- Date posted
- 36w
Having to do everything in fours
I have to either do everything in fours or eights. It's gotten to the point where I count my heart beat or count my breaths to make sure they're all even and add up to four or eight. Anytime I see the numbers 4 or 8 anywhere I take it as a sign because four is my lucky number. When I get an intrusive thought about my family or friends about something bad happening I have to knock on something 4 times on each hand. I have a whole routine of what and what not to do. I count things all the time to make sure they're all even and if they're not my chest gets heavy and I feel like something bad is going to happen so I do anything to fix it. If I don't count it right I get really stressed and I don't know what to do or how to fix it so I have to do a whole other routine to cancel the last one out + the same routine I was just doing but correctly. If I hit myself I have to do it another 3 times. It's very exhausting