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  1. Hi everyone, on a whim I decided to google this letter counting thing I've been doing for the past 30 years and came across this forum. I knew I wasn't alone in this so I'm glad to see others do it too. It started in my twenties, I'm 53 now, and I would break sentences into letter groups of 5 or 7, to see if the sentence worked out evenly. I enjoyed it if it did but it didn't bother me if it didn't. I could go up to 40 or 50 letters lightning fast although I'm not that fast or good at it anymore. Too bad. I used to do this as people spoke, or as I heard something on tv or radio, but not often while reading. For a while it was nonstop but now it only happens once in a while, although it's never really gone away. I mentioned it to a friend years ago, who was also a creative person, we're both architects, and she did it too!!! We were both surprised to find another who did the same thing and each of us thought it was our own little peculiar mind game. I think it's a talent that goes along with an ability to seriously multitask well. It's never been a hindrance to anything in my life and I kind of like it now but in the beginning it was quite annoying at times, as I didn't always follow conversations well while doing this to some of the sentences spoken. I'm a very high functioning person, well up there in my career, and can spell like nobody's business, so to those worrying about their children doing this I can say to relax, it's unlikely to harm them in any way. I also strongly disagree with the idea you might need drugs for this, you don't. It comes on strong in the beginning, and it's fascinating really, but it does wane over time. I enjoy the uniqueness of this talent, because that's what it is, a talent, and it's completely harmless.
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