The problem with my anxiety is that if there is a problem, I absolutely have to solve it right away or it will eat away at me.  It's hard to wait or to be presented with an 'unknown' answers because it makes me jittery, unable to focus and panic-y.  Thankfully most issues can be resolved in a short time but today is making me on edge.

My electric bill tripled in one month.  HOW???  I haven't done anything different in my apartment this month.  I checked my appliances and lightbulbs to see they're working fine.  Nothing plugged in for long periods of time nor do I leave things on a lot.  While I did play the switch a little more than usual, in the past it barely affected the bill.  

The only thing I can think of was the apartment building had caught fire a couple weeks ago (my place was opposite end of building so my unit was fine).  There were a lot of machines on each floor to clear out the smoke that lingered for a week.  I assumed the building covered the cost unless they decided every unit has to chip in?   Only other thing is someone could be stealing electricity (the meter is in a place easily accessible for any resident) and I did have a psycho neighbor harass me &amp; other neighbors for a few months before being kicked out; wouldnt surprise me if this was the case.

I texted the landlord to ask about the machines but it'll be awhile before he responds, as he's at work.  And while I tried contacting the energy company, it's impossible to reach an actual person.  Just automated idiocy running me in circles with no way to find what I'm looking for.

I rant because I need some way to stop this anxious-inducing dilemma from eating me up.  You know, the price doesn't irk me as much (I'm not happy to be paying triple than usual either).  I'm bothered more that I don't know WHY this is happening or what I can do to fix this.  And every part of me is screaming "fix it now, fix it now, fix it NOW", but I can't do anything more than I already have!