Topic: Lonely Bed Syndrome
whispertoascream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:39 AM
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?

timsayshi's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:40 AM

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

no photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:41 AM
my daughter gave me the use of her teddy bear...so that i wouldn't be lonely.....

Riding_Dubz's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:41 AM
Edited by Riding_Dubz on Fri 05/30/08 10:42 AM
Better then your significant other, hoggin all the covers,

BigHeartedBlonde's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:42 AM
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.

No1sLove's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:43 AM
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.

Cmigic's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:45 AM
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

yayforchae's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:45 AM
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

ljcc1964's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:45 AM
Every night.

whispertoascream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:46 AM

Better then your significant other, hoggin all the covers,


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

no photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:46 AM
Every single night:cry: I hope this feeling lightens up as time marches on.frown

DestinysDream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:51 AM
I try not to think about so I go to sleep when I am totally exausted. Soon as I hit it...I'm out.

whispertoascream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:52 AM

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


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.

whispertoascream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:55 AM

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 have found that helped a few times.

no photo
Fri 05/30/08 10:57 AM
i do

LouLou2's photo
Fri 05/30/08 11:01 AM

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 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...

beachbum069's photo
Fri 05/30/08 11:02 AM
I have a dog.

lilangel2's photo
Fri 05/30/08 11:36 AM

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?


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

RainbowTrout's photo
Fri 05/30/08 11:41 AM
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.:smile:

DestinysDream's photo
Fri 05/30/08 11:43 AM


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 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...

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.