Moving house

Moving has always been very difficult for me because I tend to get used to a certain place and associate it with many important events in my life. Three months ago, I had to move to another country because of my husband's job, and I still feel strange walking the streets of an unfamiliar city. My husband and I took great care in choosing a house because it is where people usually spend the most time. The house was great, but it was missing some details that would make it feel like home. We turned to https://onstage-online.com/our-services for some furniture, artwork, and accessories and I feel so much better now!

Do you think all these feelings are ‘heightened’ by the fact that I have autism or is it ‘normal’ to feel like this? I only say this because my partner is dealing with it a lot better than I am

Yeah me and my boyfriend moved in together of our own choice. Found a lovely house and everything great. But now we’re actually moving in and have the keys I find there’s so much to do and I’m not ready for the change. We’re living at his parents house before so in between the two at the moment 

We moved house recently, my ASD son is 21 years old so what we did was take everything of his into the new house and try and place them in the same place as they were before we moved, this seemed to make things a little less stressful for him

Yep moving house brings massive change and extreme stress and anxiety. I've only ever moved house once with my parents and I remember it was really stressful.

It got easier with time but also it felt more like home when I decorated my new room and added my own little things to it. That helps a lot, it did for me.

I found it hard moving house. When we first arrived it seemed there were a lot of small things that needed sorting. I felt very down. As each thing was done it felt a little better. I then started planning small things like new curtains and painting and things I wanted to do in the garden when the weather improved. 

I now feel happy here and know it was the right thing to do.

Moving house is one of THE most stressful things you can do.   I think Robert is right, start to personalize your new house, make it yours.  You can only be comfortable when it stops feeling new/foreign and it starts feeling more of a home.

Yeah I felt it was very difficult when moving especially as I lived there since I was little, what helped me was setting everything out how my old house was into the new house, I still find it hard now. 

I have to redecorate before I start to feel at home and at ease.

Hi,

when I go through big changes like this my anxiety suddenly spikes, but it's normal to be feeling this way. However difficult it may be for you, it will go away. I felt the same for you accept it was only the summer holidays and the transition from being working to being at home or on holiday was awful for me to the point I was mentally and phisically ill. It must be hard moving house but the anxiety will definetly go away. What may help you is maybe watching or reading your favorite Tv series or book because just doing something you did before moving house may help you to settle and give you a little mental break from all of the stresses you may be going through right now.

I remember the last time my family and I moved house and I had chicken pox the day we were moving so I just remember sitting in the corner of my old home wrapped up in a blanket, watching the removal people pass by. I also remember how strange and unsettled it felt for me at the very begining like you may be feeling now,  but I settled in very well.

If you have lots of things in boxes and packed away, it may also feel even worse for you because you are not surrounded by the things you were used to waking up to and seeing every day but once you can finally re arrange your new home to the way that suits you, then it will feel loads better.

I hope the process goes well and your anxiety gets better. Goodluck ! 

Hello! Did you move house of your own volition, and did you choose the home that you moved to?