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When you've lived and single-handedly fought an infestation, you never forget what a bedbug looks like. It's mentally exhausting, because they're EVERYWHERE. I

When you've lived and single-handedly fought an infestation, you never forget what a bedbug looks like. It's mentally exhausting, because they're EVERYWHERE. I remember sticking one on my wall as a battle trophy.

wickawic 9y ago
I found bedbugs to be more mentally exhausting than anything. I have never felt more sure that I might have a mental breakdown than when I had bedbugs. They are almost impossible to find, they invade your personal space only when you are asleep, and they are very difficult to get rid of. It made me feel unsafe in my own apartment.
- HiroshiSan 9y ago
  True psychological warfare. Having to go to sleep knowing you will wake up with bites that came from insects crawling on you is very unsettling.
  - ratsimihah 9y ago
    Exactly, and getting woken up from tickling every hour, so sleep deprivation probably doesn't help with the mental breakdown. And freaking out every time you see or think that you see a tiny thing moving towards you.
lsh 9y ago
and they are perfectly evolved too. they multiple quickly, know the difference between an awake warm body and a sleeping one, can travel vast (to bedbug) distances in a night, can live anywhere in your house/room, bite several times in a row and numb the area they just bit to effect their escape. they're tiny, transparent when hungry and they're everywhere. if you think you've killed them all, think again, the next generation survived your pest-control guy and are hatching right now. just burn the house down with all your clothes and possessions inside, including the ones you're wearing: it will be less stressful to rebuild your life over. ... in fact, even after the purge you might want to shave all bodily hair off and be scrubbed down decontamination-style.
- cup-of-tea 9y ago
  Also they've been known to live for up to a year without feeding.
mlboss 9y ago
Same here. I can never forget how bedbug looks like. Even years later sometime I get nightmares.
cup-of-tea 9y ago
I had bed bugs in a room I had in the UK as a student. The previous occupants were from Mexico. They were so unheard of at the time that I had to bring live specimens with me to the city hall to prove the infestation because they couldn't find the usual signs. Even the blood on the wall where I squashed one of them wasn't enough to convince them (the bugs become quite "stupid" after feeding and do things like aimlessly climb the wall). So yeah, I'll never forget what they look like either.

wickawic 9y ago

I found bedbugs to be more mentally exhausting than anything. I have never felt more sure that I might have a mental breakdown than when I had bedbugs. They are almost impossible to find, they invade your personal space only when you are asleep, and they are very difficult to get rid of. It made me feel unsafe in my own apartment.

HiroshiSan 9y ago
True psychological warfare. Having to go to sleep knowing you will wake up with bites that came from insects crawling on you is very unsettling.
- ratsimihah 9y ago
  Exactly, and getting woken up from tickling every hour, so sleep deprivation probably doesn't help with the mental breakdown. And freaking out every time you see or think that you see a tiny thing moving towards you.

lsh 9y ago

and they are perfectly evolved too. they multiple quickly, know the difference between an awake warm body and a sleeping one, can travel vast (to bedbug) distances in a night, can live anywhere in your house/room, bite several times in a row and numb the area they just bit to effect their escape. they're tiny, transparent when hungry and they're everywhere. if you think you've killed them all, think again, the next generation survived your pest-control guy and are hatching right now. just burn the house down with all your clothes and possessions inside, including the ones you're wearing: it will be less stressful to rebuild your life over. ... in fact, even after the purge you might want to shave all bodily hair off and be scrubbed down decontamination-style.

cup-of-tea 9y ago
Also they've been known to live for up to a year without feeding.

mlboss 9y ago

Same here. I can never forget how bedbug looks like. Even years later sometime I get nightmares.

cup-of-tea 9y ago

I had bed bugs in a room I had in the UK as a student. The previous occupants were from Mexico. They were so unheard of at the time that I had to bring live specimens with me to the city hall to prove the infestation because they couldn't find the usual signs. Even the blood on the wall where I squashed one of them wasn't enough to convince them (the bugs become quite "stupid" after feeding and do things like aimlessly climb the wall). So yeah, I'll never forget what they look like either.