When reading, talking, or watching television, I always feel the urgent desire to count letters in the words of whatever is being read or spoken or heard. I'll also mentally imagine that I'm writing the words or phrases, and I'll count how many times I would have to sharply turn the pencil on the paper without picking it up. Then certain numbers randomly come to mind, and I'll have them stuck in my head like a good song for the remainder of the day, unless a different, better number pops into my head. Is this strange?
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When I'm alone I often find myself staring at how objects in a room are placed, and I imagine a bullet or a laser coming from my eyes - then I plot their trajectory as they bounce off of the objects and walls. Is that odd? Sure. Should it matter? No. Does it automatically mean I have a disorder? Absolutely not.
I actually find such odd ways of thinking pretty fortuitous for my artistic creativity. You can embrace your strangeness without just applying a psychological nickname to it.
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