#counting ocd

first blinkie batch of OCD subtypes / obsessions done, more matching blinkies to come :] we made ones for general awareness and positivity here (link)

Counting OCD flag

[PT: Counting OCD flag /end PT]

A flag for anyone with a counting OCD subtype or wishes to have this subtype for any reason.

[TEXT ID: this system has counting OCD]

[IMG ID: a teal rectangular box with the ocd flag - a flag with 4 stripes, teal, white, light yellow, orange - with an icon of three speech bubbles with the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to the left, with the text 'this system has counting OCD' on the right.]

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What do you mean other people don't care how many items of their food are on their plate? How many pages the chapters of your story are? The fact that even numbers are Just Really Iffy? Gettimg things in a specific amount and rather buying one more or less so you get the RIGHT number, even if it's not the amount you need?

I thought everyone has a favorite number. So I thought everyone also had sets of favorite numbers. And what's the point of a favorite number if it is not SIGNIFICANT in some way in your everyday life.

Counting OCD (CO-OCD*): a subtype of OCD where obsessions can be of any type; it is characterized by the nature of the compulsions, which is to count when one is distressed by their obsessions either out loud or mentally. Examples include someone who must count backwards from 333 before falling asleep, repeatedly counting to 10 excessively or for long periods of time, counting floor or ceiling tiles in a room, or needing to perform an action a certain number of times such as blinking, swithcing a light on and off, or combing hair. This is different from someone who has proactive coping strategies that involve counting (like to ground oneself during an anxiety attack) in that if the person who has CO-OCD doesn’t perform their counting compulsions they feel intense and unbearable anxiety that doesn’t subside until they count. If a counting ritual is interrupted or a mistake is made, most people with CO-OCD will feel compelled to start the process over again. With all forms of OCD there is variability with each person who has it, so counting compulsions are by no means limited to the presentations that were listed.

Colors represent the most common color-grapheme synesthesia colors for the numbers 1 and 2 (I personally think the number 1 looks yellow, but I digress).

Learn more about Counting OCD.