Static shock and autistic people

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I have this problem bad, im autistic and i have it if i touch metal,a person, a door, the bottom of my leg touches bottom of the car, it hurts bad!! ! I know people without autismhave this, but is it worse for people with autism, is it more painful for us, do we have more static electricity buildups, i ask because my mom isnt autistic and doesnt understand why it bothers me because she says it never hurts her,

Hypersensitivity goes with autism. Little things like clothing tags rubbing on the neck can be pure literal torture for someone with autism. I used to scream and cry any time I got a static shock. I learned if I slap something like a doorknob it keeps it from shocking me. It is that time of year again for getting shocked

I'm paranoid about it. I kept getting shocked when ever I left my therapist room. Since the floors have carpet and the exit door is almost completely metal I get shocked sometimes and eventually it became a habit that I slowly reach for a door with my hands covered with my sleeves.

Oh yeah, this one can be annoying. Definitely a bit painful.

The worst part is when I'm aware that I'm currently carrying a high charge, yet it hasnt actually gone off yet.

Like, recently I had a bit of a spill on my desk, right? So I went to get a roll of toilet paper out of the closet (out of paper towels), I quickly roll out a long amount of it, which, well... normally, you expect gravity to, you know, DO something and pull it down, but the stuff decided it'd be alot more fun to just move right towards me and just stick. It was so clingly I couldnt even use it to clean the mess, unless I wanted to soak my arm in soda (which is what had spilled). I ended up having to use a towel, which wasnt really the optimal solution, but at least it was better than getting a variety of objects on the desk all sticky with soda.

So at that point, I'm very well aware that I"m carrying a charge, and this fact bugged me for some time until I made the mistake of touching the light switch in the basement (the most likely thing to cause the shock to actually happen) which had predictable results. But at least the damn charge was gone.

Does anyone know a way we can aleviate it, i read put a safety clip on my paints andthings like using static spray, I ALSO READ VITAMIN E HELPS, anyone know any other tips??

Avoid synthetic fabric in your clothes.
Do controlled discharges through a metal coin you are holding.
Try to minimize fidgeting your feet, or in your chair. Some shoes will be worse than others, & many chairs are covered with synthetic material.

I've actually started wondering if people could have grounding straps the way some vehicles do...

I got static in every Item of clothing I was wearing the other day.

Also, I don'y know if this is related but when I open a letter sometimes there's a big flash of electricity. I like it but it's really weird.

I think maybe I've been binging on 'Warehouse 13' too much...first thing I thought was, "The letter opener - it's an artifact!"

I seem to build up a static electric charge all the time. I am also very sensitive to electricity; in fact, while I'm not as sensitive to regular pain like most people, electric shocks are extremely agonizing to me.

I forgot to mention another (partial) solution: anti-static dryer sheets or liquid softener in the washer.

(note: Do not use on microfiber. Do not use if prone to acne. Do not use on lycra or "breathable" exercise wear or swimsuits.)

What, like these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistatic_wrist_strap

Static is the worst for me in the wintertime, as I have to wear a heavy coat outside (yay Wisconsin) and mine has a patch of some kind of soft fabric right behind the neck. I tend to leave it on my chair at work, where I end up rubbing against it as I'm getting up. Also the air gets extremely dry, which makes it easier for the charge to build up.

I had a friend in high school who actually enjoyed the sensation of being shocked. Odd, to say the least.

I was just thinking about this the other day. I was at a Haunted House (a really scary one!) and nothing bothered me except the static charge on one of the curtains: THAT was scary! I remember in school I used to sit on the chair with my legs wrapped around the metal because it hurt so much to get shocked on the finger. All the other kids used to do it to each other for fun and I found the feeling pure torture. I was more scared of getting shocked than getting punched! It gets even worse when I touch two pieces of metal at once: can't imagine waterboarding being much worse than that!

I think Ezra has it right by saying it's not that people on the spectrum get static shocks more than other people, but that it bothers us more due to hyper-sensitivity sensory-wise, the same way clothes labels feel horrible.

Static shocks feel intense to me and I also seem to "suffer" more intensely when my leg gets "pins and needles"/cramps/goes dead if I've been sitting on it. While other people who get it just seem to say "Ow" a bit and start walking around, mine is so intense I'm unable to even use it for a minute, and I'm in agonies of pain.

When I was a kid and other kids popped balloons for fun, they didn't seem to mind the noise but I couldn't tolerate either the shock or the volume.

No, Autistic people do not produce more static electricity.



However, maybe Autistic people with sensory issues can be more sensitive to static electricity.

I worked at a power transformer plant previously. There, we would measure our resistances from right index finger/thumb holding a probe on a fluke multimeter to the same on left index finger/thumb. I did have a higher resistance typically, but never thought much about this until now. Higher resistance would create higher capacitance which would store a larger static charge.

I'm actually very curious and hope to see a study, someday, on this topic.

I have a half dozen of those for use w/ electronics work. They bleed away static charge, but are actually attached to a ground. I was thinking more like this: