I do some of the things, but they're more of OCD habits when I do them, rather than a compulsion to eliminate anxiety from an obsession. I do spell out words, usually with my fingers on an imaginary, "in-space" keyboard. I don't count letters in words- I tend to focus on syllables. There's something about phrases in fast-paced songs with seven syllables and cleverly rhyming words that make me get fixated on them. To give you an example, I finally found "One Jump Ahead" from Aladdin to download for my computer. I've always been fixated on this song ever since I was a little kid, and I found out that the one line I have to listen to over-and-over again has seven syllables when sung: "Next time, gonna use a nom de plume." It's said quickly, so "use a" sounds like one syllable. Pretty much any song that I find catchy has seven syllables in the verses.
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