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.
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.
CLOSE YOUR DOORS. Closed doors give you a much better chance of survival if your house catches on fire.
Closed unless it's too hot in my room. Feels uncomfortable leaving my door open. It'll let me hear killers coming
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.
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
Closed because I am a mammal and I indulge in the nesting instinct.
Not fully closed, so the cat it's less annoying through all the night.
closed door because roomates, but open balcony door for maximum fresh air and feels of nature.
Closed, safer when fire
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Closed as I don't really want my roommates to check in on me sleeping
Open a crack so the cat doesn't wake me up at 4am.
Open to get some air exchange
Closed. The missus and I can be... active at times, and we have nocturnal teenagers.
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, I already have scars from our cat's mad night escapades.
Bed room door closed, but usually not locked. 8 sentry turrets have the outer perimeter of the house secured. /s
I removed the door from the bedroom, so 'open', I guess.
closed except cat so always open now :(
Closed. Otherwise dog sneaks in, climbs up on the bed and falls asleep. The he slowly but surely takes over the whole bed.
Always fully open! More airflow, less stuffiness. Having said that, we don’t share a home with anyone else.
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 and locked. (Trauma likely)
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?
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I live on my own so all the doors in the flat are open all the time, even the bathroom ones.
Both, because I'm lazy. Whatever the door is at is how it will stay.
Closed and locked. Open doors in the dark are creepy. Besides I want some privacy for certain "tasks".
Closed, i don't like mosquitoes.
When sleeping, me close door
Sleeping with the door open should be a crime
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.
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, 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.
Usually closed because I like to be naked, but I would prefer it open for the pets to come and go as they please.
Greatly prefer it closed, but leave it cracked for the kitty.
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.
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
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. Like to keep my room temperature like 10°C lower the rest of the house during the night
Closed, keeps the dogs in so they don't leave us a surprise.
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
I want it closed, but the dog wants it open and his litter box is in the hallway. So, open it is.
Open, so I can see and hear out.
Open when I was at my house. Closed as I'm renting an apartment now with several flatmates.
Don't have a door but a stair. Don't need a door cause I'm the king of the castle
Open both for airflow and because we have animals that do not like to be restricted.
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.
Open in summer, for ventilation. In winter it stays closed to let the bedroom be chilly, without affecting the rest of the place.
I don't have a door
Closed, because I don't wanna be snuck on.
closed
Open. I want to hear if anything happens in my house.
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 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 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 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.
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 cause I don't want to deal with people walking around late at night with lights on or the cats waking me up.
open, I need the connection to the rest of the world.
I prefer closed, but since our cat moved in, the door has been left ajar.
Fire vs CO2 buildup. I guess door closed, window open could be the way?
Door half open so the cats can walk back and forth, but not so much that it’s too light in the morning.
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.
Open, lets the air circulate better
Closed, because fire... https://youtu.be/PYvF5oxSXZc
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.
Closed because when I bought my fridge I didn't consider that it can be so loud.
Closed, because of cats.
Oh and also for fire safety, I guess.
Closed because when I bought my fridge I never considered that it can be so loud. Otherwise open.
Open, doggo likes to do perimeter checks throughout the night
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.
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.
Open slightly so I can let air flow my room from the window
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 for ventilation and to hear a potentially screaming kid.
Closed. Privacy ftw
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 because I sleep in a trailer and if I had the door open a cougar would come in and tear out my throat and devour me.
Closed, I'm 2nd shift so my wakeup time is late enough I have to block all sunlight.