I compulsively count random things

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I've only started doing this in like, the past 5 years or so as far as I remember and I can NOT figure out why. I count random things. Like stripes on the shirt of a stranger across a restaurant, birds on a powerline as we drive by, lights on a radio tower, buttons on a remote. It's usually not something I won't be able to finish like bricks in a wall I'm passing, or something that will get in the way of my interactions like ceiling tiles. I don't start consciously. I just realize I've begun counting, and wonder why, but have to finish.

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  • aussiewolf
    13 years ago

    yeah i do it too. ever since i can remember i have done it. i told my mum about it a few years ago and she told me that she does it too. maybe its something you pick up from your parents. hereditary OCD?

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  • penpal21
    13 years ago

    I do this, too. Completely normal. (Well, that assumes I'm normal which is a pretty big leap so let's just say you're not alone!)

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  • qazdawg
    13 years ago

    You'll be good at Math.

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  • Milkshakes
    10 years ago

    I also do this... Somtimes I count how many steps it takes to walk from one room to another... Something like that

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  • Sick-My-Duck
    12 years ago

    No it's not normal.
    Counting everything is a sign of Phylomenia Dyslexic Psychosis, meaning only part of your left brain half is functional.
    That means you will become more and more isolated over time as your right half of the brain stops to function all-together.
    You should see a doctor, get a perscription for insolin.

    - Hope you get well soon :)

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  • bisexualemogirl
    13 years ago

    I said it was normal because I do it too, but it is probably not normal. I have thought I have OCD for quite a while now and that is just one thing of many that I do.

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  • Au57in
    13 years ago

    i don't know if it's normal but i do it too =]

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  • Echoes
    13 years ago

    I do that too

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  • Alexis16
    13 years ago

    Normal. I do it as well.

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