Clutter Can Be So Bad For People With Anxiety

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Take a quick glance around your home: Do you see disorganized drawers, scattered toys on the floor, or stacks of mails? An overflowing trashcan? Having a cluttered home makes us feel out of control and exhausted. Is clutter just a housekeeping issue or has it already become a mental health issue?

Let’s read the article below to find out how clutter affects people with anxiety.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-clutter-bad-people-anxiety_l_60636df8c5b6d5b7a6936282

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you like cleaning? How often do you clean your house?
  2. Does clutter or mess bother you? Does it cause you anxiety?
  3. Are you a neat freak?  Do you know any neat freaks?  How crazy are they about cleanliness?
  4. How do you deal with the clutter in your home?
  5. Is it really possible to find beauty in chaos? Explain your point.

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2 replies on “Clutter Can Be So Bad For People With Anxiety”

Do you like cleaning? How often do you clean your house?
I don’t think that I like it, but is a thing that you have to do by yourself if you want to keep some order in your own home. I usually do sweeping and mopping at weekends, and every day I do the dishes.

Does clutter or mess bother you? Does it cause you anxiety?
I could say that in a way I’m often bothered by clutter and I try to clean those things that tend to be lying around in the room. It doesn’t cause me anxiety at all but I guess I have some sort of TCO that makes me cleaning these things.

Are you a neat freak? Do you know any neat freaks? How crazy are they about cleanliness?
Not at all, I guess and I hope that I haven’t reached that level so far. I don’t know any neat freaks but I think they could be the kind of people that anybody wants to live with.

How do you deal with the clutter in your home?
I try not to accumulate too much dirt in my home, when it’s clear to see, sooner or later I’ll clean it before my brain screams at me that I have to clean that.

Is it really possible to find beauty in chaos? Explain your point.
I find it totally understandable because if you have all your spread all over your home you’re going to be able to find everything that you would need since nothing is stored in its place and you could see everything at a glance.

You’re getting better and better at this. Keep it up!

See how this sentence can be expressed a little bit better:

I find it totally understandable because if you have all your spread all over your home you’re going to be able to find everything that you would need since nothing is stored in its place and you could see everything at a glance.

I find it totally understandable because if you have all your stuff organized all over your home, you’re going to be able to find everything that you would need since everything is stored in its proper places and you will be able to see everything at a glance.

Keep practicing your writing to improve more and more!

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