I can smell my ex

[PepsiChic]

Sometimes i get the feeling something is wrong, i dont know what, when or where, just that something somewhere isnt right, and it normally makes me quite restless, not scared, just restless to know what it is.

Generally im right, something is wrong or something has happened to someone i know/love.

within the last 15 mins i had this feeling, that something was wrong, but its not so much made me restless, but made me nervous, and has put me on edge. im sat here feeling quite nervous.

it wasnt till i thought about what it could be, then i realized that i could smell something, just in the air (or in my head) and i reconized it, without realizing it. Its the aftershave my ex used. I know the smell anywhere, i'll never forget it, but now i can smell it and its freaking me out. I dont know if its just because i feel insecure (my boss leaves me feeling insecure after every night at work) and being insecure has made my head suddenly think up the smell. or if maybe my dads bought the same aftershave and has used it. or is my ex hiding somewhere near by (the least likely thing i know..)

either way its freaked me out, and i feel nervous, kinda scared and insecure. worried. and pretty stressed out (im doing a great job of stressing myself out even more every minute)

[Duke]

Is it possible that someone was nearby who uses the same cologne that your ex did?

I know what you mean though, I have some geographical areas that hold bad memories and one such area I drive through regularly that always seems to stir up the past.

[Meanon]

It could be that something around you smells like him. More likely it's the feeling of being scared and on edge that has evoked the body memories from when you felt like this before. It's just the way the brain works. Smell is particularly strongly associated with emotional memories (good and bad). Of course sometimes you will be nervous because you have intuitively picked up that something is wrong - but the smell is a red herring GG. Try not to let it worry you.