rettarue

Hello I'm not sure I'm doing this right. But you seem to be really well educated on this counting problem. I am embarressed to tell many people, because when I do, they look at me as though I have told them I'm a ghost. I had a grandson who was "austic". Could my behavior have had anything to do with his autism? I count letters on signs. outline faces or shapes, count letters on words running on the bottom of a TV screen. This keeps me from paying attention to what others are saying. I'm not sure what Cog. Beh. Therapy is? Can you tell me more?

I too suffer from counting. Sometimes when watching TV I count letters in words as they go by at the bottom of the page. It drives me nuts. It also makes me NOT pay attention to what I'm watching or listening to. No wonder I can't remember anything. Sometimes when looking at someone, I outline their face, going from eye to ey and down to mouth creating a triangle effect in my mind. I count letters on signs while traveling and outline the shapes of signs even though I know what shape certain signs are. I want everything to come out even. I count by twos and if something doesn't come out even I find something to add to the count to make it this way. I recently told my mother and brother about this, I'm 57, and they said they do it too. None of us knew that about each other. Is there a pill or something to take for this? Help, It's driving me crazy and embarraassing.