Advice on Coping with Counting OCD

hello! person with ocd and hypothyroidism here! usually i try to use exposure therapy when it comes to my obsessions, but this sort of method doesn’t work for everyone, especially those with worse intrusive thoughts and stronger obsessions. for instance, i like volumes for tv’s, radios, etc., on multiples of 5. sometimes i will turn the volume to, say, 27, in my car and just keep driving and try to forget about it. it doesn’t always work but sometimes it does and it helps a lot!

Just have to say I relate! I also feel super spaced out and day dream. I never stay in the present moment. My counting compulsions are very minor, I’m more intense rumination, which is probably why I run to daydreaming. I also have hypothyroidism and am just now getting on levothyroxine. Hope our symptoms ease up soon!

I also space out and day dream a lot and can be hard to “snap out of it”