we had a house blow up for uncertain reasons in our town, and a month or two later i couldn’t tell if i was smelling gas or not in our house. i have severe anxiety, also severe anxiety of being a hypochondriac, so i sat there for a while going back and forth on what the smell was. finally, i went downstairs to investigate, and turned on our gas stove to get a good sniff of the flame. smells didn’t match, and i went on my merry way upstairs. i was halfway up when my eyes widened like a deer in headlights realizing what i had just done.

needless to say we now have a wand gas detector for when i have anxiety