Comments on: Is It Worth It? http://www.buggedout.org/2008/04/27/is-it-worth-it/ Are You Buggin' Out Yet? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Common Black Man http://www.buggedout.org/2008/04/27/is-it-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Common Black Man Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:07:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/is-it-worth-it/#comment-330 thank you so much for this post. I recently found that I have bed bugs. After telling my roommate about it and him telling me that he has a friend that mentioned that he had bed bugs, but thought nothing of it because he was ignorant to what exactly bed bugs were, how they operate, and how hard it is to get rid of them, when I express that we need to work TOGETHER to get rid of the problem he seem as though he is interested but not concerned to the extent that I am. I think this is due him not a skin reaction to the bites. he's had about two occasions where he has suspected being bitten. opposed to my about 5/day. random itchy pimples. in groups or by them selves. I <b>can</b> tell the difference between a regular itch and an infection-feeling itch. <br/><br/>Thank you for this post because it gives me the inspiration to deal with the issue on my own, if needed, instead of waiting for him to get serious about what I <b>KNOW</b> to be serious issue. I've been awake for about a week, with me dozing off at the computer desk here and there. afraid to touch the floor for fear of one getting on me. I'm too embarrassed and afraid one will get on a friend or overnight guest to even invite anyone over to visit. I feel as though im in a prison, my home is no longer mine. No longer my home as a place to relax and be at peace. It has a constant effect on my production through out my days work due to the sleep deprivation.<br/><br/>So again thank you for giving me the strength to feel as though I can have a say in how this bed bug problem effects me and my supposed-to-be home.<br/><br/>quick question: do bed bugs move fast or slow. i've seen posts and articles online that say they can move as fast as ants, which is quite fast if you're trying to brush off what you suspect to be a bug crawling on your skin then trying to find it. I've always seen articles that say they move slow. personally when i seen them on my matress, which i threw out, i noticed them moving slowly, but they could have just been engorged and sluggish. so which is it? thank you so much for this post. I recently found that I have bed bugs. After telling my roommate about it and him telling me that he has a friend that mentioned that he had bed bugs, but thought nothing of it because he was ignorant to what exactly bed bugs were, how they operate, and how hard it is to get rid of them, when I express that we need to work TOGETHER to get rid of the problem he seem as though he is interested but not concerned to the extent that I am. I think this is due him not a skin reaction to the bites. he’s had about two occasions where he has suspected being bitten. opposed to my about 5/day. random itchy pimples. in groups or by them selves. I can tell the difference between a regular itch and an infection-feeling itch.

Thank you for this post because it gives me the inspiration to deal with the issue on my own, if needed, instead of waiting for him to get serious about what I KNOW to be serious issue. I’ve been awake for about a week, with me dozing off at the computer desk here and there. afraid to touch the floor for fear of one getting on me. I’m too embarrassed and afraid one will get on a friend or overnight guest to even invite anyone over to visit. I feel as though im in a prison, my home is no longer mine. No longer my home as a place to relax and be at peace. It has a constant effect on my production through out my days work due to the sleep deprivation.

So again thank you for giving me the strength to feel as though I can have a say in how this bed bug problem effects me and my supposed-to-be home.

quick question: do bed bugs move fast or slow. i’ve seen posts and articles online that say they can move as fast as ants, which is quite fast if you’re trying to brush off what you suspect to be a bug crawling on your skin then trying to find it. I’ve always seen articles that say they move slow. personally when i seen them on my matress, which i threw out, i noticed them moving slowly, but they could have just been engorged and sluggish. so which is it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buggedout.org/2008/04/27/is-it-worth-it/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Anonymous Fri, 02 May 2008 12:25:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/is-it-worth-it/#comment-329 Ok. I totally understand where you are coming from. Really I do. The "Don't give up" speech. I would trade bbs for a disease anyday. Yes I would. Why. 'Cause then my kids can have their character decorative pillows that they want. So my kids do not hafta live outta fu.kin' plastic bags and ugly, stupid platic bins. So my kids can have their toys and go to school normally. Disease affects that one person only. Sure, family members get sad about the disease, but family members do not hafta be quarantined like some freak or deadly virus. You can have a beautiful home with a disease. I have, really have thought about suicide from this bb bullshit. I even wrote 2 suicide notes. I feel like an unfit parent for doing too little about the bbs in my home. I'm doing the best I can and yet I feel I cannot protect my kids and I feel overwhelmed and outta control. If it was just me living by myself, I really wouldn't give a crap. Really. I would have no furniture except the basics like bed, tv, chair, that's it. But, when you hafta raise kids and seeing what they hafta go through just breaks my heart. I want my kids to have a nice plushy couch to sit on and watch tv and beds, etc. I don't even have their beautiful school pictures on the walls. This sucks!! How do families in other countries do this? I didn't end it because when I wrote goodbye to my kids in my note I just cry and cry. I LOVE my kids. But the pressure from this bb bullshit has pushed me over the edge. I live in NY. Yes, I know NY is infested. But, I feel so alone. <br/><br/>Don't tell me to see a therapist because I am.<br/><br/>Oh yeah, I don't wanna read any comments from people saying that they've been there and that this can't go on forever, etc. and that they understand. If you have bbs no more, then you do NOT know what I'm going through. Your ordeal is over, mine is not. You can move on, I cannot. Ok. I totally understand where you are coming from. Really I do. The “Don’t give up” speech. I would trade bbs for a disease anyday. Yes I would. Why. ‘Cause then my kids can have their character decorative pillows that they want. So my kids do not hafta live outta fu.kin’ plastic bags and ugly, stupid platic bins. So my kids can have their toys and go to school normally. Disease affects that one person only. Sure, family members get sad about the disease, but family members do not hafta be quarantined like some freak or deadly virus. You can have a beautiful home with a disease. I have, really have thought about suicide from this bb bullshit. I even wrote 2 suicide notes. I feel like an unfit parent for doing too little about the bbs in my home. I’m doing the best I can and yet I feel I cannot protect my kids and I feel overwhelmed and outta control. If it was just me living by myself, I really wouldn’t give a crap. Really. I would have no furniture except the basics like bed, tv, chair, that’s it. But, when you hafta raise kids and seeing what they hafta go through just breaks my heart. I want my kids to have a nice plushy couch to sit on and watch tv and beds, etc. I don’t even have their beautiful school pictures on the walls. This sucks!! How do families in other countries do this? I didn’t end it because when I wrote goodbye to my kids in my note I just cry and cry. I LOVE my kids. But the pressure from this bb bullshit has pushed me over the edge. I live in NY. Yes, I know NY is infested. But, I feel so alone.

Don’t tell me to see a therapist because I am.

Oh yeah, I don’t wanna read any comments from people saying that they’ve been there and that this can’t go on forever, etc. and that they understand. If you have bbs no more, then you do NOT know what I’m going through. Your ordeal is over, mine is not. You can move on, I cannot.

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