I agree that it is not nervous system electricity. I suppose sweat could be a factor, but since only a certain percentage of people experience this kind of thing, it seems that if sweat is the cause I would be an unlikely candidate because I sweat very little compared to other people; in fact I get heat rashes on my wrist and arm in hot weather because I never sweat there at all. It's also not a matter of wearing watches too tightly because I have very thin wrists and my watches are always too loose. Sometimes they fall off my wrist. I suppose I could take one of my stopped watches apart and see if it is wet inside.
But it's not just the watches; it's setting off security buzzers in stores, having blue sparks shoot out from my fingers when I attempt to plug in an appliance, and so forth. I forgot to mention that I can demagnetize a magnet by touching it. (Led to some embarrassing moments in school science demonstrations.) Also, if I'm in a dark room, I can sometimes see my clothing giving off sparks. I don't know if it's the clothing or me or a combination?
I know that static charge will normalize, but couldn't there be a tendency for some reason, for certain people to temporarily build up static charges that are higher than normal? I tend to get static shocks more than most people, and they are the of the intensity where you can see sparks and I involuntarily scream--and if I have to be touching someone, they scream as well. (And I'm not intentionally trying to build up a static charge like rubbing my feet on a carpeted floor or anything. Just doing the normal activities of daily life.)
I doubt if sweat is the cause. Any other ideas?
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