To ask if anyone gets daily electric shocks

[GabbySolisX]

I know this isn’t really an AIBU but I’m fed up of having electric shocks.

The last two weeks I seem to be getting a lot of electric shocks. Every time I open the car door I get one without fail, I’m starting to cover my hand before I touch it as I’m scared of the shock now.

Anyone else get this? I’ve had the car since August last year (it was a used 2012 plate) and never had a shock from it up until the last couple of weeks where it’s constant. Went shopping today and everything i touched gave me such a zap too. 😩

doesn’t seem to happen in the house at all, just when shopping and getting in and out of the car for the last fortnight.

Yes, it’s dependent on the shoes that I’m wearing and sometimes the weather!

Yes I’m full of static. It’s awful.

Yes as pp said it seems to correlate to certain shoes.

Yes. I always touch the car with my elbow first rather than my hand as the shock isn't so bad there!

I thought it was more common depending on the shoe sole and wearing polyester/acrylic type, synthetic clothing.

Best way if you’re expecting one is to slap your palm onto the metal surface so the static can discharge without giving you a shock

Yep- it’s my clothes for me

Depends on how dry out it is. I always feel bad shocking my grandchildren when I touch. And it hurts

I always get this in the spring. At the same time my hair gets really static.

Yes! Most often in the office (think it might be my winter boots I normally wear for work) but quite often at home too. The tap, the water from the tap, door handles etc etc…

Yes though not with the car though that used to happen. It happens when I press the button for a lift and I used to get shocked when touching the edge of the shelves in Mark's but not anymore though it has been refurbished.

I have a very staticcy jacket, if I wear it I get multiple shocks

I have high iron levels often. I like to think I’m electric and that’s what gives me zaps 🤣 I’m sure there is zero evidence of this, it’s probably shoes or certain clothing

I never used to, but recently all the time. The hoover, the sofa, my youngest although only my youngest. Got zapped by a kid at work the other day 🤦‍♀️ no new shoes or fabrics or electronics in the house or at work. Baffled

What shoes are you wearing?

Yes. Very recently when I get out the car. 🚙

Yes, mine are much worse if I wear synthetic clothing too.

Yep, I've always been like it. No idea why.

I always thought it was my hair (long and straight) but now i‘m going to check my shoes. No one else in my family get them. Just me

I have a cardigan I love but it must be very synthetic as i always get shocks when I’m wearing it.

Yes, it's started back up in the last few days

I used to get electric shocks a lot in one office I worked in - a combination of my footwear, the carpet and the metal strips around the doors.

I get a shock from the cat sometimes. She brushes up against me and when I go to stroke her I get a shock.

Not every day but more often than my DH for sure

Got some new slippers (fake ugh type with rubber sole) and I'm constantly getting them downstairs.