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I'm somewhat anxious at times, and definitely one of the things I'm paranoid about is getting bedbugs (hasn't happened yet!) One day our daughter had some smal
by patrickdavey 3y ago
I'm somewhat anxious at times, and definitely one of the things I'm paranoid about is getting bedbugs (hasn't happened yet!)
One day our daughter had some small bites on her arms, and then we found small creatures in her bed... my brain went straight to "*k we have bedbugs, burn the house down and start again, but fortunately* my friend is an entomologist and his partner was visiting and she took one back for him to look at.
The answer came back that it was a definitely a carpet beetle and not to worry (simpler to get rid of, which we did).
I recommend having a friend who's an entomologist. Definite life hack ;)
- wlesieutre 3y agoIf you don’t have an entomologist friend, there’s a subreddit for that https://reddit.com/r/whatisthisbug https://reddit.com/r/whatisthisbug
- testfoobar 3y agoHilarious story. And definitely relate to an unusual anxiety about getting a bed bug infection (for me this is a type of catastrophic thinking - CBT works quite well). I have a routine that I follow when I check into a hotel consisting of examining mattress seams for bedbugs and hunting for hidden cameras (smoke detectors, outlets, lamps, etc.) Surprisingly, I've never found a bedbug or hidden camera. I did once find a 6-inch centipede in my kids' bathroom on the 10th floor of a hotel property on Maui. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244901/ "Bites from centipedes can cause extreme pain, edema, erythema and other localized symptoms as well as anxiety and panic."
- patrickdavey 3y agoHah! Very good. Yes, just starting to work on the CBT. I'm definitely a work in progress :)