Sensory issues with sleep

Does anyone ellse tend to have an overactive brain before they go to bed? Like if your staying some where different like at a relative's house you can't sleep well unless it's your own bed. Other people's houses freak me out at night time. I can literally here everything from pipes creeking to floor boards to the wind outside. Then my over imagination kikcs in and thinks there must be somone there when reality I do t beleive in ghosts but old Victorian propperties really creep me out. I sleep fine in my house but when we stay at families houses not so much. 

  • Yup that can happen to me.  I know it may sound strange but can you take a favourite blanket or cushion with you that you can feel safe with?  I recently bought a fluffy heavy blanket that feels like a kitty so it's great as I can't have pets.  It's really calming for me.  You're into making your own clothes.  Perhaps you could make a sensory blanket that goes with you wherever you are in different surrounding to remind you of home?