Unclean Homes and Stress
Why an Unclean Home Increases Anxiety
Days are spent worrying about the effects of stress and countless words of advice are written to stressed-out individuals. However, it is still uncommon to hear an unclean home being blamed as a source of stress. In actual fact, the tidiness of a home has a huge effect on the perception of stress.
The home should act as an alleviator of anxiety, it should be a place to relax, unwind and forget your troubles. Coming home to a mountain of washing up, a coating of dust and piles of paperwork will only make problems worse. There are several reasons that untidiness can cause stress and anxiety and exacerbate existing irritations...
Over-Stimulation
When a room is messy, it is creating lots of new sensory stimuli that can push the brain into overdrive. The senses it over-stimulates are not limited to sight and vision, it also affect smell and touch. Overall, these additional stimuli will distract the brain from focusing on what is important in life.
The Brain
A messy room will signal to the brain that the work is never over, which in turn makes it much harder to relax. Constantly feeling like there is something else to do can be exceptionally stressful because it means you will never be able to fully switch off.
Attention
Clutter steals attention. It reduces the ability to focus on important issues because the mind is always wandering back to the disorganised chaos.
Frustration
Have you ever had mountains of clutter? You will likely have lost something important like your keys or wallet in the mess. Losing these is frustrating and time consuming, both of which can be additional triggers.
Anxiety
Being unsure of when the mess will be cleaned creates strong feelings of anxiety. Anxious thoughts about how to get through the mess can quickly lead to stress about cleaning it up.
Guilt
If your home is particularly messy, you probably won’t invite your friends over too often. You might feel guilty about your inability to keep a tidy home and you could well be embarrassed by the messy state of the place.
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