I used to fear 666. I have OCD.
I would see 666 in license plates often. I was issued a new credit card with a 666 security code. There is a billboard for a local law firm with the last four digits 6666. There is a taxi company in Vancouver with the phone number 666-666-6666. I filled up the gas tank and the amount of gas pumped was 6.666 gallons. Read the drudgereport.com web site and there is going to be news story having to do with 666. I had somebody call me with a phone number having 666 in the prefix code. Then there is the usual buy something at a store or restaurant and the total is $6.66.
Other crazy fears:
- Fear of 616. Somebody found some ancients scrolls of the Book of Revelation in Egypt. According to the scrolls, the number wasn’t 666 but 616. I used to have a fear of 616 too.
- Fear of 10:16 am. 10:16 am is the 616 minute of the day.
- Fear of 11:06 am. 11:06 am is the 666 minute of the day.
- Fear of 6:06:06 am/pm. One way of looking at 666.
- Fear of 6:16 am/pm. One way of looking at 616.
- Fear of 7:06 am/pm. 7:06 am/pm is the 66 minute of the 6 hour.
- I used to fear the number 6.
Because of these of these crazy fears, there were things I wouldn’t do. For instance if it was 11:06 am, I would stop doing things fearing that if I do something at the time, whatever I am doing would be jinxed. I wouldn’t start a trip on 11:06 am. I wouldn’t drive in the house driveway at 6:16 pm. I would be reluctant to meet people if I met them at 6:16 pm. I wouldn’t get out of bed at 7:06 am.
To get over the fear of 666:
- Let it happen. If you see 666, just let happen. Don’t ritualize. Don’t do compulsions. Don’t walk away. Just let it happen. You’ll probably find out that nothing is going to happen.
- Keep reminding yourself that seeing 666 doesn’t mean anything. It is not a sign. it is just a number. (There is no such thing as signs.)
- If you see it, it is just coincidence.
If you keep reminding yourself of this, you might get over the fear of 666. It is going to take time. In the end, you’re just going to look at it and that’s about it. You’re not going to do anything out of the ordinary.
By the way, all that 666 stuff with the phone number, license plate, etc. Nothing bad happened. And if something did happen, it is just coincidence.
Now, I sort of don’t care what time it is.
I like the way you address the fears of the various numbers (6, 616, 666). I agree with your approach of confronting one’s fears head-on. I hope this post is helpful to those who suffer from OCD for anxiety about this number is general.
Another part of what makes 666 so striking is the perfection of the number 3. Three is a perfect number, and 6 is evil, and so three 6’s come across as perfectly evil. (I wrote my own post about this subject here.) People’s fears may come from religion, but it could be that this part of the religion originated from people who suffered from OCD in the first place.
WoW!! I suffer from OCD and everything you describe is me seeing it on clocks avoid it I play video games and I’ll be part of group and someone will have that in there tag and I’ll leave group just because. I avoid it on microwave and putting tv volume any where around there! I’m really glad to know that someone else has been fixated and trapped by this. I feel a lot less alone. And a question is this just apart of OCD? Thnx