badlydrawngirl
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Obsession with 9 and compulsive muscle clenching
I wouldn't exactly consider myself to have OCD.. Well, actually, I would, but in a very mild case. Nonetheless, I have a strange obsession with the number 9. It doesn't really effect me in my job or in normal life, it mostly just effects me in my head. When I say things, whether it's to myself in my head, or outloud to other people, I go out of my way (in my head) to make sentences add up to the number 9. Sometimes I will spell them out in my head, for example "how are you" is 9 letters, so it doesn't bother me because it's 9 letters, but if i were to say something like "i have a really nice gift to give you" that also wouldn't bother me because it's 9 words. it's not something that really takes over my life, it's just weird because i've done this in my head since i was little. i've always favored that number... anything over 9 is generally alright with me, i just kind of despise the number 8. any time i have 8 of anything i get kind of disturbed. the number 8 reminds me of the color purple and therefore i hate both. i also really don't mind the number 4, so if something adds up to 4 it doesn't bother me either. i don't know if this would be considered OCD or not?? it's not that extreme, it's just something that I spend all day everyday doing in my head (trying to find ways to make things equal 9), but it's not so bad that it's out of control. (for example, if I say something that only adds up to 8 letters or words, it doesn't bother me long term, it just kind of makes me slightly upset. I count to 9 probably 500 times a day, I don't know why, and also, I ALWAYS use my fingers when counting words, letters, or just to 9 in general. Does anyone understand this??
and the other part of the title, I also have a severe obsession with clenching my muscles, not much to say about it, but it's almost like I think having turrets would be, I can try to prevent myself from clenching random muscles in my body (which ever feel right at the moment) but there's no way to stop myself! I almost feel like I would go crazy if I was ever fully prevented from doing it.
I wouldn't exactly consider myself to have OCD.. Well, actually, I would, but in a very mild case. Nonetheless, I have a strange obsession with the number 9. It doesn't really effect me in my job or in normal life, it mostly just effects me in my head. When I say things, whether it's to myself in my head, or outloud to other people, I go out of my way (in my head) to make sentences add up to the number 9. Sometimes I will spell them out in my head, for example "how are you" is 9 letters, so it doesn't bother me because it's 9 letters, but if i were to say something like "i have a really nice gift to give you" that also wouldn't bother me because it's 9 words. it's not something that really takes over my life, it's just weird because i've done this in my head since i was little. i've always favored that number... anything over 9 is generally alright with me, i just kind of despise the number 8. any time i have 8 of anything i get kind of disturbed. the number 8 reminds me of the color purple and therefore i hate both. i also really don't mind the number 4, so if something adds up to 4 it doesn't bother me either. i don't know if this would be considered OCD or not?? it's not that extreme, it's just something that I spend all day everyday doing in my head (trying to find ways to make things equal 9), but it's not so bad that it's out of control. (for example, if I say something that only adds up to 8 letters or words, it doesn't bother me long term, it just kind of makes me slightly upset. I count to 9 probably 500 times a day, I don't know why, and also, I ALWAYS use my fingers when counting words, letters, or just to 9 in general. Does anyone understand this??
and the other part of the title, I also have a severe obsession with clenching my muscles, not much to say about it, but it's almost like I think having turrets would be, I can try to prevent myself from clenching random muscles in my body (which ever feel right at the moment) but there's no way to stop myself! I almost feel like I would go crazy if I was ever fully prevented from doing it.
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