The Negative Impact Of Clutter On Your Health

Declutterbuzz
7 min readMar 8, 2024

Declutter Your Home for Your Best Health will show you why living in a clutter-free environment can be like having an insurance policy. Clutter can have a negative impact on our physical, mental, and spiritual health and this article will show you why and how.

The NIH — National Institute for Health — research shows us that Sleep deficiency is linked to many chronic health problems.

Too much clutter affects heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, obesity, depression, and accidents.

Poor sleep is disrupted by clutter because it is difficult for some of us to relax in a cluttered room. Make that impossible for someone like me.

Stress

Disorganized chaos in a cluttered environment can have a significant impact on elevated stress levels. The accumulation of clutter in the home creates an overwhelming atmosphere, affecting one’s mental well-being.

The constant visual stimuli of a messy space can activate the body’s stress response, leading to an increase in cortisol levels. The stress response is the flight or fight reaction most of us know.

I call these visual explosions. I detest going into department stores due to the visual overload. Between this and the loud unwelcome muzak, I avoid…

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