Sleep worse for short period when in different place

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Who else sleeps worse the first week or two when sleeping in a different place? When I go home for break I don't sleep well for most of it, except for the last week. I don't sleep well for the first few weeks when going back up to Towson too. I feel like it has to do with the routine thing.

Very much the same!

Do you think it has to due with your aspergers, or not related to it at all?

My sleep is terrible to non-existent when I'm in a different place. I don't think it has anything to do with Asperger's.

I've seen a few reports like this one, that suggest it is just an evolutionary hangover.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/left-brain-stands-guard-while-sleeping-away-home

Mind you it normally takes me between 1 to 2 hrs to fall asleep anyway.

I experience the same. Perhaps, due to change in environment. Sleeping on a bed that I am not accustomed to. I dont sleep as well if I don't have my own bedding. Ofactory sensitivity. Difference in lighting. Perhaps other reasons, as well.

For me when sleeping at my home bed or in my dorm bed I don't sleep well for the first 2 or sometimes 3 weeks even though they are my own bedding. For me it's not the type of bed, it's just the change of enviornment.

This happens to people both NT and autistic. Both my wife and I travel from time-to-time and we both have this problem and she's NT.

I do because there's little annoyances between school and home that are hard to get used to. My neighbor at home hates me so when he finds out I'm home he plays his music loud enough for me to hear the lyrics. At school, there's this constant audible vibration in my room that seems to come from the wall right where the head of my bed is.

It may be, its hard to say. I can be quite a nervous person at times, so unfamiliar things can set me on edge. It may also be it takes a while for me to 'forget' a place, and until i have, the feeling of being there kinda oppresses me a bit. After a while, and i forget it, i can usually sleep better. Some places may make me feel really at home, even if they are not like home at all, but feel very comfortable to me for some reason. Most place don't make me feel this way though, and i take time to adjust to new surroundings. It seems quite possible that it is related to the Asperger's tendency, to have difficulty adjusting to change, and if sleep is a bit of an issue, then it could quite likely be affected by an unfamiliar environment.
On a general note, my sleep has greatly improved since i have absolutely stopped trying to get to sleep. I get into bed, relax my body and muscles, and pay no mind to whether i sleep or not, it is barely a consideration when i am in bed now. Consequently i sleep much better, as sleep is something that is not possible to actually 'do', it just happens, but i firmly believe you can prevent it by trying. Trying not to try can be a bit tricky, watching a game of Mindball shows that. If i think about how to walk when i am walking my brain gets confused, as most things when learnt, need to be forgotten in order to function.
Anyway you didn't ask about sleep problems, but just in-case its helpful i thought i would share