How An Unclean Home Can Affect Your Mood

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How An Unclean Home Can Affect Your Mood
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• Weve all heard of the research that shows how
  lighting and certain colours can affect our mood
  such as how bright lighting can improve
  depression and anxiety and the colour green tends
  to calm and soothe us but what about whether an
  unclean or messy home can affect our mood or
  state of mind?
• Is there a link between an unclean home and some
  mental health illnesses?
• A messy, unruly, chaotic and unclean home may be
  a symptom of some mental health illnesses, such
  as depression and anxiety, health experts say, or
  it could in fact, be a contributor.

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• Depression is often predicted by genetic factors
  combined with stressful situations, and while
  there are those who may be genetically
  predisposed to suffering from depression with or
  without the presence of a stressful situation,
  there are some for whom the combination of both,
  can trigger episodes of depression. Health
  experts agree that an untidy home can encourage
  feeling of stress, and so they are inclined to
  define a chaotic and unclean home as being a
  potentially stressful situation, meaning that
  this, combined with genetic factors, could lead
  to depression for the home owner and/or its
  inhabitants.

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• How tidying up can impact upon your mood and
  motivation
• Consider how untidy or cluttered your hallway is.
  When the first thing that you see when you walk
  in the door after a hard day at work, is a whole
  bunch of shoes, bags, post and other items lying
  all over the floor or bundled untidily onto
  shelves, how does it make you feel? Most of us
  would find this displeasing at the very least,
  and it probably encourages us to just kick our
  shoes off and toss our bag down on top of whats
  already lying there, adding to the mess and the
  stress! If your hallway was uncluttered and
  clean, youd feel far more motivated to keep it
  that way, and your mood as you enter your home,
  would be far more positive, even if youve had a
  crappy day from hell.

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• Research has also shown that owners of a tidy
  home, are far more likely to want to invite
  friends, family and neighbours around for drinks,
  dinner and other activities, which generally
  affects our mood in a positive way (perhaps
  depending on how much you like your guests!).
• Comfortable chairs set in a clean and inviting
  environment, can also help encourage members of
  your household to sit and chat together, which is
  something that many family units dont take the
  time to do these days.

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• Getting on with our chores and not putting them
  off, is also a great way to boost your mood.
  Whether its the sense of achievement once youve
  completed the tasks, the burst of energy that
  encourages the production of mood lifting
  serotonins, or the pleasure at having your home
  become liveable once again, its an undeniable
  fact that our mood lifts after a cleaning
  session.
• How hiring professional help to clean your home,
  can help improve your mood
• If an unclean home is contributing towards, or
  encouraging your feelings of stress, anxiety or
  depression, but you simply cant find the
  motivation to do anything

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• about it, the quicker you do, the quicker youll
  start to feel better. So why not hire a
  professional cleaning company to blitz the place
  while youre out, and come home to a clean and
  happy environment! The sooner your home feels
  clean and tidy, the sooner your mood will
  improve, and thats good news for you, and
  doubtless for your friends and family, too!
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