bed bugs - cross posting

[reece]

crossposting for as much support as i can get.   

so, i hate the news. i normall post on the hypochondria forum but along with my HA i have a little bug phobia. roaches, fleas, ticks, LICE and bedbugs. anything that can become an INFESTATION.
i have had the bedbug obsession before a few years ago when they said they were making a comeback.
but, now with all the news about them really being infesting places like hotels and movie theaters!

so, i just investigated my mattresses. cleaned under the beds. vacuumed the box springs, etc. i cleaned baseboards and basically inspected each bedroom.  i found some dead bugs while cleaning, ants, gnats, who knows what, and i inspected each one. very ocd-like. sigh. a couple of them looked similar to bedbugs but i'm not a bug expert and my reasonable side said they could be anything and they were long dead. AND i  don't see any signs of infestation at all(yes i googled)and none of us have any bites or anything...  so, now i'm startng that ocd spiral that i can't go to any hotel or let my husband go to one. AND, i'm scared to even go spend the weekend at my friends house labor day, which i really want to do. i'm really pissed that the news might have triggered this for me again.

how can i stop this? i keep telling myself that if it happens, it won't be the end of the world....but, i'm not convinced yet.

thanks for any advice.
reece

it's not like they would be harmful, right? just a nuisance. right? right?

[sixpack]

this is a double post so I am going to lock it.  If you have any helpful advice, you can post it here:

 http://www.anxietyzone.com/index.php/topic,29455.0.html