I'm freaking out over the fact that i have an online friend all of a sudden. I mean I'm cautious but i am afraid I've said too much or he had bad intentions and i want to look through all of our messages and make sure or do a background check for him or something. I'm anxious about this but i did like talking to this person. Why OCD why? Or am i being rational?

Yeah don't think he even knows my last name and I just told him Ohio. Hope I didn't say too much!

Well we met on Instagram and I have seen pictures of him on there and all of his pictures are the same person (him) or him with friends. He also gas gone live on Instagram and I watched it and it was him. He also hasnt pressured me at all for any info. He asked me where I was from and originally I didnt tell him and didnt ask again so that was good. I did end up telling him my state bc I guess he has some family there (he told me where his parents were from and I told him my state after that). He then told me the city his parents were from and said I didn't have to tell him my city just asked if I knew of the one his family is from. Nothing seems super creepy. Since it doesnt idk if i should just accept uncertainty about the rest. Idk. I like talking to him bc we have stuff in common but I stopped replying (just liked his message) because I got scared.

@Hopeforthefuture From what you've said it sounds pretty safe. I wouldn't give out any other personal information until chatting on the phone or snap chatting or something. Be safe on the internet! I don't think you should stop talking to him, that's probably what your ocd wants you to do. You don't have to do anything you don't actually want to do. If you like him and want to talk to him, for sure do it. No harm in that :)

@alexisrae1999 Yeah. I mean I didn't get any major red flags. I am pretty cautious about that stuff and I've never had an Internet friend before. I am 20 so I am not a young teen or anything like that either which helps I think. I should've known ocd would latch onto this 😔

@Hopeforthefuture I'd say proceed with caution, you still never know with the internet. Get to know him :) take your time!

@alexisrae1999 That's what I figured I would do. I mean I would never give anything super sensitive or where exactly I am in Ohio even. I figured the state was okay. I just keep second guessing myself now!