Dusty corner: what psychological problems does a messy home indicate?

The mood and psychological state of a person, one way or another, is projected onto the space around him. To understand more about the character of a new acquaintance, you just need to visit him once without an invitation. Here a complete picture of a person’s internal state will appear before your eyes. After all, disorder or absolute cleanliness in the house can reveal the hidden traits of the owner.

Clutter in the house from a psychological point of view

There are two categories of people. For some, their home is always in perfect order and so sterilely clean that it is sometimes scary to touch anything. The latter, on the contrary, are called upon to create chaos around themselves always and everywhere. There is real chaos in their house, and they navigate it perfectly because they are used to living like this.

Psychologists and other experts say that persistent clutter can be caused by several conditions:

• loneliness and helplessness (experts say that by throwing things around, a person seems to be “marking” his territory, trying to prove to everyone, including himself, that he exists, that he is a person; when a second half appears, such behavior is no longer inappropriate, but old habits go away slowly and reluctantly);
• lack of attention (insecure people try to attract more attention to themselves in this way, trying to get the energy boost and support that they so lack);
• reluctance to become an adult (a habit from childhood can do a bad job: this usually happens in children who grew up in a family of pedants, where the house was practically sterile clean - by creating chaos, they rebelled, trying to establish their own rules, the habit easily passes into adulthood and appears unwillingness to change anything);
• a constant feeling of anxiety (this often happens in people deeply immersed in a depressive state - this happens for various reasons, for example, the death of a loved one or pet leads to the fact that a person simply does not want to change anything, clinging to his memories of the past and not turning your gaze to the present).

Important! Experts advise taking radical measures if prerequisites for one of the conditions have been noticed. The house definitely needs to be cleared of all unnecessary rubbish and opened up to everything new and good.

Freeing up space in an apartment, removing unnecessary trash and scattered things is one of the methods for bringing a person’s condition back to normal and adapted to modern living conditions. This is the first stage from which the path to success should begin.

What problems does a person have with their disorder?

Often, throwing things around is an attempt to mark your own territory. All people are different; for some, just one shelf is enough to neatly put all their things, while others are used to scattering them throughout the house and can easily find them when necessary. This is not always a problem, it’s just that a person is used to living this way and doesn’t want to change anything. Attempts to break such stereotypes can cost the family happiness. Therefore, some families who have found mutual understanding look quite happy, living in a conditional disorder.

But psychological problems that dictate such behavior also appear often. And here you need to accurately determine whether qualified help is required or not.

To solve this problem, try to talk to the person. Perhaps he is simply accustomed to hanging his trousers and shirts over all the chairs, and also placing his plumbing tools in all corners of the house, and this is not a psychological problem. But if he lacks attention or there is constant anxiety, lack of self-confidence, he will need the help of a psychologist.