Obsessive-compulsive walking patterns / cracks / lines / etc.

[oddjob]

i actually try to step on the cracks, i don't know why i do it.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

If you do step on a crack, do you feel the need to step on an equal-sized crack with the other foot to even things out?

Ok does anyone else do this:
I prefer not to step on cracks when i start thinking about it, but if i'm already walking and talking to someone i won't make a big deal of it etc. However, sometimes, i'll be counting in my head the number of steps between the cracks and then trying to make a pattern out of it and if i go out of that pattern it feels a bit strange. like 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 (steps between each crack).

Anyone else do something like this?

[Slow Play Ray]

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Ok does anyone else do this:
I prefer not to step on cracks when i start thinking about it, but if i'm already walking and talking to someone i won't make a big deal of it etc. However, sometimes, i'll be counting in my head the number of steps between the cracks and then trying to make a pattern out of it and if i go out of that pattern it feels a bit strange. like 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 (steps between each crack).

Anyone else do something like this?

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yes. almost word-for-word.

[Ulysses]

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If you do step on a crack, do you feel the need to step on an equal-sized crack with the other foot to even things out?

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Yes.

[Ulysses]

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Anyone else do something like this?

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Yes.

[bravos1]

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Ok does anyone else do this:
I prefer not to step on cracks when i start thinking about it, but if i'm already walking and talking to someone i won't make a big deal of it etc. However, sometimes, i'll be counting in my head the number of steps between the cracks and then trying to make a pattern out of it and if i go out of that pattern it feels a bit strange. like 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 (steps between each crack).

Anyone else do something like this?

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yes. almost word-for-word.

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same here...

[Voltron87]

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If you do step on a crack, do you feel the need to step on an equal-sized crack with the other foot to even things out?

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Yes.

Also, I'm sure that the fact this is an internet forum skews the results towards people being neurotic, etc.

Thats pretty strange. Ok, so anyone got a clue as to why we're doing this?

[Prevaricator]

yes