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Obsession about numbers, especially relating to the time


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I'd be interested to know if this is an OCD thing or a general quirk of mine...

If I check the time because I'm about to go out or something I wait until the numbers feel right. There are a variety of possibilities and I sometimes bring in multiplication and other ways to reduce the time I wait. Usually it's just a couple of minutes. I think it's an obsession with things being even or adding up maybe. Does anyone else experience this?

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Sounds like ocd to me. Can certainly relate to the 'feels right' feeling. Sometimes I have to keep watching a digital clock until the number changes. If I don't - something bad might happen to someone I love.

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I don't get a feeling that any particular bad thing might happen, it's more of a sense that something isn't right when there is a certain number combination. So I don't particularly like to challenge it and have that 'wrong' feeling, but it's no-where near as bad as my other OCDs (contamination and harm) which cause severe anxiety and panic.

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