you can look at it two ways. one, you have ocd so you have to accept it. two, there are good numbers and bad numbers. for me, the superstitious 13 is not a good number, however, 7 is my lucky number and any multiple of it is good, also any two digit / three digit / etc... number whose digits add up to 7 is a good number (223 for example). yes they can be evil because they are tedious and we have to go out of the way to think of them this way, but reaching your comfort number can be refreshing. for example, when brushing my teeth, i have a certain pattern that always ends in 21 (a multiple of 7) and i do it very fast, and by counting to that number as i brush the different parts of my teeth, i know i haven't skipped a part...however sometimes i feel i must repeat it anyway

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