Hi, I have a similar issue with a number pattern but it comes in fours. It's slightly different than yours. I can't walk across the room, brush my teeth or chew food without counting the number four in my head. This quite disturbing. A lot of the time, I will just try to distract myself by singing a song in my head. Hopefullly someone will response to our post and offer some insight on how we cope or overcome this annoying illness. I'm sorry that this isn't really helping your cause, but sometimes it just makes you feel better knowing someone else is dealing with the same issue.