I count things, what can I do...?

Question

Okay.. Where to start?

I count things. I count lines on the road, light posts, trees, people, places, clouds, fingers and toes, FACES, CRACKS, EVERY SINGLE THING.

Things you wouldn't even believe. I am constantly running numbers through me head.

I rearrange things. Every word I see rearranges itself in my head. Consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, etc etc etc!!

Example:

Blueberry

buleberyr

IT'S LIKE THIS FOR EVERY WORD I SEE.

EVERY SIGN YOU PASS

EVERY WORD. On cups, signs, books, computers, every word.

I don't even realize I do it anymore. I catch myself doing it, and then I feel stupid.

I rearrange objects and people, and names, and numbers and all letters in the same way. Kinda. God I don't know how to say this, I don't even know what I'm talking about.

I am plagued by a terrible problem that makes me do these things. I cannot have one moment where I am not thinking about a word and rearranging it, or thinking about numbers and rearranging them. I cannot stop. I have no idea how to stop doing these things. It's worse when I am angry, stressed, or sad. I count count count. I guess it maybe my way of coping under stressful situations, but it doesn't sound.. right? It doesn't sound normal.

I literally do these things every second of every day. I'm always doing something. And I don't think it always was this bad, but then again, I didn't even REALIZE I was doing some of these things until I just caught myself doing them one day.

Mind you, THIS IS A SMALL LIST OF THINGS THAT I DO. I have hundreds of things just like this that I do every single day. I couldn't possible begin to even touch surface with such a minimal writing space.

Am I OCD? What is wrong with me? Why can't cherry just be cherry?? Why does it have to be cehyrr???

Anyone? =/

Answer 1

Your questions has already been answered in the 'medical' way here.

I'm going to answer it in the practical and 'clever' way: TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD COME OUT OF IT.

So what? You may have OCD (which you don't, many people does that) and like to count things? Be proud of it and use it for your benefits or the other's. Get another job related to it or teach it to kids who can't and want to...

Lastly, there's also Diazepam.

Bye

Answer 2

Okay, then, I'm crazy too.  Only I count things in 4s and 5s.  As I'm driving down the road, I'll pass 4 telephone poles and count them as I go past, then pass 5 more and count each of them.  Then back to 4 again.

And I get hooked on doing things in 5s.  Five swallows of water.  5 ice cubes.  Five steps across the living room.  

I also count the number of times (unconsciously) that a bell tolls or a horn honks or a clock chimes, or a bird chirps,  without even knowing I'm doing it.  Or the number of handfuls of wash I move from the washer to the dryer -- always know how many.  I don't know why.

When I watch tv, my mind is writing words in shorthand (old-fashioned shorthand like they used to teach in the 70s), and rewriting each one 5 times.  And also in  5 sets of 5.

Who knows what this is or why I do it, but I've done it since I was a child, and don't even know I'm doing it.  Of course, it's never done out loud, it all goes on inside my head.  Brain is busy always....lol

Hey, who knows?  Maybe we just like being always occupied???

Probably some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 3

wow. i guess we are just crazy together. i count and do the same things as you. constantly. i rearrange the letters in words to make them go consonant and so on. i also break everything down into lines and add and multiply the lines, such as the word three is 17 lines. who knows its nuts.  

Answer 4

just try to remain ur mind free of things can u answer my question?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 5

What a challenge you face everyday! It sounds to me like OCD which can be very effectively treated through a combination of medicine and therapy with a specialist in anxiety disorders. Reach out to family or if you are able on your own ask your dr for a referral to a specialist. Your local hospital may have outpatient treatment so that may be a good place to start. I know you can have a major change and start living without this overwhelming cycle. You can do it! Get started asap!

Answer 6

i would suggest you do some thing to occupy your mind or do something involving numbers such as get a job in ladbrokes or something. maybe get help from a psychiatrist