{"id":3025,"date":"2019-07-05T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-www-bedbugbbq-com.msgsndr.com\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2019-07-05T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:58:11","slug":"the-mental-anguish-from-bed-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedbugbbq.com\/the-mental-anguish-from-bed-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mental Anguish from Bed Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long will it take to get a good night\u2019s sleep?<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

Everyone has spoken of physical remediants of having bed bugs. The linear red welts that suddenly show up after days or weeks of itching and the tickling feeling you get when you are at the point of shutting your eyes are only some of the symptoms of a bed bug infestation. If you were lucky, you didn\u2019t suffer any physical discomfort or have any signs of bites at all as bed bug bites do not present themselves the same for each person. Even though the physical agitation of<\/span> bed bugs<\/span><\/a> is not to be dismissed, the mental exhaustion and stress that bed bugs can cause often exceeds the physical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Invasion of Personal Space<\/span><\/h3>\n

Often people view their bedrooms and beds as their one true personal and intimate space, where you can rest and sleep away the thoughts and actions of the day. In your vulnerability, bed bugs come out for 10-15 minutes to feed on exposed skin, then return to their hiding place for 5-10 days. Although they can remain unfed for an extended period of time, if there is a host available, they can feed and lay eggs more often, thus increasing the population dramatically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The feeling of the bed bugs crawling on you or your children is enough to incite fear and distress which can prevent sleep, which will eventually lead to exhaustion. <\/span>Dr. Katherine Maloy MD<\/span><\/a>, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health in New York City, claims there are two types of fear of bed bugs that people typically fall into:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Real Fear<\/span><\/h4>\n

This is a fear in which you are actively dealing with a bed bug infestation and facing real physical and mental anguish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perceived Fear<\/span><\/h4>\n

Perceived fear is when people are afraid that they have a bed bug infestation, but it is not certain or confirmed. This could be considered a version of paranoia. This often stems from mistaking another pest for a bed bug and becoming obsessed with the idea. In turn, this can lead to people clearing out their homes, damaging their property, or moving to avoid them even though it was not confirmed in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mental Anguishes\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Although everyone deals with this situation differently, there have been studies and consistencies amongst mental anguishes that come from dealing with bed bugs, such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n