Is it normal that i count in my head subconsciously?

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okay i have been doing this for a while and ive been wondering if it is normal. Most of the time when i walk i will count the steps i take and not even realize it until im on a number like 67 or something.
And sometimes i mutter the numbers quietly out loud to myself without even realizing it. My friends are always asking me why i am talking to myself.
and once i have realized that i am counting the steps i take, i cant bring myself to stop because it frustrates me.
is this normal??

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  • mwrockin
    13 years ago

    oh wow. i do the exact same thing. and don't realize it until i'm wayy far into the numbers. i dont remember doing it when i was younger, its just something that started. i wonder if its a way to vent stress?? i count everything. steps, cars, flowers, or even for no reason, i'll be doing something normal, like watching tv, and i'll actually be paying attention to the tv and all of a sudden realize i'm doing it. i never thought anyone would be doing the same thing. hmmm

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  • missmissie69
    14 years ago

    i also count all the time i do it with out knowing it i catch my self doing it to drown out the world and night in bed

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  • samikshan
    6 years ago

    I do this all the time. Well not all the time, but too many times to ignore. Do you also tend to have a great sense of rhythm? Do you feel, for example, that you'd be a decent drummer? I count the number of steps taken subconsciously, and all of a sudden I realise that I had actually been counting and that I am on a certain number (like 67 as you mentioned).

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  • xytorta
    7 years ago

    I started this when I started walking to reduce weight. Now I see that I am doing it all the time. I too don't realize I do it till I am halfway through. So I guess it is totally normal. And I am glad there are so many of us normal people do it.

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  • kellstar79
    12 years ago

    OCD but only if you do it continually throughout the day and night and if it interferes with day to say life. If so, get help

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  • kdawgmcbehrens
    13 years ago

    I definitely do this all the time too. What's worse is that I work at a grocery store, so when I'm a cashier, I count how many of each grocery they have, or when I'm stocking I count the number of the items I'm putting on the shelf. Funny thing though, I don't usually keep those numbers in my head for long. I don't know why I do it, but I subconsciously count really odd things to count.

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  • MyDarkestHour_x
    14 years ago

    OCD.
    It sounds like how when I'm in the car I blink everytime when the car is in the middle of two telephone poles. :3

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  • hotchickie81
    14 years ago

    Sounds like OCD....

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  • Jen118584
    14 years ago

    I dunno if it's normal but I do it all the time and my boyfriend says I'm anything but normal, lol. I did it more when I was a kid but still do it to this day. Nothing to worry about, just a compulsion.

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  • eggeggeggegg
    12 years ago

    Im all ways counting..

    I cant turn off my peripheral vision.

    So Im aware of not only the TV im watching but every thing in my field of view.

    As if Im looking at everything. ..Then people stare at me, as if im looking directly at them.

    Its nuts. Hard to cope with, but what can I do?

    eggeggeggegg.

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