New here with questions

[Guest guest]

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> >I agree with . See if you feel better if you stay away from

> >your house for awhile. That's how I discovered my house had a problem.

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> I completely agree. It's a terrific diagnostic method. The third

> time I found myself

> not returning home until it got dark, I knew something was

> wrong. Unfortunately,

> brain fog was so bad then, that in a few hours I forgot this

> discovery. Do not get

> that bad. Do not wait. Get a hotel room Saturday night and be gone

> 2 full days.

> You will know Sunday night as you enter in the home, if it is bad or not, as

> likely it will slug you hard, as you inhale, either near the front

> door, or open

> the car door, or enter the door.

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> Repeating to confirm means you know you will be making a wise change,

> the cost of moving will be worth keeping your health.

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[Guest guest]

Another " clue " I use well now is what I call " avoidance. "

It has two things you can observe, or rather observe the lack of.

This type of observation is hard to do, to realize something is " missing. "

These can be separate observations of the same area of the home.

But taken together, it's a sure sign that something needs to be

" fixed " or cleaned.

1) You no longer go into a closet, or a corner, or the kitchen, or bathroom.

You do not spend enough time preparing meals, or you skip bathing for a day.

The closet never gets opened, or accumulates and never is cleaned.

There are other ways to realize this avoidance of areas of the home.

2) You no longer do certain weekly or daily tasks, and keep wondering why

you can not get those items done. It's again a form of 'avoidance'

of an action.

Or task. Like cleaning. Bathing. Fixing food. Opening the fridge.

Why does this avoidance happen? A bad smell you can no longer smell, due to

over exposure to it. Your nose nerve endings are pinched, blocked,

by swelling.

It's a symptom of sensitivity. Hope this helps.

At 07:00 AM 6/29/2009, you wrote:

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> >Also don't discount the anxiety you may feel upon entering your home.

I agree. When going into an a new or old area the onset of anxiety

is a sure sign,

especially if nothing else changed.

>I experienced huge anxiety attacks just walking in the door because

>besides the brain fog, the mold was causing real emotional problems.

>If you are much more nervous or sad or depressed, etc. at home then

>that's also a big sign of a bad house.

Mold appears to make your emotions be worn on your sleeve, where

everyone can see them.

You are more irritable, etc.

>I also agree with the " smell " test. For months smell was the only

>thing that tipped me off to the problem areas in my house and I

>learned to trust my nose even when it seemed illogical-found alot of

>random moldy spots like that.

[Guest guest]

I believe the phenomenon of not smelling things you are around all the time, is

called 'olfactory fatigue'. The mechanism as I understand it that our smell

sensory is designed to smell something at first and then to become insensitive

to it, SO that we can smell other things that come along new. Otherwise we

would be overcome with too many smells and not know which one is new, or to

'follow a scent'. Some smells are so strong, they drive you away first.

Imagine you lived outdoors like we used to and we never got used to the smell of

grass. It may be hard to smell an animal coming in to our environment if we

still are smelling the grass, so our sensory only picks it up for awhile and

then if it stays around, it puts in into the 'background', so we can smell

something new. I have to go outside and come back in my house to smell

something. I used to think the odor was *right* at the door.

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>A bad smell you can no longer smell, due to

> over exposure to it. Your nose nerve endings are pinched, blocked,

> by swelling.

> It's a symptom of sensitivity. Hope this helps.