The scourge of the
Earth as far as insects
go. The closest thing to a living
hell short of a chronic condition or painful disease. A small itchy insect that will cause you to lose sleep to the point where you will verge on the brink of insanity, but after you live with them for a few years you will slowly real yourself back in. Has a strong negative effect on quality of life as a whole, as your
work performance will suffer, visitors will find out and never come back or you
stop inviting them in the first place (social isolation) and you give up hope for the future as you've gotten rid of almost all your furniture and had your home fumigated several times, but yet, they'
re still there. If you are allergic (not everyone is) you will NEVER be presentable in public, as you will have red welts on most of the places on your body, such as the back of your arms, the love handle area, around your knees and lower thighs, etc. While sitting idle in your own home, you will rarely ever
go two full minutes without itching ever again unless you'
re moving and active. Without taking some measures to keep their numbers down, you will eventually find that they are traveling in the clothes you'
re wearing while in public. You'll be checking out some international calling cards at your
local Dollar General and look down and see a rust colored bug crawling across your chest. You'll learn to hate them so bad you
smoosh them between your fingers whenever you see one.
If I
don'
t get rid of these bed bugs, I
may just torch my house and all my possessions and start anew.