Neurodivergent on Yik Yak | I might be overthinking this but is it normal as an autistic person to count the steps I walk down on a staircase? Is this a stim or something more OCD? I don’t think I have OCD but I wonder how much overlap there is.

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Neurodivergent 1w

I might be overthinking this but is it normal as an autistic person to count the steps I walk down on a staircase? Is this a stim or something more OCD? I don’t think I have OCD but I wonder how much overlap there is.

Anonymous 1w

OCD requires both obsessions and compulsions (or in the case of pure O OCD, just obsessions) counting stairs means absolutely nothing if it’s not paired with an obsession or if it’s a stim not a compulsion. If you think you may have OCD I recommend looking into what is considered an obsession and figuring out if it applies to you. I thought I might have OCD for a bit and my therapist gave me the diagnostics test and told me my scores were very out of range so the things I thought were

Anonymous 1w

this can be a normal part of autism

Anonymous 1w

im autistic and have been told by several mental health professionals that i might have ocd but i genuinely just like counting stairs 😭

Anonymous 1w

I do this too! I think whether it’s a stim or an ocd thing depends more on the person (assuming they have both) but for me personally, it’s def a stim

Anonymous 1w

I have OCD and I don't count stairs so I have no idea lol

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#5 1w

Obsessions were better explained by my anxiety and intrusive thoughts and same for things I thought might be compulsions. Ofc look into it yourself if you’re concerned. OCD can be difficult to see from the outside and we, having very little of this story from yik yak, literally cannot tell you if for you counting stairs is more of an OCD or Autism thing