Question for the OCD members!

[Ladybug9]

Does anyone else have an obsession with numbers in your head? and have a fear of any number? I won't even go in a check out line if it's #6 Thanks guys.

[Ladybug9]

I haven't!! LOL... I count numbers on license plates, I add numbers up and even count things others wouldn't notice. Etc... I love the number 9 because each time you add it up, the numbers will still equal 9! i.e. 9 + 9 is 18 which added together equals 9. Etc... But the worse is my fear of the #6... I will NOT go in a grocery line if that is the # and will wait if I have to. I know it may sound silly to others but it's anxiety causing for me.

[Ladybug9]

Any time!!

[Frejaaaaaa]

Yes i have that exact same thing too With Numbers and i know that Many people With ocd have that, it is just a form of a compulsion i Think it is called something like mental rituals or something but yes I also have that

[Ladybug9 in reply to Frejaaaaaa]

It's very annoying for me but I don't know why I just don't accept that is how my brain is wired and accept it's a part of me!

[Guzman13]

Yup, worst number to see anywhere is #6 for me as well. Everytime I get out of my car, the volume needs to be at 13 and if I go under the 13 and have to put it back up to 13, i’m gonna have a bad day. Also, landing on any other uneven number makes me uneasy. And that’s just 1% of my OCD 😞

[Ladybug9 in reply to Guzman13]

I'm not alone! I have to have the TV volume set at 18 or 27 because they add up to 9! If anything equals 6, it's not happening!!

[DeathtoOCD]

Yeah, 6 was a bad number for me too. And other numbers 13 other such numbers as well. So yeah I have dealt with that.

[Ladybug9 in reply to DeathtoOCD]

13 doesn't bother me but like my son, he has to have the sound on the TV set at an even number and I have to set the sound to numbers that equal 9! Crazy!!!

[DeathtoOCD in reply to Ladybug9]

OCD is anything but rational haha.

[Ladybug9 in reply to DeathtoOCD]

True but I can honestly say that I share my OCD with others so they don't feel alone or think they are alone.

[Mabelocd]

Oh, yeah. It'a all about the numbers for me, too. You are definitely not alone.