also use a spray bottle to spray it over your furniture and carpets, most textiles at home, just mix it with water. This really worked when I had a cat and he got so electric in winter. I just treated the textiles, not the cat. :o)

I only get shocked by metal when it's really cold.

I have the same problem. I automatically cringe in cold weather when I am about to touch something metal cause I know its coming.

I understand your problem. It is annoying and it hurts. The only suggestion I have is to use fabric softener in your clothes when you do the wash, touch metal with your keys before you touch it with your hand. You might look for some type of anti-static spray to put on your carpet. Or you could move to a warm climate. :) Good luck, it is a big problem.

I not only get shocked by touching metal but I get shocked when other people touch me or vice versa. It does seem to be worse in the winter and it is annoying. I would not say it hurts but it is a nuisance for sure. I have only heard that it is cur clothes we are wearing and need to make sure we use fabric softener when putting our clothes in the dryer.

being shocked is part of the human experience be careful not to be grounded and you wont be shocked

Yes it does Hurt lol as I used to get it all the time to. Aparently it is to much Electricity in your Body. But I have to say it hasn't happened in a little While

oh girl - you read my mind. i was JUST thinking how much i hate it. i get a shock like 8-10 times at work EVERYDAY. it sucks. really. i mean, i just hate the fact that one moment i touch everything and all is ok and right next moment i touch a chair - and bang - out of the blue - i get a shock. and i have to jerk back my hand. 2 incidents were just terrible :- like today, i was in a meeting. i touched my boss's laptop to point out something on the screen and BANG in front of everyone i got a nasty shock. then 2 days ago, a friend gave me his cell, i touched it and dropped it - guess why ? i got a shock again - his brand new cell was on the floor - i'm just thanking god it didn't break !!!

Sounds like you are talking about static electricity which does get worst in the winter. The drier the environment, the more you notice it. Most likely culprits, overdrying your clothes in the dryer, wearing those foam like flip flops on carpet, over drying your hair. The laundry dryer sheets are very helpful, not only by adding them when you dry your clothes, but keep one in your purse to run over your hair if you start getting that flyaway hair, or stay barefoot or wear rubber on carpet.

Hmmm... I've read about this symptoms from magazines only. What I understand is when the weather is too dry electricity can be produced quite easily when two surfaces make contact with each other. I am just guessing but could it be your skin is too dry at times and when your skin touches metal it will be zapped. Why not trying to wear gloves and see how it turns out to be.

yes, I hate it and it is so cold here lately that it is happening more often. I sleep under an electric blanket and that makes it worse. It has reached a point that I keep a fabric softener sheet in my jacket pocket. I am not sure it is helping though. I still get shocked when I open the car door.

yes i do hate it. i really dont know what to do to stop it from happening, my house is dry so i know that i get shocked alot.

I know I hate it too. It has something to do with the elctricty in the air in the winter months. I dont think there is any way to prevent it.

I don't know how to stop it either but it does hurt sometimes. This week I have been shocking the kids every time I touch them. They say ouch and then they laugh and say you shocked me, it's kinda cute. But I wish I did know how to stop it cause I hate it when I touch something metal and it shocks me like that.

I only know of how to stop it in cars and with grocery carts. A chain hanging off of either (dragging on the floor or ground whatever the case may be) will stop the shocks. I hate it too, and I find it especially bad at Walmart. I don't know if it's worse there because they have carpet in the entry way or what but I always seemed to get zapped really bad there.

the thing i hate the most about the static and such in the winter is my hair, and clothes sticking to me. i have all these pretty sweaters but they drive me crazy with the static and as for the hair well the pic you posted says it all. ive tried anti static spray and dryer sheets....only works for a minute, as for the shocks ive started closing the cardoor with the hell part of my hand instead of my fingertips... seems to hurt less.

i have the same problem and its a real pain. ive heard that when getting out of the car instead of sliding out like most of us do, you should just get up quickly. when you slide the frcition creates static and it comes out when you touch the metal handle. I have yet to try it though. I always forget and get a nasty reminder when i close the car door