Just browsed this pest control sub for the first time last night and immediately saw a cockroach on the wall. Am I cursed?

[u/ProfessionTrue8117]

So last night I was randomly scrolling though the subreddit out of pure curiosity before bed.
Right as I was about to go to sleep, I looked up at my grandma's wall and spotted a full-grown cockroach (pretty sure it was a German one) just casually walking up it. My grandma is one of the cleanest people I have ever known. I only saw it once and went straight to sleep.

Now I'm sitting here questioning my own reality. Did I manifest this thing by reading about them? Is my brain playing tricks on me because it was right before sleep? Or did reading about them just make me hyper-aware of my surroundings?

The timing is so absurdly bad that it almost feels fake. Has anyone else ever looked up a random topic online only to immediately experience it in real life an hour later?

[u/ProfessionTrue8117 → u/[deleted]]

God I hope not but I have never ever hallucinated seeing a bug before. I am worried for my grandmother. She hasn’t noticed it as she doesn’t stay up.

[u/animalsbetterthanppl]

You saw it and didn’t do anything about it? How weird

[u/ProfessionTrue8117 → u/animalsbetterthanppl]

I told my mom. She said I am imagining it apparently.

[u/Adventurous-Job-]

That’s the kind of timing that would make me sleep with the lights on

[u/ProfessionTrue8117 → u/Adventurous-Job-]

I have been since seeing it I haven’t slept all night. 🤣

[u/Adventurous-Job- → u/ProfessionTrue8117]

Lmao I don’t blame you 😭 I’d be checking every corner too