Hello...
I am frequently visualizing words or phrases that I hear and aligning them to make them symmetrical. For instance, I might hear someone say "please hold the door"...In my mind I need to find a way to line up the words on top of each other so that it appears symmetrical...In this example, I would place "please" on the top line, "hold" on the second line, and "the door" on the third line so that the "h" in "hold" aligns with the "e" in "the" and the "d" in "hold" aligns with the first "o" in "door"...
But then I try to find any other way possible to symmetrically line them up...Some phrases or sentences don't align such as "the boy threw the ball"..I can't align those words in any way so that they appear symmetrical on top of each other, unless I allow for punctuation and count it as a character...
I can count letters in words very quickly and provide someone with the answer...I might be given the word "encyclopedia" as an example and I have already broken it down in one second to six syllables, counting the letters in each syllable, and providing the answer of "12"..I've always attributed this to being an excellent speller of words..It is hard to count letters in words if you cannot spell them correctly.
I am 44 years old and have been doing this for about thirty years...
It affects my sleep, my attention span, and tires me out mentally.
I am hoping there is some form of medication to lessen this form of OCD...
Does anyone experience similar forms of OCD and have you been able to control it with medication?
