Hi guys, I am on vacation in Chicago with my boyfriend and I am struggling a lot. I used to live here two years ago and being here just gets me paranoid, I suffered a lot of trauma when I used to live here and it just reminds me of all those bad things. I also have a huge fear im going to come across someone who bullied me 14 years ago, or that I may bump into my ex boyfriend (I have relationship ocd that revolves around my ex boyfriend) I’m happy to be here with my boyfriend and my family but it’s such a struggle to even go out out of fear.

I am a school teacher. If you bump into someone who used to bully you they will most likely be ashamed. I wrote a letter to my bully about 8 years ago and he stayed, " I am so sorry. I have never felt so bad about anything in my whole life. I was going through some issues at home."

i completely understand. i won’t even go into a store in certain neighborhoods for this reason. instead of obsessing about the possibility try to just trust that you can handle anything that may or may not happen! because you can!!!

I have the same problem with relationship ocd. It gets worse when I run into my ex!

So what if you bump into someone. You can handle these thoughts 💪🏻 you are stronger than your OCD.