I don’t remember if it was always was like, this but this happened to me with two different microwaves in two different houses. It mostly happens when touch the top of the microwave, but it can happen with the door too.

I though that it was just something unavoidable with microwaves and didn’t mention it to anyone, but today i decided to tell my mom and, she said never had any microwave electrocute, same goes for my sisters.

My little sister did comment that i have high energy(what they call my ADHD) as the probable causes. I don’t really that possible but i have discovered weird things about my biology before(e.g if i leave my computer screen on in my room, i can feel its heat even under the blanket and cant sleep).

Update: I still do not know why i get shocked while my doesn’t. I told my sister to touch the mirror door and she didn’t feel anything, then i put my hand next to hers and we both get shocked. I have a theory that’s its cuz i am very hairy? Either way, i am told there are lot of possible causes

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    There’s still other fabric interactions that can happen. I consistently build a charge getting out of my office chair at work. I wear shoes. I’ve become accustomed to tapping my arm the door frame on the way out. 10/10 times in the winter (dry air), I get a shock. Maybe 7/10 times in summer (more humid, but with AC). Nearly everything I wear is cotton. Sometimes nylon shirts and I assume my socks have spandex or whatever the elastic stuff is. Still, not the clothing known most for static.

    Do some testing. See if any other metal things can cause a static shock. A metal home door, a car door, the fridge, toaster, whatever.

    1. Can you ever get two shocks in a row?
    2. Passing not, does standing there for 3 minutes let you get shocked by the microwave again?
    3. If not, can you go back to wherever you usually sit and immediately come back?

    I suspect you will find some repeatable sequence. Even if a second shock is weaker, it’s still a sign you’re finding the cause. It’s not ADHD. Electrical energy is very different from the “electricity” in your nervous system and brains. Vastly different in terms of voltage because your nerves are driven by chemical reactions, not massive magneto coils.

    As for the heat of the monitor, if you can trust someone, try a blind test. Make sure your eyes can’t see anything. Have them switch the monitor on and off in some way you can’t hear the switch. There is so little heat from modern monitors, blankets block so much heat, and you are likely quite far for radiation heat to be detectable. Honestly, I’d chalk this up more to the ADHD or something else psychological. It’s not that you feel the heat, its that you’re convinced you can feel it and you body is reacting in weird, repeatable ways. Like you just can’t stop thinking about and now body is reacting in a defensive way. Maybe fulk fight or flight with adrenaline, that flushes you with heat. Does your heart race?