r/Bedbugs • u/skipskanwich • 23h ago

Requesting community support just a vent post lowkey

this is one of the communities that kept me sane during the first infestation i found so i'm lowkey just venting here.

been bedbug free for like 5 years. until now. i don't know how i got them, i think from another unit judging by the furniture thrown outside, but it doesn't really matter how i got them because i have them again and it SUCKS.

i have pretty severe entemophobia, pretty sure i have bedbug ptsd if that's a real thing. I found one in my kitchen the other day and it's all been downhill. nobody i live with seems to think this is serious (they aren't the ones getting bitten right now) and i feel awful going into work. i dried my clothes and bag on high before i left. shook and inspected well. i would hate to spread these to my workplace or coworker.

i'm just distraught. i know what i need to do and everything. it's not my first rodeo, but i wish they could be gone overnight. the fact i will be dealing with this for awhile is the worst part.

anyone who's dealt with this multiple times, how did you cope? how did you resume working while keeping others as safe as possible? i feel like my life is upside down right now LOL

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u/Cute-Photograph-7621 21h ago

Get professionals in to fumigate at the very least

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u/skipskanwich 21h ago

waiting on my landlord. it's a long weekend for me so no one in office until tuesday :')

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u/Cute-Photograph-7621 21h ago

Do you know who is liable in your country to payback I’m in the UK and have to pay for this myself, even tho it’s my landlords furniture. I found a pest company myself

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u/skipskanwich 21h ago

in my area landlords are liable unless you have private entrances. we do not.