I look for roaches in my house, even if there usually aren't any.
I moved into my place almost a year ago. I saw a total of 3 sewer roaches in my place since I've moved in, and three that were outside, including one outside flying roach. I wasn't terribly obsessed at first as the first one I found in my place was right after I moved in last year. The summer heat of this year, though, brought out 2 roaches within two days and one of them was huge and FLYING inside my house and flying roaches i always find horrifying. After that, I became totally obsessed. My place is usually clean and uncluttered, but I took the next step in finishing sealing ALL cracks in the house and making sure that ALL the kitchen and bathroom drains are always closed when I'm not using them. After taking these steps I haven't seen a roach for about two months. However, I am still looking for them on almost a daily basis. If i'm not too obsessed, I'll just look for them before I take a shower (check behind hanging bath towels, and at the base of the shower curtain, and also around perimeters of the shower walls). If i'm in super-obsessive mode, I check all possible hiding places--in all drawers and shelves, under my sheets, in the closets, behind the cutting board...if I think they could hide somewhere, I look. Is it normal to be this obsessed after having a few cockroach sitings in my place?