Asbestos in ceiling, what to do??

Regardless of whether this is an actual safety issue or not I would have an asbestos company come in and take a look. At least this way you will have peace of mind, and if they do need to remediate its a small job that shouldn’t be very expensive anyway.

Under no circumstances have a regular cleaning company come in and vacuum you will be spreading any fibers throughout the air and making the situation much worse.
As it’s a small area that you said was chalky as the dust came off on your finger a little bit of paint or primer will encapsulate the fibers.

There are also encapsulant paints that are made for this, like this one;

https://www.fiberlock.com/product/abc-asbestos-binding-compound/

restorationcontractor

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Thanks a lot everyone! @ restorationcontractor there was no visible dust when he did the sample, i just read asbestos is invisible so was wondering how much notvisible dust could be there after a not profesionaly taken sample. Also there is not lots of dust on the clothes in the closet i think, there might be some small amount of white color powder( i am worried to touch it and check how much), what could be just maybe the paint from the ceiling? I a am hoping…but again I am not sure how many fibers can painted asbestos after rubbing loose or if its all sealed in and I can even touch it without worry. Maybe I could just take a tape and go through the stuff in closet and send it to lab to see if there are fibers? So pretty much I do not want to go crazy and hire for thousands company if I can just maybe do it alone withouth any hazarad. Maybe the amount of asbest is super small and even if cleaning company will come they might bring on their vacuums and stuff more asbestos then I had before.? Of course its hard to say and noone really will know the answer, I was just wondering if someone had this problem or is trained asbestos remover and might know. Its very hard bc most ppl will say do not worry about it but then few will say its super dangerous do not touch it, so I am just hoping from all the answers I will at the end be able to come to the best decision for my situation. Thanks a lot !