Unfamiliar surroundings

[EricD]

I'm in another apartment while mine is being renovated. It feels, sounds, & smells different. The building is at a 90 degree angle, I can feel the change in direction, & I hate it! How do you guys handle stuff like this?

 

[Southern Discomfort]

Time, I suppose. Any transition period is hard, new isn't good and old is where the heart is. But over time you adjust to these things, you make you mark of things and it becomes an extension of you so I guess really in order to deal with these things you need to influence it, hang up your decorations and spend enough time in the environment .

 

[Judge]

It's one thing to change such circumstances by your own choice. Quite another when you are forced to do so. I can only say I share such feelings and that it would be an uncomfortable transition. However in this case it's worth reiterating the obvious.

That's it's only temporary.

 

[Nitro]

I was terrified when I bought my new home. I locked the doors when I was inside my house and didn't venture outside unless it was absolutely necessary. A year later,I had to search for my house keys after the scary part wore off and I no longer felt threatened. Now I only lock my doors when I go away for longer than a day.

Now I realize that most of my neighbors are butt in your business people and don't miss a thing,so the threat is gone.


Sounds like a temporary situation that will end in time for you

 

[Progster]

I remember once when I moved house, for ages I just sat there, reluctant to leave, and when I did leave, I didn't want to put the key in the lock to enter the building because it felt so strange. It took about a week before it started to feel like home, my space and not a strange place. As Southern Discomfort says, you have to give it time.

 

[clg114]

There is only one thing that is for sure, everything will change. That is unfortunate for Aspies like me, who do not like change.

 

[Nacho]

I was terrified when I bought my new home. I locked the doors when I was inside my house and didn't venture outside unless it was absolutely necessary. A year later,I had to search for my house keys after the scary part wore off and I no longer felt threatened. Now I only lock my doors when I go away for longer than a day.

Now I realize that most of my neighbors are butt in your business people and don't miss a thing,so the threat is gone.


Sounds like a temporary situation that will end in time for you

That is fascinating. Here in Spain, your leaving the door open for more than 30 minutes equals a disaster.

 

[Nitro]

That is fascinating. Here in Spain, your leaving the door open for more than 30 minutes equals a disaster.

Yeah,it's different everywhere for sure.

 

[Vinca]

I'm in another apartment while mine is being renovated. It feels, sounds, & smells different. The building is at a 90 degree angle, I can feel the change in direction, & I hate it! How do you guys handle stuff like this?

I find having familiar belongings of mine, with me, when I am in unfamiliar places, helpful. So, perhaps having some of your familiar belongings in this apartment might go some way to help you feeling more settled, in particular, anything that will bring familiar sounds and smells?

Random Idea - you could try repetitively walking through the entire free space in the temporary apartment, as a way of helping your mind/body get used to the different space.

I recently moved my bed to the opposite side of the room, and I was aware of it, and me, being in the 'wrong place' all night (it was moved back the next day). It felt very dissorientating, almost the same as how I feel after I've been spinning round on an office type chair. I like the comfort of predicatability and that includes the walls and furnitiure in my living space being were I'm used to them being.

 

[Destination Unknown]

At least you will be going back to your apartment. Sometimes I have partially woken up in the night thinking about my surroundings in the dark, only to realize that I'm thinking of a house I used to live in 15 years ago.

 

[ancusmitis]

At least you will be going back to your apartment. Sometimes I have partially woken up in the night thinking about my surroundings in the dark, only to realize that I'm thinking of a house I used to live in 15 years ago.

I continue to have dreams set in places I left decades ago. Although since I started writing, more and more of them seem to be in places that don't exist.

 

[EricD]

This apartment makes my hairs vibrate at the wrong frequency!

 

[ancusmitis]

This apartment makes my hairs vibrate at the wrong frequency!

I'm curious. What would it mean if your hairs got tangled?