Lately I have been sleeping more and more on my couch. Whenever I try to sleep in my bed I just can't it feels empty to me.

Do you ever get lonely bed syndrome?

All the time

my daughter gave me the use of her teddy bear...so that i wouldn't be lonely.....

Better then your significant other, hoggin all the covers,

Yes. After my last long term boyfriend, I slept with a pillow which I "dressed" in a long sleeve tshirt and stuffed the "arms" with towels then draped an "arm" around me. It felt safe and not so lonely.

I didn't sleep in my bed for 2 months after my break up. I've been back in bed for a while now, but it's huge now...King sized. Think I'll get a full bed and see if that's better.

you know I went through this a while ago after my last break-up. But here's a little insight...subconciously...possibly...you're feeling this way because you arent comfortable sleeping in your own bed anymore not because you miss someone you used to sleep with there but because it seems so big and empty-understood. Could it be that you need to feel comfortable with and by yourself first and happy too and then "take up" all the room in your bed, feeling comfortable in it, then letting someone come into YOUR space, your territory, on your terms, you letting them not only into your bed but your life..... does that make any sense? I tried to explain..........oh well i hope you hear what I intended to say anyways

yeah, I spent 4 years never sleeping alone.. after I broke up with the ex I couldn't sleep for like 2 months.. I still have a tough time sometimes. blah. haha

Every night.

Oh I did not mind that part. Because it was usualy me that got all the covers.

Every single night I hope this feeling lightens up as time marches on.

I try not to think about so I go to sleep when I am totally exausted. Soon as I hit it...I'm out.

I do hear what you are saying. I have been sleeping just fine in my bed alone for the last 2 years now really. The odd person here and there. But it has just been recently that I did not want to sleep in my bed.

I have found that helped a few times.

i do

I do this, too, on those nights when I am lonely. It is those nites when I have found myself here saying "g'nite" to anyone who will listen. I am troubled more by having no one to say "g'nite" to than anything else. Problem is on lonely nites, I can't seem to stay asleep. Then I have to face the dreaded 'empty house syndrome'. I feel the empty house is worse for me than the empty bed, but this is happening less & less, as I am now enjoying my life as it is more & more...

I have a dog.

Yeah, that's why I gots my poopsie puppy (stuffed doggie) in bed wiff me

I got a dog, too. She is fixing to have puppies. I used to feel lonely but the dog brought ticks, fleas and sheds a lot. As soon as the puppies get here I am sure it will get really crowded.

Maybe consider renting a room to a college student. They will be there for 4 months and even then (if you pick the right one) they will be away at school or studying.