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Hi All! I've been wondering if any of y'all know what I'm talking about. I have no idea how to describe this so we'll see how it goes, and I'm pretty much just seeing if any of you guys know what I'm talking about since I've never heard or seen it discussed. I have been doing this since before I can remember, and only recently did I consider it being related to OCD. Pretty much constantly, if there are is a person or set of people somewhere, I will assign numbers to them. This can be on TV, when I am alone, or anywhere else. Basically, I count the number of features the people or animals I can see have. Most often this is a two or a six. People with normal hair and nothing on their face are twos, and people with full beards and hair on top are sixes. Once I have established people's "numbers", I will start counting up and down. Additionally, the background for almost any situation is seven for some reason. If there are a one, two, and four in a situation, I will count in my head: "One, Two, Seven, Four, Seven, Two, One." As this says, I will go up and down, but have the highest person-related number appear only once then count back down, throwing sevens in somewhere. I've never really tried describing this or talking about it in detail, but I've started consciously realizing myself doing it. Also, writing this has made me realize how weird "numbering people" sounds, so sorry if this sounds weird or anything. I do this completely without thinking and with no relationship to attraction or anything. There is another thing that I haven't seen talked about on hear, so im gonna talk about that too. I will constantly, throughout the day, classify the parts of my vision. Starting with my right peripheral vision usually, I will count "one," then ill move to center vision, "two," then move to left peripheral vision, "three," and then if there is a screen somewhere, I will count four. Then I will count back down in the same order discounting the penultimate number. I also blink with every number. Not really sure what im trying to get out of this, just curious if anyone knows what im talking about, cause I've tried scoring every inch of the internet, and have yet to find anyone mention anything like this.

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Feb 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
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