buffy669
08-02-07, 12:07
Since I have been suffering from Panic attacks and anxiety I have done this counting thing on my fingers. I have to do it a certain way and no matter where I am I have to do it!! From being out in the shops to being sat at home watching tv.
For example: When someone is talking to me, I listen to what they say then I count the letters in the words on my fingers but it has to add up to 15. SO if someone said:
<center></center>"Hello Buffy how are you?"
I'd have to alter that to make it fifteen letters long, so I'd change it to something like:
<center></center>"Hello Buffy, you ok?"
I obviously don't say this out loud, it is all done in my head and no one can tell that I am doing it!
As I have been doing this for so long I now know what adds up to fifteen letters almost immediately, and its driving me crazy!! I realise that I do it is a coping strategy as it takes my mind off ahving a panic attack but its still annoying!
Is this an O.C.D? And is there anything I can do to stop it? I have tried but a lot of the time I don't realise I am doing it!!
Thanks for reading this
Buffy xx
For example: When someone is talking to me, I listen to what they say then I count the letters in the words on my fingers but it has to add up to 15. SO if someone said:
<center></center>"Hello Buffy how are you?"
I'd have to alter that to make it fifteen letters long, so I'd change it to something like:
<center></center>"Hello Buffy, you ok?"
I obviously don't say this out loud, it is all done in my head and no one can tell that I am doing it!
As I have been doing this for so long I now know what adds up to fifteen letters almost immediately, and its driving me crazy!! I realise that I do it is a coping strategy as it takes my mind off ahving a panic attack but its still annoying!
Is this an O.C.D? And is there anything I can do to stop it? I have tried but a lot of the time I don't realise I am doing it!!
Thanks for reading this
Buffy xx