Build a home, even if it’s just one room, where you can finally exhale when you shut the door.

Somewhere to stop being watched is not a luxury; it is what makes the rest of the day survivable. It does not require ownership, space or any particular standard, only that it is genuinely yours and that the door closes. What matters is whether your shoulders drop when it does.

Look at wherever you currently sleep and make one change in that direction. Clear a surface, fix the light, add the thing that makes it feel like yours. Then use it that way, so that when you are in there you are not on duty.