Good morning/afternoon. A bit about myself. 25, male diagnosed with GAD and PTSD since a traumatic event at 10 years old, currently living in Pennsylvania. For the last four days I've been experiencing smells that are similar to ones at my Grandmothers house in Germany. A place I feel safe and have many wonderful memories at. Unfortunately these smells are causing me to be flooded with memories of good times which many may think is odd that I'm having depression over this. The problem is that with these memories I have a strong urge and want to be in Germany, away from the stress I'm having here, away from the anxieties and depressing realities of life. I get into states where I almost want to cry because I'm getting constant good memories and wish to be able to be back there at her house with family just having fun and relaxing. Unfortunately I haven't been able to be there since winter 2017 due to the pandemic cancelling plans for 2020 and 2021 and financially and logistically I'm not sure if i'll be able to this year or the next. My grandmother is getting older and I'm afraid I won't have too much time left to be with her. The constant desires and memories are really distressing, I don't mind occasional memories but this is just too much to handle. Last night I maybe got about 3 hours of broken up sleep to the point when I woke up at 5am I wasn't even sure if I had even slept. I apologize for ranting and having almost zero structure to this but I hope perhaps others have experience smells causing issues for you? And if this isn't too common I hope that if someone else with these issues sees this now knows they aren't alone. I appreciate any responses and help that I may get here. I hope you are all doing well and if not that it gets better for you soon.