Sleeping away from home

[Elation]

Anyone else always have trouble with this? I've been out of the country for a while and will be for a while longer still, which means I haven't been sleeping in my bed back at home. I haven't gotten great sleep in a while and at this point all I can think about is getting back in my own home and sleeping on my bed. I don't know what it is, but I never sleep the same when I know it's not my "real" bed. Or maybe it's because I'm not at home, I'm not sure.

Any tips on how to sleep like I'm at home if you have the same experience?

[Lois Griffin]

I cant even go on a week vacation because i miss my home so much. We do about 5 days and thats as long as I can be away from my bed and the safety of my house

[vkobe]

i only miss my pc

but with laptop it not so bad

[Dom]

That's because brain actually stays half-awake in unfamiliar or new places. Humans still have that animal instinct from the past, which is meant to protect from predators.

Source: I read about it from the internet years ago when I had the same question in my mind.

[Shiro♌]

It's the same for me.

Unless I'm sleeping at home, I do sleep really poorly despite not waking up in the middle of the night multiple times as usually, and so I have a tendency to oversleep in that case.

[HeroicHeathen]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Elation:

Anyone else always have trouble with this? I've been out of the country for a while and will be for a while longer still, which means I haven't been sleeping in my bed back at home. I haven't gotten great sleep in a while and at this point all I can think about is getting back in my own home and sleeping on my bed. I don't know what it is, but I never sleep the same when I know it's not my "real" bed. Or maybe it's because I'm not at home, I'm not sure.

Any tips on how to sleep like I'm at home if you have the same experience?

I think everyone prefers their home bed ! So do I.

But it is part of being an adult to manage to sleep somewhere else without big problems. What you can do is to remind yourself that you will eventually be back home and that the place you stay at might also be the home of many others and is also safe and nice.

[Good Night Owl]

I've never really tavelled out of my country, despite being a short 4 hour drive away from the border. So I'm not really sure if I would have trouble sleeping out of the country, but I've never had trouble sleeping in other towns, and camp site, etc. Where are you visiting?

[Mensis]

It's like that for me, but my husband is actually the opposite. Whenever we go to visit his parents, I have trouble sleeping there, but he always sleeps like a baby

He loves staying at hotels, too, whenever we're away from home or on a long road trip. He says he even sleeps better at the hotels sometimes than in our bed at home.

[Elation]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Good Night Owl:

I've never really tavelled out of my country, despite being a short 4 hour drive away from the border. So I'm not really sure if I would have trouble sleeping out of the country, but I've never had trouble sleeping in other towns, and camp site, etc. Where are you visiting?

I'm currently staying in Germany, it's for reasons related to family and I'll be here probably for another month or two. I'm from Switzerland.

It's not specifically because I'm out of the country, it does happen even when I'm back in my home country but staying someplace else. I just mentioned that to give the idea that I'm far away from home and not able to sleep in my own room and bed for quite some time. I think there's just a specific comfort of knowing it's my own room.

[Elation]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mensis:

It's like that for me, but my husband is actually the opposite. Whenever we go to visit his parents, I have trouble sleeping there, but he always sleeps like a baby :vanilla:

He loves staying at hotels, too, whenever we're away from home or on a long road trip. He says he even sleeps better at the hotels sometimes than in our bed at home.

I wish I had your husband's powers.

[Pierce Dalton]

That's very normal, there's not much you can do but wait for your brain and body to adapt.

[Good Night Owl]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Elation:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Good Night Owl:

I've never really tavelled out of my country, despite being a short 4 hour drive away from the border. So I'm not really sure if I would have trouble sleeping out of the country, but I've never had trouble sleeping in other towns, and camp site, etc. Where are you visiting?

I'm currently staying in Germany, it's for reasons related to family and I'll be here probably for another month or two. I'm from Switzerland.

It's not specifically because I'm out of the country, it does happen even when I'm back in my home country but staying someplace else. I just mentioned that to give the idea that I'm far away from home and not able to sleep in my own room and bed for quite some time. I think there's just a specific comfort of knowing it's my own room.

I think I would probably get that feeling if I were visiting family that I don't know very well, or maybe a friend of a friends' house.

Interestingly, I do get unsettled leaving home for long periods of time if I am ALONE. So I probably would get that feeling if I were on my own, and away from home.

Even in games I get a similar feeling. Ever play a survival game, and leave your base for days? And then the relief when you finally make it back to base. I get that feeling in Project Zomboid.

[Elation]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Good Night Owl:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Elation:

I'm currently staying in Germany, it's for reasons related to family and I'll be here probably for another month or two. I'm from Switzerland.

It's not specifically because I'm out of the country, it does happen even when I'm back in my home country but staying someplace else. I just mentioned that to give the idea that I'm far away from home and not able to sleep in my own room and bed for quite some time. I think there's just a specific comfort of knowing it's my own room.

I think I would probably get that feeling if I were visiting family that I don't know very well, or maybe a friend of a friends' house.

Interestingly, I do get unsettled leaving home for long periods of time if I am ALONE. So I probably would get that feeling if I were on my own, and away from home.

Even in games I get a similar feeling. Ever play a survival game, and leave your base for days? And then the relief when you finally make it back to base. I get that feeling in Project Zomboid.

It is family I don't know well, so maybe you're right. I'm with people I hadn't spoken to in quite a while before coming here, so I guess subconsciously I probably feel a bit uneasy. Definitely feel unfamiliar as well.

[BuniBealla]

I just had to sleep on a small sofa for 3 and a half days and my ribcage is not happy uwu

[craigsters]

sleeping aid or gravel (motion sickness tablet's)well make you drowsy