r/Offmychest: CPR Trauma, Relationship Red Flags, and Strange Habits

Life-Saving Intervention and Trauma

• 🚑 A person recounts the traumatic experience of performing CPR on a neighbor's son, who was suffering from a fentanyl overdose.
• 💡 Despite initial hesitation due to fear of performing CPR on a child, the individual proceeded with chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth for 12 minutes.
• ⚠️ The individual expresses lingering trauma from the sight of the man's disgusting green tongue and questions their willingness to perform mouth-to-mouth again in the future, prioritizing self-preservation.

Relationship Regrets and Predictions

• 💔 A man reflects on leaving his wife of 20 years for a younger girlfriend, only to find the new relationship mirroring his ex-wife's predictions of stagnation and unhappiness.
• 💬 His ex-wife accurately foresaw the new girlfriend's eventual lack of motivation, constant phone use, and the relationship's descent into nagging and fights.
• 😔 He now misses his ex-wife and regrets his actions, realizing he has not