u/KelTekYoungGun1

I live with my mom (unfortunately) and I’ve told her about this problem. I told her I’ve watched multiple videos and done as much research as I can to try to get rid of them. We got into a massive ass fight the other night when I told her we don’t have the money to get an exterminator to the house and that we might need to get the landlord involved. You see, I’ve only been seeing them in my room. I seen one in the bathroom and on the bottom of my shoes, so since she isn’t seeing them and she isn’t getting bit I guess she doesn’t see it as a problem. She says she doesn’t understand how they are only attracted to me. She says I’m driving myself crazy but in reality im the only person in this house who is being cautious. She decided she wanted to help me steam my bed. I went to put my sheets in a plastic bag to take to the washing machine and when I told her it’s to prevent any bugs or eggs from getting out of the sheets and blankets and spreading throughout the house she gets angry and tell me to stop worrying about it. Can I get an opinion on this? I know I may seem alarmist but she tells me I’m driving myself crazy and that I might need anxiety medication. It makes me feel really bad but I genuinely don’t know how to get it through to her that if they are in my room they could be in the entire house and that we should have caution.

This is starting to ruin my life…

First I make the mistake of seeking comfort from a friend at work only for that friend to go and spread that information around. I live with my mother and she is telling me to throw out my bed when I don’t have money for a new one, so I’m having to sleep on a bed with pests that I don’t know how to get rid of, and she doesn’t understand that removing it improperly will only make the situation worse if the entire house gets infested. I seen one in my bathroom that I killed immediately, I seen one crawl inside my closet that I’m not sure I got rid of, I seen one in a bag that I had hanging up on my door, the bag may have had a hole in it because I seen it and moved the bag a little and it’s gone now, I’ve thrown the bag away but I feel the damage is already done. I’ve killed 2 already that I’ve seen at the bottom of my socks.

I really don’t know how to proceed here. I take as many proper procedures as I can to do whatever I can to prevent a spread. I take off all my clothes that I’m wearing to bed before leaving for work in the morning. When I get home I change out of them completely. I put them in plastic Walmart bags and do my best to make sure they are tied super secure. I leave the bags inside my laundry basket until I have enough for a full load of clothes. Then when washing I’m scared my dryer isn’t hot enough to kill them.

I’m afraid they are in my shoes.

I’m afraid every little white dot on the ground I see is an egg, even if it might be a crumb of food or something.

I buy 40 dollars worth of Hotshot before doing proper research when this first started that on the label it says kills on contact and I use it and they will be gone, but start slowing coming back out in the open, almost everyone I’ve talked to on this subreddit keeps telling me after the fact that it makes it worse, I feel stupid for not doing research beforehand..

Also I have to factor in my son. I wanna see my boy but I’m afraid if he catches anything here that his mom won’t let him come anymore. I’m so scared I’ll lose him.

I’m scared they are in my game consoles and my tv, will I have to throw them out now? I don’t have the money for new electronics.

This is becoming a financial nightmare for me. I don’t make enough and I have almost nothing to my savings. I don’t have money for an exterminator.

I feel them crawling all over me as I type this, I look to try and find them and they aren’t there. I don’t even wanna sleep anymore. I wanna sleep on my couch but I’m scared I’ll spread them to the living room. I see them on my bed and I kill them, but what’s the point if they keep multiplying.

This is ruining my mental and physical health. I feel dirty even after I take a shower. I’m not the cleanest person, but I do my best to tidy up and my house may not be perfect or super clean but it’s home. Will I have to leave this place?

I just wanna die. I can’t keep on like this. I feel like a walking disease…