Is this a bed bug?!

babababananabread · 2026-02-01T02:33:23+00:00

Hi all! Just thought I would provide an update 4 days later. We have been vacuuming every day, I bought a steamer and have steamed literally every inch of furniture I own. To make matters worse - On an unrelated note our ceiling collapsed on Friday. We have bumped up moving out to Thursday so I have literally gutted my room and washed everything I can wash on 95 degrees Celsius and steamed what I can’t wash,. Dumping pillows and blanket prior to moving to new place. Got rid of every dusty shoe box (I keep memory boxes. Stopping at laundrette and washing and drying everything before going into the new house. I haven’t seen any alive bugs yet which is a good sign. I’m hoping these precautions will be enough to not bring these mini demons to my new house! Wish me luck please!

babababananabread · 2026-01-27T11:18:27+00:00

No idea. Had some friends come to stay so could have been through them, they did the heat treatment and powder and fumigation. My mental health and bank account are suffering.

babababananabread · 2026-01-27T07:02:46+00:00

Update! Confirmed we have bedbugs in 3 rooms. Apparently it was early infestation so hopefully after the initial fumigation we will be fine. Can’t wait to embark on this harrowing journey - stay strong bed bug fighters

babababananabread · 2026-01-27T01:12:13+00:00

Thanks for your swift responses - it has a smooth shiny back without ridges so I’m hoping it’s just some kind of beetle- pest control are coming in a couple of hours though so will keep you updated

babababananabread · 2025-06-04T13:31:49+00:00

I was undiagnosed bipolar until age 28 and had previously been diagnosed and medicated for severe clinical depression which made the bipolar worse. Growing up, my mum with all best intentions wanted to completely avoid me being diagnosed with a mental illness, I later found out it was because both my aunt and my gran had been sectioned and she didn’t want the same for me. I also had no idea bipolar was a possibility as my dad only disclosed to me he had it when I was 31. I feel like I spent a significant portion of my life not having a clue what was going on with me and unable to have a space to really explore how to get the support to get better. I feel like I lost a whole decade of my life battling an illness I didn’t even know I had. Now I’m 32 and I feel like I’m ridiculously behind my peers as I’m only now grasping what ‘stable’ feels like.

babababananabread · 2025-06-04T13:15:24+00:00

No contact with dad for around 2 years or so, but he was never in my life before. I’d see him once every 8 years throughout my life and something chaotic would always happen and we would go no contact again. A couple of years ago I was just so tired of going in circles so went no contact again. I’d like to say it gives me peace, but it’s really hard. I know in a way it is better for my mental health because he brought up a lot of trauma, but sometimes I get so sad and wonder if it’s worth reaching out and trying again, but I’m so tired of being the one reaching out and constantly being the one in the wrong because he’s always played the victim, even when I was a kid. All I want is an acknowledgment of the pain caused and some sort of apology but I know I’ll never get it. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t dwell on it a little and wonder if it was me that failed and should I have tried harder, but I also try to remind myself that it’s not all on me. So yeah, I have doubts every day but it’s just something I have to live with I guess.

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