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Tictok star Matt Howard temporarily made the decision to sleep separately from his wife Abby Howard.
“This is super embarrassing, but last month I sleep in our closet,” Matt, 26, said on Saturday, February 1st, an episode of his “Night shift” Podcast. “This is now our mattress in the bedroom that I have dragged from our bedroom in here.”
He added: “My wife is obviously not a big fan of this arrangement. I don’t know that a spouse (who) would be hidden by their significant other sleep in a creepy wardrobe. It not only sounds super strange, but also for someone like my wife who likes to cuddle and To play with her hair while she falls asleep, she is not the biggest fan of it. “
While Matt understands Abby’s view, he felt forced to switch their sleeping arrangements “to prioritize (his) priority (his) mental health. “
“(This) is a temporary decision,” he emphasized. “I wasn’t well. I really fought (and) felt awful and that’s why I’m here.”
Matt and Abby, also 26, have been together since high school, eventually married in July 2019, together, the “unplanned” hosts of the Podcasts to share sons Griffin, 2 and August, 18 months.
According to Matt, his Battles with anxiety And Adhd interfered with his ability to sleep.
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“Because of all these nonsense, my brain is wrong with him,” Matt said. “I would be so nervous (i) I would do so much pressure on myself, trying to be a cool child to rehearse the way I would say the words in front of people, like, if I was trying to talk to someone … I already had a relationship with. because I would be so nervous that I would say something stupid. “
In addition to sleeping in another room, Matt was trying to manage his anxious tendencies.
“It’s strange that I have to admit his presence, but I don’t have to give her energy,” he said. “This is something I do with the exercise of meditation and breathing. If there is ever a fear or some kind of feeling trying to take me all my life, I just try to admit that I watch it there, but, like, put it behind the glass door in my brain. “
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Despite the “sleeping” – so Matt titled Part of the Podcast episode on YouTube – he and Abby are still happy in marriage.
“I just realized I didn’t wear my ring. I should probably put it, “Matt teased.” My wife and I are still together. I took it off because I wore this silicone ring that had my finger to my finger, and then the ring finger started to blow, so today I took it off to break my skin. “
He added, “We are still married and we still love each other.”
Matt and Abby also schedule “mom and dad’s time” now that they are sleeping.
“We had incredible sex and that’s because I have energy again,” Matt explained. “I have energy to look forward to it because I sleep well, which is amazing, and maybe I’m just that I’m a parent, but a guy, daily sex is the best.”