I don't have a problem honing on stones of any width, as long as the stone is long enough for my stroke. Even if it is a shorter stone, I can alter the stroke to catch the length of the edge from heel to point. I think it is a mental block kind of thing you're suffering from. If a person is a perfectionist stuff like that can be troublesome. Don't ask me how I know.

I sort of suffered from the same affliction when I had 3" wide strops. Obviously we're only going to use the width of the strop that is needed to service the blade, but for some reason it bothered me that there was all this leather. I cut my one 3" strop to 2 1'2" and sold my other one.

Anyway, just work on honing on a 3" width with your regular stroke and eventually it will become normal.