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thrivehere.com
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https://www.thrivehere.com/clean-house-healthy-mind-spring-cleaning-benefits-…
### 4 Reasons Why Cleaning is Beneficial to Mental health
1.Decreased Stress
Not only does an uncluttered space provide a sense of calm, but the physical act of cleaning can release feel-good endorphins, reducing feelings of stress and anxiety. As you cross tasks off your checklist, your body also releases Dopamine. Also known as the “happy hormone”, Dopamine provides a sense of accomplishment and pride that can promote motivation in other areas of our lives.
2. Improved Focus [...] 3. Regulated Emotions
According to this 2015 study, cleaning can function as a practice in mindfulness, providing an increased sense of calm and inspiration. Slowing down while cleaning gives you room to relax and free your mind of burdens, stressors, and irritants that can affect your mental health. Cleaning can even be considered a practice of self-care as the action helps you to connect with yourself and the outcome allows you to better enjoy your own space.
4. Sense of Order and Control [...] When experiencing mental health struggles, people may feel a lack of control over their lives and emotions. Cleaning even small areas of the home can provide an increased sense of order and control as you cross tasks off your to-do list. Through realizing your own power by simply completing minor tasks like cleaning, it can reaffirm your ability to do more.
### 10 Tips for Cleaning When Struggling with Mental Health
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apartmenttherapy.com
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https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/mental-health-benefits-of-cleaning-37402961
ACI research also found that a clean home fosters a sense of accomplishment, enhances mood, boosts productivity, and reduces stress and anxiety.
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cloroxpro.ca
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https://www.cloroxpro.ca/blog/cleaning-for-wellness-support-both-physical-and…
Much has been written about the positive mental effects of “decluttering”: stress reduction, improved focus, emotional well-being and even
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inc.com
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https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-neuroscience-of-why-spring-cleaning-…
Both neuroscientists and historians suggest spring cleaning can improve your mental health and give you more focus and energy for your business and your life.
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cleaninginstitute.org
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https://www.cleaninginstitute.org/newsroom/2024/aci-showcases-mind-and-body-b…
“A clutter-free space can promote a sense of calm which helps in reducing stress and anxiety levels. Although cleaning can seem overwhelming at
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mercycare.org
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https://www.mercycare.org/bhs/employee-assistance-program/eapforemployers/res…
Physical activity, even in the form of cleaning, can help combat feelings of fatigue and sluggishness, boosting overall mood and energy levels.
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11925691
others; Tesser, 2000). Paralleling such mental mechanisms, we observe that cleaning can attenuate the effects of psychological threats to one’s self—as moral (West & Zhong, 2015), as rational (Lee & Schwarz, 2010), as competent (Kaspar, 2012), and as socially accepted (the present findings). This opens up a broad and exciting avenue for future research: Daily cleaning behavior, mundane as it seems, may serve supplementary coping functions that not only attenuate stress but also sustain positive [...] Either way, the potential utility of cleaning for coping with stressors such as physical risks and psychological threats bears theoretical and practical importance. Hygienic care is a human universal (Brown, 1991) and a part of our everyday life, for good reasons. Cleaning behavior confers significant personal and public health benefits (Boyce & Pittet, 2002) and is one of the most recommended daily routines by the World Health Organization for reducing pathogen risks (Pittet et al., 2009). [...] et al., 2009). Beyond its physical benefits, cleaning carries rich abstract meanings, hearkening back to classic anthropological insights on the association between purity and danger across societies (Douglas, 1966) and on purification rituals (available in all major religions) that symbolically separate one’s past, worse self (which threatens one’s positive self-view) from one’s future, better self. Washing and cleaning are also the most common behavioral symptoms of obsessive–compulsive
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childrenswi.org
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https://childrenswi.org/at-every-turn/stories/2024/05/mental-health-benefits-…
Reduces stress: Clean and organized spaces can build a comfortable space, or a space in which your child can truly relax and decompress. Boosts