When sleeping, door open or closed?

Closed, to keep the monsters out.

Closed. This can be lifesaving in case of a fire.

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Door open. My kitty sleeps in bed with me and she likes to come and go in the night, she'd wake me up if the door was closed!

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...

Closed, got to keep separation from the pets so I can sleep peacefully. Don't need a cat purrkoring off my face at 3 am.

Open, because cat

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Open, to let my stupid cat out otherwise he cries.

(I love him)

Closed. Open is a fire hazard.

Closed. Even a simple hollow core door can offer 30 minutes or more of protection from smoke and indirect fire. More time for alarms to go off and get to safety.

Closed. If there's a fire in the other parts of your house, you'll have more time to be alerted and escape.

Closed. Damn cat. She's not looking to snuggle into bed. She wants to wake you up. Why? Who knows.

open so cats can walk freely

Open, so that the air that gets pumped into my room can tell the Mr. Thermostat in the hall that it's actually fine in there and they don't need to call Mr. Furnace or Mrs. A/C.

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.

CLOSE BEFORE YOU DOZE

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.

My country is extremely dangerous, so we have locks in every door and their reinforcements. So no, im never sleeping with a door open.

Open, because my cat sleeps on my bed/floor

Open so my cats don’t kill me.

Always closed. Gives me a fighting chance against the nocturnal intruders ya know?

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.

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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.

If my door is closed my kitty cat will constantly remind me of that

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Closed, safer when fire

closed door because roomates, but open balcony door for maximum fresh air and feels of nature.

Closed almost all the way, but not shut. Need that air circulation otherwise the room gets too hot

Closed as I don't really want my roommates to check in on me sleeping

Door closed, but windows open and fan on

Open, because kids.

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 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.

I prefer open, but I got a cat a few months ago that won’t leave me alone if I leave it open. So, closed.

I removed the door from the bedroom, so 'open', I guess.

Bed room door closed, but usually not locked. 8 sentry turrets have the outer perimeter of the house secured. /s

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, I already have scars from our cat's mad night escapades.

Always fully open! More airflow, less stuffiness. Having said that, we don’t share a home with anyone else.

open bc I live alone and I've never really thought about it so why would I close the door for no reason

Open. I live alone and I have a cat that comes and goes throughout the night. Having the door opened allows me to hear anything that should not be going on in the house.

Closed and locked. (Trauma likely)

Sleeping in the house's veranda, so no doors 😶‍🌫️

Closed. I prefer my door closed for privacy reasons, so why would I keep it open when I sleep?

Open, otherwise our cat would lose her mind.

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We have a saying in our house... "ghosts" that means close the door we are going to sleep and don't want to let the ghosts in. Closed. Always closed.

Prefer closed, but like many others here, the cat doesn’t allow for that without making her opinion VERY well known.

Sleeping with the door open should be a crime

I live on my own so all the doors in the flat are open all the time, even the bathroom ones.

Greatly prefer it closed, but leave it cracked for the kitty.

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.

Door closed, window open.

Both, because I'm lazy. Whatever the door is at is how it will stay.

Open because pets

Closed and locked. Open doors in the dark are creepy. Besides I want some privacy for certain "tasks".

When sleeping, me close door

Closed, i don't like mosquitoes.

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.

Closed. My housemate's cats sometimes pounce onto my bed and wake me up.

The closed door also dampens outside noise.

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.

Usually closed because I like to be naked, but I would prefer it open for the pets to come and go as they please.

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 both for airflow and because we have animals that do not like to be restricted.

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

I want it closed, but the dog wants it open and his litter box is in the hallway. So, open it is.

I keep mine closed but not latched so the dogs can open it in the morning otherwise they sit outside and scratch and wake us up.

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.

Cracked open so we can hear across the house to our kids room (also cracked open)… baby gates in front of both rooms to prevent the cats from disturbing our sleep lol

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

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.

Open, so I can see and hear out.

Don't have a door but a stair. Don't need a door cause I'm the king of the castle

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.

closed

Closed, because I don't wanna be snuck on.

I don't have a door

Open - just me and my husband here and it keeps the room cooler.

Open when I was at my house. Closed as I'm renting an apartment now with several flatmates.

Open in summer, for ventilation. In winter it stays closed to let the bedroom be chilly, without affecting the rest of the place.

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.

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.

Fire vs CO2 buildup. I guess door closed, window open could be the way?

Open. If my kids need help and call out in the middle of the night, I would like to hear them!

Ajar

Door open if it's hot, usually with the fan pointing out the door. If it's REALLY hot, fan directly on me.

Open, lets the air circulate better

Open. I want to hear if anything happens in my house.

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.

Closed, because fire... https://youtu.be/PYvF5oxSXZc

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 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.

Closed, because of cats.

Oh and also for fire safety, I guess.

Open but these fire comments have me reevaluating

I prefer closed, but since our cat moved in, the door has been left ajar.

Winter: Closed. It can get to -25C where I live, and I need to sleep with the window open. I don't want the rest of my house ruined with the door open.

Summer: depends on the heat. If OK, closed. If too hot, door ajar

Door half open so the cats can walk back and forth, but not so much that it’s too light in the morning.

Open because of the damn cat. We love her though.

Open to keep the Monsters out, closed to keep the Monsters in.

Open for ventilation and to hear a potentially screaming kid.

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.

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

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

Closed because when I bought my fridge I never considered that it can be so loud. Otherwise open.

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.

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, doggo likes to do perimeter checks throughout the night

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.