Let me clarify a bit more. I probably have OCD. Although it’s a self diagnosis. For a couple years I was very paranoid I smelled bad. I was obsessed with showering. I took 40 minute showers daily. I would use multiple different kinds of soap and I would go through them very fast. Our water bill was sky high. Then I would use a lot of spray and deodorant. I was constantly asking for reassurance from people I trusted if I smelled (they said I didn’t but I didn’t believe them) I had bad smell hallucinations. I would not even wear the same sweatshirt twice in a week.

Finally after losing a lot of weight and an increase In lamictal these thoughts mostly went away. I feel like they are kind of returning with this new coworker. Tonight I kept smelling my shirt because I felt like her smell got on me. I also smelled it in the air. I’m pretty sure it was a smell hallucination. I don’t like the word trigger. I feel like it’s overused. But I do feel triggered by her odor and I feel like it’s affecting me. I don’t want to full blown relapse. I really don’t know what to do. If I should mention it or not.