Is it normal to touch things four times

Kinda hard to explain but when I was much younger (age 6-9 years old), if I touched things with my right side (hand or foot), I had to touch it with the left, then I touched it again with the left then right so the left side had a chance at being first. I grew out of it but I wonder if others do this? Coincidentally, I realize my favorite number was 4.

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  • DerpyHoovesLover

    I had,exuse me,have,the same thing.I think I have OCD but I think I can't ask my parents until I'm older.I also try to do things with my left hand sometimes so it doesn't get jealous.I feel so...weird.

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  • TecaT.

    I do that too! If I touch something with my right hand, I have to touch it with my left hand. What ever time do I do it, it always has to be even.

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  • Living4Him

    I use to be the same way! If my right hand touched something, my left hand had to touch the same thing. Otherwise I felt uneven or something lol. I dont know how to explain it that well but thats how I felt! Sometimes I still go through phases of that.

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  • HulaHoop

    im the same, when i put the chains on the door of a night, i touch the top one once, then the bottom one twice then the top one again. Also, before and after each wash, i spin the drum of the washing machine 8 times!!!!!

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  • This is odd I say u had OCD lol maybe not now but I've never gotten the whole multiple touching thing

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  • Soakedincrimson

    i do the same
    but i try to resist it as much as possible
    it got really bad for a while
    but then i just stopped caring
    so yeah it's kinda better now ^^

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  • sounds like OCD. i do the same and i have OCD

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  • hotchickie81

    Sounds like OCD.

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  • 2livebymusic

    I used to do the same thing. Its completely normally. A lot of my friends have done it too. I don't know why you do it exactly. I used to do something pretty similar to you sort of to balance things out idk. I too grew out of it.

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  • _Sunshine_

    I used to do something similar to that. When I was running around the house as a little kid, there were different surfaces on the floor (one carpet, another ones, tile, etc.), I had to make equal number of steps on each one. It was like a little game of mine that I grew out of eventually too.

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