Did you know that there’s such a thing as “bedbug anxiety“? Apparently it’s fairly common. I once had a bit of it myself: the day after we got back from our honeymoon in Thailand, I noticed a couple of little bites on my leg, and started worrying that we had brought some bedbugs back in our luggage from one hotel or another. For weeks, I woke up multiple times every night to inspect the crevices of our mattress with a flashlight, and had tons of nightmares (more night terrors, because they felt very real and were tough to get out of even after I woke up) in which bugs were crawling on me.
Happy Friday!
If I haven’t lost you yet, there’s a reason why I’m making you feel so itchy and nervous on a lovely morning. Remember how crazy the bedbug scare got last summer? Bedbugs in Lincoln Center, movie theaters, etc? I had a couple of friends get them, and let me tell you: it is no joke. One of my friends even had to move out while the problem was dealt with, and according to Refinery29, the average cost of dealing with this is FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. And the bad news is that, while the craziness seems to have died down a bit over the past few months, summer is just about upon us again, meaning: problem.
Anyway, I’m usually not in the pesticide-testing business, but the aforementioned anxiety (and my general bug phobia) led me to an event a couple of days ago where I learned about BedBug Logic, an organic preventative spray that you can, for example, take with you when you travel to spritz on your hotel’s mattress. It’s also recommended for treating vintage furniture that you pick up in thrift shops, and of course for regular use on your bed and linens.
One more sort of paranoid idea that I am totally on board with: take it with you to the movie theater and spritz away before sitting down. Sure, you’ll look weird. I don’t care; bedbugs freak me out enough that I’m willing to suffer a couple of eye rolls (obviously if the theater is crowded maybe ask your seatmates before using a scented product).
P.S. Just googled “bug phobia” in search of a picture to accompany this and am FREAKING OUT. Hence the lack of image up top.
