Is it normal that i count things like this?

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Alright, whenever I see something, I count it. Stripes, stairs, you name it. Here's where it gets a bit stranger. If the number is over 9, say, a two-digit number, I add those digits together. So if I had 23 of something, I add 2 and 3 to get 5. Everything has it's "magic number". Is this normal?

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  • HapiSofi
    12 years ago | pl

    It's not common, but it's hardly unheard-of. If the need to count things isn't messing up your life, it's not a disorder.

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    • Taniquetil
      12 years ago | pl

      mild case of OCD, you like uniformity and need to confirm things in your head to make sense of them. Whilst not entirely normal its nothing to be scared of, embrace it and enjoy it.

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    • Cookies&Cream
      12 years ago | pl

      Totally agree with you

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  • Marilynconstantlycurious
    12 years ago | pl

    I find myself doing this sometimes usually when making salad I count how many vertical slices in the cucumber then the horizontal lines and the same for the tomato and try to keep up with how many diced pieces there are in the bowl of salad I also count other random things it's just one of my ticks it dowdy bother or interfere with my life so I guess it's okay

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  • aussiewolf
    12 years ago | pl

    yeah i count things too. it can be distracting sometimes but its more of a habit i think. my mum does it too. i say its normal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago | pl

    Some people actually made a 'science' out of it, it's called numerology.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago | pl

    Not normal, but not strange.

    If it keeps you happy then fuck what anybody else thinks, but if it bothers you then go and see somebody about it.

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