I Keep counting to 7!?

Ever since I was about 10 yrs old I have this compulsion to count to 7 in my head! I could be driving along in my car and I start counting the cars on the opposite side of the road and they have to add up to 7, I do it with people and I have to be the 7th person, I do it with clothes and add different sections so that they reach 7 but each piece has to be attached to each other in order to continue, I do it with faces and each section has to be joined in someway in order for me to count it in as part of the 7.
I do this the whole time and have actually become an expert at getting and rearranging things to reach 7. Nobody know's I do this as I do it in my head and mostly when I am on my own or if I am bored within a crowd or stuck in bad traffic etc, sometimes I'm even doing it unknown to myself.
Why do I do this? Or can anybody explain this to me?

Answer:
Sorry cant answer you, i will be the eleventh answer which means that i will have to stand on one leg until somebody else answers and it could take hours, and anyway your only going to pick number 7 so whats the point?.
Only joking, its just a little bit of a brain loop that makes you notice things, mainly behavioural i would think. As long as you can rationalise that bad things are not going to happen if you dont do it it should not be a problem, more of a personal "quirk".
Nah dont worry, I sometimes count cars in 3's aswell, I live at numer three, on the third floor, Im one of 3 siblings, funny heh? try counting to ten, but leav eth eseven out, do it alot, maybe it'll deminish the obsession a bit!
OCD?
You do it, oddly, because you are human and not a robot. What do you want? Someone to put you in a straight jacket and throw you in a padded cell because you have slight obsessive compulsions? Big Deal. I bet you make an excellent organizer.
You would need professional advice but I used to do a similar thing. I think it is a mild form of obsessive compulsive disorder. If it really bugs you see someone about it, Just not later this week as it will be 7/7/07
Try counting cards and make some money?
Let me tell you something, do you know why they made telephone numbers 7? They did this because the human mind tends to group things, subconsciously, into 7s. Memorizing a 7 digit number is actually easier than memorizing a 6 or 8 digit number. You seem to have an extreme case, but, the mind set is not unheard of.
i have the same compulsion! i count to 15 over and over! i guess i do it when im nervous or unsure of something.. i think the sureness of the numbers always being the same helps me relax.. im weird i guess
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try to keep ur mind occupied at all times .. the more u keep ur mind occupied ... the further u move away from ur 7's.
You cannot repress the growth of your brain powers; all grow up gradually At times you notice if you observe any many time you do not know what is happening to you.Understood. But do not count when driving ; it distracts and you know the result of such!

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