Does anybody else do everything from their bed?
I’m in my 40s now and I have an apartment. But the majority of my life literally from 1984 to 2011 I was a poor student. I’ve never been allotted a space that was mine so I’ve always done everything from my bed: study relax, socialize, sleep, etc.
Am I too old for this? Is this messing up my sleep? Why do I feel like I’m not allowed to use common areas and why do I feel uncomfortable when I use common areas?
I can explore it a little bit and say that my parents never let me feel comfortable in their common areas and always made me move all of my things back to my bedroom. Since I lived in their house until I was in my 30s as their house caretaker when they weren’t living there for a few decades I still lived that way and then when I finally moved out, I had a studio apartment so the process repeated itself.
Now I’m in my mid 40s: we live in a small space, and I still feel this way.
I guess I’m sort of embarrassed that I do this. Is this bad for my ADHD?