I am feeling very relaxed this morning
I never seem to sleep well back at home. I have a bed, I have a comfortable duvet and pillows, and this doesn't seem to change anything. I always feel much more revitalised wherever I've slept away from home.
I don't know how I can improve this. I've tried to make my bedroom a relaxing environment to be in, but there's still this continuous underlying stress I can't get rid of that I do not feel when I'm away from home. I also feel like I might have some kind of allergy to the thatched cottage we live in, since I'm always waking up with a headache or dry/sore throat, or just generally waking up feeling like I haven't slept properly.
@Violet This is going to sound weird, but have you tried moving or reorienting your bed within the room?
@joepie91 unfortunately there isn't really enough space to do that, the room itself was originally a small office so it was difficult enough to get the bed into there in the first place
@Violet Hmm, do you also sleep better if there's a bit of wind outside? If so, it may be worth trying to fit a cheap large-blade fan (or even an air purifier/filter) into the room, to cause some active air circulation at all times.
@joepie91 I've tried an air purifier and it doesn't seem to do much. There's also an issue where if I sleep on my left side (towards the wall) I struggle to breathe properly and have at times woken up with sleep paralysis as a result or just having a general panic attack from not breathing properly
@Violet Oof, this definitely sounds like some serious air quality problems :/
In the past I've dealt with this kind of airflow issue by putting a fan directly adjacent to the (open) window to maximize the air circulation, in such a way that there's also space for an outgoing air stream through the same window. Though it sounds like your room may be worse in terms of airflow than any room I've ever dealt with...
@joepie91 yeah, it's small square room with a single window in the corner and a door that I leave shut because I don't like it when people come in. Unfortunately leaving the door shut makes things much worse as well
@joepie91 it's probably an underlying reason why my skin conditions tends to get worse when I spend more time at home as well, since I'm not sleeping properly so it's affecting my immune system functioning as it should
@joepie91 possibly. the room only has 1 small window and I leave it open all the time to try and let fresh air in, since it gets worse whenever I have the window closed