Discomfort in your own room
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:25 pm
I just wanted to enquire to whether anyone else on this forum experiences discomfort in a room they have rented in a tennancy agreement . By discomfort I mean low moods,or feeling disorientated because of the furniture and or fixtures which can lead to being disorganised or feeling in a low mood/ feeling lost. I also realise time management is a poor trait of dyspraxics and is bound to be poorly exercised when one is dealing with living alone.
Me, specifically I am in a Halls of residence for university study and share the flat with 5 other students. As well as being surrounded with an upstairs flat of the same size and many more within the same block etc. (2 stories, interconnected but spread wide)
I must concede that At the moment I seem to use my room for sleep, leisure (laptop or book) and assignments(laptop) which seems very cyclical and in a way I'm isolating myself. I do have plans to join societies and go out into town for leisure, but for the next 3 weeks unfortunately that is simply not on the agenda. I am aware of the phrase "you need to get out more" and to tie me over for now that would consist of starting the day by walking a few times around the block to re-calibrate myself so to speak and to clear my head before teh day ahead.
When I reside in my room however, a number of factors contribute to my discomfort and sometimes a low mood.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
I had a particularly gloomy autumn last year whereby I would return home in the dark , even though it was perhaps shortly into early evening/late afternoon. A number of background noises no matter big or small (even the clicking of the radiator) would significantly affect my concentration , Id feel confined and that the world was closing in on me. Time also felt like it was going very slowly, I would be in an unbreakable trance of low mood.
By chance over the radio I heard about SAD and bought myself a lamp from staples, It must be said that it made a difference. I was also able to concentrate better on assignments// even browsing the internet in a dim light setting in my room rather than lights on or one light on. The blue light that the SAD light emits is not too disimilar from the frequency of daylight and did a good job of lifting my mood.
It must be said I was also experimenting with a number of ear plugs at the time, silicon and foam. But wearing them all of the time makes me feel ill because you almost feel disconnected from the world. So i just put on some Brian Eno as a bit of background ambient music. The same effect can be said for going for a peaceful reflective walk, you may enjoy the birds chirping and distant dog barking and a passing cyclist but you dont enjoy the rumbling of an engine from a nearby road or the noise of a tree being felled.
Away from the noise and back onto SAD! Another way to combat it is to make full use of the daylight by waking up earlyish and going out for a walk before being shut in a building for the rest of the day.
That was me sharing my experience...
Striking a good balance in the space of one room
But now I ask about how people deal with organising a good studying and living space within a room with fixed furniture? Ideally I need to strike a good balance between teh two activities.
My desk is glued into the wall and is not facing towards the window which is my most preferred, I invested in a good swivel chair , again from staples.
I also probably need a form of foot rest or foot stall to keep me going for longer period of time.
I also probably should come away from the computer and "switch off" , although i find this hard because the only other sit down area is my bed. This means a lot of my time is spent glued to the computer procrastinating .
Shelving and Draws
I have waay too many draws and inconviently placed high shelves, this makes me disorganised and perhaps I should label and colour code them?
Ideas
RANT OVER!!
Me, specifically I am in a Halls of residence for university study and share the flat with 5 other students. As well as being surrounded with an upstairs flat of the same size and many more within the same block etc. (2 stories, interconnected but spread wide)
I must concede that At the moment I seem to use my room for sleep, leisure (laptop or book) and assignments(laptop) which seems very cyclical and in a way I'm isolating myself. I do have plans to join societies and go out into town for leisure, but for the next 3 weeks unfortunately that is simply not on the agenda. I am aware of the phrase "you need to get out more" and to tie me over for now that would consist of starting the day by walking a few times around the block to re-calibrate myself so to speak and to clear my head before teh day ahead.
When I reside in my room however, a number of factors contribute to my discomfort and sometimes a low mood.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
I had a particularly gloomy autumn last year whereby I would return home in the dark , even though it was perhaps shortly into early evening/late afternoon. A number of background noises no matter big or small (even the clicking of the radiator) would significantly affect my concentration , Id feel confined and that the world was closing in on me. Time also felt like it was going very slowly, I would be in an unbreakable trance of low mood.
By chance over the radio I heard about SAD and bought myself a lamp from staples, It must be said that it made a difference. I was also able to concentrate better on assignments// even browsing the internet in a dim light setting in my room rather than lights on or one light on. The blue light that the SAD light emits is not too disimilar from the frequency of daylight and did a good job of lifting my mood.
It must be said I was also experimenting with a number of ear plugs at the time, silicon and foam. But wearing them all of the time makes me feel ill because you almost feel disconnected from the world. So i just put on some Brian Eno as a bit of background ambient music. The same effect can be said for going for a peaceful reflective walk, you may enjoy the birds chirping and distant dog barking and a passing cyclist but you dont enjoy the rumbling of an engine from a nearby road or the noise of a tree being felled.
Away from the noise and back onto SAD! Another way to combat it is to make full use of the daylight by waking up earlyish and going out for a walk before being shut in a building for the rest of the day.
That was me sharing my experience...
Striking a good balance in the space of one room
But now I ask about how people deal with organising a good studying and living space within a room with fixed furniture? Ideally I need to strike a good balance between teh two activities.
My desk is glued into the wall and is not facing towards the window which is my most preferred, I invested in a good swivel chair , again from staples.
I also probably need a form of foot rest or foot stall to keep me going for longer period of time.
I also probably should come away from the computer and "switch off" , although i find this hard because the only other sit down area is my bed. This means a lot of my time is spent glued to the computer procrastinating .
Shelving and Draws
I have waay too many draws and inconviently placed high shelves, this makes me disorganised and perhaps I should label and colour code them?
Ideas
RANT OVER!!