Dream About Head Lice And Phobia Of Bugs

This dream was about

head lice was going around around school and i was so worried that i was gonna catch it, since i previously had lice half of my childhood. i was always washing my hair 2, sometimes 3 times a day, scrubbing my scalp in the shower to the point it burned, putting my hair in the tightest buns and pony tails, and brushing through it every chance i got throughout the day. it got to the point i was trying to convince my mom to check my head for lice 3 times a day, and my mom would always say “you’re fine jamie, you’re not gonna get head lice. stop overreacting.”. i eventually went to one of my co-workers (zach) to check my head for lice since i had a hard time doing so. he told me “why are you so scared of getting it? it’s just lice”. i then said “just lice?! dude i have a phobia of bugs, its just lice?? i’m not tryna get lice again.”. he then caved in and checked my scalp for me, and questioned me about my phobia. i told him i was mostly scared of stink bugs, thats the main part of my phobia. other bugs remind me of stink bugs, so when i think of getting lice, im worried that im gonna get stink bugs in my scalp too. he then said “oh that’s understandable. i’ll check your scalp for you anytime you need me to.”. i just felt relieved in that moment that someone finally understood me, and didn’t brush it to the side. i invested in a lice comb (it was the same one i had when i was a kid), and i was going through my hair at work, and i was telling zach and brandie that i was so worried a stink bug was gonna be in my hair. i got through 3 brushes, and i heard a big zap. i quickly got the lice comb away from me worried that a stink bug got caught in there. zach said “it’s a lice comb, what stink bug is gonna fit in that thing lol”. i picked up the comb with two fingers, and looked inside. it was a weird looking bug with 3 long legs. i sat it back down on the counter and said “no but that thing can fit into it.”. zach emptied the comb for me and assured me there wasn’t gonna be any stink bugs on my head, so i picked the comb back up and started going through my hair again with it. i heard a few more zaps from the comb, but they were tiny ones so i kept going. when i got finished going through my hair, i looked inside the comb, and there was lint balls and dandruff in it. i emptied the comb feeling really glad it wasn’t lice or stink bugs. i brushed my hair out with a normal brush, and put my hair up really tight in a claw clip. i was really worried brandie and zach were gonna laugh at me for my phobia and ‘overreacting’, but when i realized they were just trying to help, i felt relieved. i remember using the lice comb at school too, and everyone was laughing at me because of how i was reacting thinking a stink bug was gonna be in the comb. they was also laughing at how ‘extra’ i was (referring to me doing everything i can to not get bugs in my hair). i was mortified.