Anybody else has a darkened room?

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Mine is about 90% dark (can't block out all the corners; windows very big as it is) - I'm sensitive to light, and tend to be awake at night, so it's good to continue sleeping in the dark. Three cardboard boxes stacked out like in Tetris with one propped up with two coke bottles, and another three black bags.

The problem, of course, is when I go out into the kitchen... I get nearly blinded.

I just hate the fact that not only does every room in my flat have a window, but huge ones too. All, of course, completely unrequested for... goddamn builders! I'm probably charged rent on them too!

My bedroom is mostly blacked out so that I can sleep in the mornings and afternoons. The windows have 2-3 layers of things hung in front of them to block out as much of the sun as possible. Some days I can't tell if it is sunny or cloudy because so little light gets through. I also work nights which helps when you do not have a definite sleep schedule.

I live in darkness.

It is like midnight in my bedroom if I close the door. I have styrofoam insulation with the aluminum coating in my windows. I can sleep a lot better in a dark room and my room is unbelievably much cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

My bedroom and "stim room" are both dark, though the latter is much darker due to the fact it is a windowless room. I even black out the alarm clock because the illuminated numbers keep me awake.

I stim in my bedroom most of the time.

A room without windows... is that really quiet too? Does anyone know, if a room has four concrete walls (could a floor ever be concrete?) would all noise be blocked? (Say, if it's on a main street, no cars heard?) Is that concrete or something else?

my home is brightly lit (in the yellow spectrum (not sterile white)) while i am awake and enthusiastic, and i have 5 light switches that i have to turn off before i go to bed. the bighter (in a yellow spectrum) the area is lit, the clearer my mind is.
when i switch off all my lights and the computers and the tv, there is darkness and silence, and at that time i instantly become very sleepy and i am usually asleep about 5 minutes after extinguishing all the electrical components of my life. i will be asleep in 5 minutes. i will be asleep for 10 hours until i awaken and reopen my blinds and hop into the day again.

it is a routine that may make some people feel entrapped, but it is a routine that makes me feel secure. i like doing the same things over and over if they provide the reward of permanence and security. i am very tied to my routines.

When I had my own bedroom, my windows and door were shut all the time. I never open the windows, and I had large posters stuck over the windows to cover them. So my room was perpetually dim and I stayed inside all the time, only venturing out for food and toilet.

do you no longer have your own bedroom?
i think that solitude is the best place to contemplate the world from.

i am going now to bed (which is preheated with an electric blanket), and i am going to wrap myself tightly in my warm doonah and i could not care less what happens until 11 am tomorrow.

I am currently living with my boyfriend. He would freak out if I boarded up the bedroom window!

I get annoyed that he opens the blinds every morning, but a long time ago I've resigned myself to trying to live with the habits of NTs because I couldn't have a proper relationship otherwise. So I just put up with it.

I have "blackout" curtains on my bedroom windows that were made to keep the light out.

No. Ironically, a room being too dark actually makes my eyes hurt, more than a room being too bright. When it's that dull-ness in a room, I feel my pupils are growing bigger and bigger and are stretching and hurting my eyes, then when I switch a bright light on, it's like heaven. I can almost feel my pupils going smaller, which is more comfortable.

So no, I cannot live in a darkened room.

I cannot take bright lights and certain types of lighting. But I cannot sleep in a pitch black room. I need to see something - even the red dot and a little glow on the alarm clock. Some nights I need more light and will leave the hall light on with the door closed just enough to keep it from being direct.

my bedroom is always dark, but I like indirect natural light in the daytime. at night I normally have the lights off, I have really good night vision.

I'm nocturnal most of the time, although I have my blinds completely down if there's any sunlight. Seriously hate sunshine and artificial lighting.