It fully distracts me! I actually prefer counting down to listening to music. This is so interesting, Christie! My gosh! I never knew I was not alone in this! For example, if I step on a sidewalk crack with my left foot, I then have to step on another crack with my right foot. Also, two of my college roommates had preferences for certain numbers. When we watched TV, one would want the volume setting to be an even number, and the other wanted a multiple of 5. Can you do 28? I love that I found you all.
I alternate pressure in my toes when driving to get a count between cars that pass by me. I also count the steps between telephone poles and sidewalk. Never told anyone though: til now. Fascinating and weird! I count when I am walking, not actually counting something, just reciting numbers which are not even always consecutive. I am not sure how I do that, but all of a sudden I will wonder where the number came from, as I have been walking less than2 minutes.
Wow, this was an eye opener! In fact, I think I prefer measurements to counts. But it really is all about looking for patterns, symmetry, order, etc. I call it looking for meaning where none should be expected. Lovely piece, Christie. I just want to chime in to say that what you experience actually does qualify as synesthesia which does not have to have either color or sound —not because you count, but because you form a hard-to-describe visual map of your numbers as you do so.
Also, highly recommend the work of David Eagleman. I am a counter too. It is more rhymical and I lose count sometimes. Comment Hidden show. This sounds like a sign of OCD. I do similar things. Add A Comment. Submit Reply Cancel. Every time I walk up the stairs in my school's art building I count the steps in my head. These are the only stairs that I'll do this for. I have stairs at home and in other buildings too but I won't count those in my head at all.
It's only the stairs in my art building. Is it normal? I think I also did it as a kid, but I think people started getting mad at me. So, now I count to myself:. I used to do that a lot!! I still do from time to time, especially on staircases that I've never climbed before. A couple years ago, though, I used to do this obsessive thing where if I did something on one side of my body I HAD to 'even it out' on the other.
Contact an OCD Expert. Although any medical doctor can take your blood pressure, only a few can do heart surgery. Likewise, any therapist can help someone who is feeling a bit blue, but only a few can effectively treat OCD.
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Almost two-thirds of people with OCD are also hoarders Take the OCD Test. Learn about counting compulsions, and the different types of obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD. OCD is a brain disorder that can cause repeated counting, numbering, fears of certain numbers, obsessions about harm coming to others, anxiety, and distress. OCD Related Disorders. Typical types of counting in OCD Counting items Counting footsteps when walking or running Counting aloud Mentally counting things in one's head Counting numbers on devices i.
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