Letter counting/alphabetizing

[Cristina_FCB]

Hi! I’m happy to see your comment as well, it’s great to find people who can do the same thing as me but especially people who are doing it in 2020 :)) 

I agree; my head often feels as though it can’t stop thinking, both during the day and at night. Like you said, everyone thinks it’s really cool, and it is, but it can get incredibly frustrating and very tiring.

I’m glad to hear that you also rearrange sentences and words to make them into a ‘good’ length; it makes me feel a bit less weird and less isolated! And it’s really interesting how you count the pen strokes in letters. I’ve never really done that myself but I can totally see where it’s coming from and it’s cool to see different variations of the same fundamental kind of issue.

Hope you’re doing well too and staying safe

[Fran_G]

Hi folks this is just amazing. I have been doing this as long as I can remember, It's become a bit of a novelty to my friends. I can count the number of letters in a sentence up to about 40 characters in under a second, assuming I can spell the words. I also add the numbers on car plates as they pass me. I cannot alphabetize however, and I am not obsessively tidy or compulsive when it comes to daily life. I also have to count numbers to a conclusive multiple of 4 or 3 or whichever my brain chooses in the moment. for example if I see the numbers 346 on a car reg plate, I have to quickly visualise to a multiple of 4, so I see 1231 2341 2345 6123 1234 1234 5612 3123 4123 4561 2312 3412 3456. The sequence must be completed and must end on the last number of the last digit, but the entire process only takes a few seconds. Does this make sense to any of you out there? I love that others share a similar ability, though I actually enjoy it and don't see it as a burden at all. Also I barely scraped a pass at mathematics in school, posess a vast general knowledge of things I did not intend to learn at all, and have never been able to focus concentration on any given subject for any prolonged period of time. Never did any homework when young, never studied for exams, but passed everything. Teachers at school considered me to be a 'coaster' but I genuinely feel that my brain just goes to sleep when I have to listen to someone instructing me, I just cannot learn that way. Any and all comments or replies are very much appreciated. Please stay safe everyone and kind regards from Bonnie Scotland!

 

[JudeFloyd33]

Perlaluna

I have to spell out names and sentences that are divisible by 2 and 3. I used to only do ones divisible by 3 but then for some reason it changed to 2 and 3. For a name or sentence to be perfect it has to have at least 6 letters or 12, 18 etc. If this doesn’t work I will adjust the sentence or name till it does. I do this really fast, lightly pressing every 3rd, 6th and 9th fingers. I do it so well that nobody has ever noticed. I have no choice. Or that’s what it feels like. It doesn’t interfere with my job because when I’m busy I can suppress it, but as soon as I physically stop doing something, I’m off! Even to the extent of making up random phrases in my head so that I can count. If I’m seeing someone’s name written down, or especially on tv, I have to count. A lot of the time I don’t even realise I’m doing it because it is so automatic. If the name doesn’t divide by 2 and 3 I am so disappointed and almost feel bad for that person, and I try to make it work.... for their sake! Totally crazy, I know! I don’t know when I started doing all this. It seems like I’ve done it all my life ( I am 53 now). I always thought I must be the only person that has ever done this so am SO relieved to find this forum! 

[Relifer]

I am really surprised that there are people like me. Since my early childhood i split the words/sentences into letter groups. Every word has a numerical value in my mind and i try to split evenly according to that. Is there anyone else really similar to me?

[Gustavo7]

At 36 years old, I can't believe that not only did I find the most awesome people that do what we do but there's so many of us. Patterns are similar, my threshold is approx 30 letters, love to land on an even number, can't stop doing it ams see patters in all aspects of life. Please tell me this is still going in 2023, would love to try this with fellow awesome people :)