The equipment is the easy part. The social part catches people out. Partners get woken by a new noise and a new silence. Adult children worry. Colleagues on a work trip notice the extra bag. Some people are entirely relaxed about it and some find it genuinely difficult, and both reactions are ordinary. Things this thread is for: How you told a partner, and what changed for them once you did. (Very often: they sleep better than they have in years, and are more enthusiastic about the machine than you.) Sharing a room with someone else's machine. Whether you mention it at work, and how you handle overnight travel. Dating with a CPAP. Children and grandchildren asking what it is — the explanation that landed well. How you got past the "I look ridiculous" stage, if you had one. No advice-giving required. This is the thread where the answer is usually just "yes, that happened to me too". Nothing on SomniTalk is medical advice. Talk to your own clinician before changing therapy.