7 Ways Clutter Affects Your Health
7 Ways Clutter Affects Your Health
Did you know that your home’s clutter could affect your health?
Your messy rooms contribute to higher levels of stress in your body. The abundance of visual stimuli signals that you still have work to do, which can lead to guilt, anxiety, and frustration. You may see this stress as physical symptoms like asthma or emphysema. Maybe you’ve experienced increased blood pressure, heartburn, acid reflux, headaches, and body aches. You can create a serene space that will support better health by decluttering.
A cluttered environment limits your ability to focus. It’s similar to being overwhelmed by different noises all at once. Do you concentrate better in public spaces like libraries, conference rooms, or coffee shops? It’s probably because there are fewer distractions than at home. You can create a serene space that will support better health by decluttering.
3. Overeating
Did you know that a cluttered kitchen could be one cause of your overeating? Studies show that a messy kitchen influences poor snacking behaviors. Everyone is affected by what’s in their home, so a cluttered environment can negatively influence your habits and behavior, leading to overeating. You can create a serene space that will support better health by decluttering.
4. Poor Air Quality and Environment
Clutter increases your risk of asthma and allergies. It’s hard to clean round piles of clutter, meaning you spend longs doing housework. Decluttering can also prevent pests and reduce dust, mold, and mildew. You can create a serene space that will support better health by decluttering.
Decluttering can create a serene space that supports better health. Positive change is always possible. Share on X
Children in decluttered classrooms perform better on tests than children in disorganized classrooms. The same is true for your home. You can create a serene space that will support better health by decluttering.
If your bedroom is cluttered, you may need help falling and staying asleep and experience more sleep disturbances throughout the night. Decluttering can create a serene space that will support better health.
Clutter often leads to negative self-talk, which damages psychological well-being. When you declutter, you take positive action to make a favorable change in your home.
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Sue
I’ve noticed all these things at various times after decluttering, but if someone hasn’t tried it yet, they probably wouldn’t realize how much they will benefit. Thank you for putting these things out in the open!
You’re welcome. I agree that people don’t realize how clutter is affecting them and only realize once they decluttered and feel/see the benefits.
It is incredible how many people do not realize that excessive dust can cause health issues. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
My experience is that they don’t disturb the dust so it doesn’t bother them. Then we start moving things around and dust flies everywhere.
Having all these health reasons in one place is a great motivator for making life changes when it comes to clutter – Well Done! Cluttered thoughts as well as spaces also contribute to impaired health. Maybe your next blog post?…
Good idea. I focused on physical space, but mental space is important too.
I’ve never really considered overeating or poor eating as a side effect of disorganization, but it does make sense. I know on a desk or in a workspace, it is hard to be productive when clutter is piled high. The same would apply to a kitchen. If there is no clear space to prepare food, I’d be more inclined to just get takeout or eat some easy-to-grab snack.
This is very though provoking! It’s not just about “pretty spaces,” it is also about many aspects of our health!
Good analogy. I think you get the same effect in the kitchen and at your desk, as you said. The clutter just makes life harder, so you start taking shortcuts.
I agree about all of these. I have a module in my signature speech about this, and I loop them around to one another, like how if you don’t get recuperative sleep, it impacts your hormones (including ghrelin, the hunger hormone) which increases your appetite, which causes you to overeat, yadda yadda.
Being disorganized with your space, time, and thoughts impacts every area of your life and all of the health components. It’s amazing how much even a little decluttering can improve things. Excellent points!
I agree. I see a change in clients after one appointment and if we continue the positive affects continue too.