When sleeping, door open or closed?
When sleeping, door open or closed?
Do, you sleep with your bedroom door open or closed and why?
Closed. This can be lifesaving in case of a fire.
Closed because many years ago a firefighter gave a fire safety talk at our elementary school. He told us to keep the door closed at night since it can give you an extra 30 minutes to escape in a fire. For some reason this advice stuck with me...
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Closed. If there's a fire in the other parts of your house, you'll have more time to be alerted and escape.
Closed unless it's too hot in my room. Feels uncomfortable leaving my door open. It'll let me hear killers coming
Open. I have dogs and cats. I wouldn't get a second of sleep if i locked either dogs or cats out of the bedroom
Closed for AC, but open a crack to let the clingy cat in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out.
closed. Don't want to see no ghosts up for a midnight stroll through my halls.
Open, because my cat sleeps on my bed/floor
Open so my cats don’t kill me.
CLOSE YOUR DOORS. Closed doors give you a much better chance of survival if your house catches on fire.
Closed. I have an 18 year old who has been working the closing shift a lot this summer. I don't want to be woken.
If my door is closed my kitty cat will constantly remind me of that
Not fully closed, so the cat it's less annoying through all the night.
Closed, safer when fire
closed door because roomates, but open balcony door for maximum fresh air and feels of nature.
Closed as I don't really want my roommates to check in on me sleeping
Closed almost all the way, but not shut. Need that air circulation otherwise the room gets too hot
Door closed, but windows open and fan on
Closed. The missus and I can be... active at times, and we have nocturnal teenagers.
Open a crack so the cat doesn't wake me up at 4am.
Open to get some air exchange
Open, because I have a split AC in the living room of my bungalow and the bedrooms get warm even with the doors open. Also the dog and cat would never allow a closed door, and they rule this roost.
closed except cat so always open now :(
Bed room door closed, but usually not locked. 8 sentry turrets have the outer perimeter of the house secured. /s
Closed. Otherwise dog sneaks in, climbs up on the bed and falls asleep. The he slowly but surely takes over the whole bed.
Closed, I already have scars from our cat's mad night escapades.
I removed the door from the bedroom, so 'open', I guess.
Always fully open! More airflow, less stuffiness. Having said that, we don’t share a home with anyone else.
Prefer closed, but like many others here, the cat doesn’t allow for that without making her opinion VERY well known.
Closed. I prefer my door closed for privacy reasons, so why would I keep it open when I sleep?
Closed and locked. (Trauma likely)
When sleeping, me close door
Both, because I'm lazy. Whatever the door is at is how it will stay.
Closed, air-conditioning is expensive. When me and my wife travel to colder areas we do tend to sleep with doors open though but it highly depends on the house itself. There has to be a certain vibe or fenshui so to speak where open door feels pleasant and not this uncertainty.
Open for air circulation. My fiancee and I live in a too-small, old apartment which, naturally, has trash airflow. Getting the AC to decently reach the bedroom requires multiple fans.
Closed and locked. Open doors in the dark are creepy. Besides I want some privacy for certain "tasks".
Closed, i don't like mosquitoes.
Usually closed because I like to be naked, but I would prefer it open for the pets to come and go as they please.
Sleeping with the door open should be a crime
Greatly prefer it closed, but leave it cracked for the kitty.
I am staying in a men's hostel. Cheaper that way as I am single. It is so hot here during summer. So we keep the door open at night. Three of us are there in the room. Everyone is ok with that.
Closed. Like to keep my room temperature like 10°C lower the rest of the house during the night
Window open, door closed; window closed, door open. I do what I can to prevent unnecessary door slamming in the night caused by a draft from the window
Open but I live alone in a small 1 bedroom apartment. Mostly so I can shuffle to the bathroom in the night if needed without needing to open the door
Depends on the outside temperature.
If it's warm outside, all my flat's windows are open and for better airflow I leave all doors open, too.
If it's cold outside, everything is closed to retain the heat in my bedroom.
Open both for airflow and because we have animals that do not like to be restricted.
Open. The decline of the political climate in this country since 2001 has made me fear for my safety since I was in middle school, so keeping the door open helps satisfy that part of my brain that's always in threat detection mode by allowing me to hear everything in the house from my bed.
Plus, I live alone. So pretty much every door is open all the time.
I want it closed, but the dog wants it open and his litter box is in the hallway. So, open it is.
Closed because I’m afraid of the dark most times. My cats don’t care they run around the living room. Dog sleeps with me on the floor at the bed to protect me.
Closed, keeps the dogs in so they don't leave us a surprise.
Open, so I can see and hear out.
Closed, I'm 2nd shift so my wakeup time is late enough I have to block all sunlight.
closed
Open in summer, for ventilation. In winter it stays closed to let the bedroom be chilly, without affecting the rest of the place.
All depends on whether you live with other people or not. If others can be in the house making noise then door closed. If you live alone then it doesn’t matter.
I don't have a door
Open when I was at my house. Closed as I'm renting an apartment now with several flatmates.
Open to keep the Monsters out, closed to keep the Monsters in.
Open. If my kids need help and call out in the middle of the night, I would like to hear them!
Closed cause I don't want to deal with people walking around late at night with lights on or the cats waking me up.
I prefer closed, but since our cat moved in, the door has been left ajar.
Open, lets the air circulate better
open, I need the connection to the rest of the world.
Closed, because fire... https://youtu.be/PYvF5oxSXZc
Fire vs CO2 buildup. I guess door closed, window open could be the way?
Ajar
closed unless it's hot. closed gives me privacy and quiet and makes it darker, but if it's too hot having it open gives me better airflow.
Door half open so the cats can walk back and forth, but not so much that it’s too light in the morning.
Door closed, all the time. In case a cat gets in. But I’ve always slept with the door shut, in case monsters get in.
Open slightly so I can let air flow my room from the window
Door open if it's hot, usually with the fan pointing out the door. If it's REALLY hot, fan directly on me.
Depends, if it's hot enough to need the AC, door closed. If not, door open so I can open the window and get some airflow.
I keep mine slightly open and make sure there is a window open in my room and in another room to create a breeze
Closed in the winter, Open most of the summer so that the whole house fan can pull air in and through the bedroom cooling things down.
Open. I want to hear if anything happens in my house.
Closed. Privacy ftw
my door doesn't close fully, so I close it all but the crack that is forced. I do this because people in the house are up and down constantly, and my sleep schedule would bd interrupted if I left it open.
Open for ventilation and to hear a potentially screaming kid.
Door open, windows covered. Allows the pets in and out and keeps my anxiety of people looking into my room on the low. Bonus for black-out curtains
Open straight into the hallway so my neighbors could walk in if they wanted to
Closed, it keeps the A/C in and other house noises out. It's also safer in the event of a fire or if someone breaks in.
Gotta have it open, it gets way too hot in the room otherwise (classic trailer heat/cold problems). Luckily my 2 dogs would wake me for any issues and we live a little ways from civilization so there are very few nights that the wife and I worry
Open, doggo likes to do perimeter checks throughout the night
Closed. The only door I have is the door to the house floor, sooo..
Well, I have the bathroom door which I always leave open for ventilation reasons, but well.
Closed, because of cats.
Oh and also for fire safety, I guess.