NYT: ‘Depression Rooms’ and ‘Doom Piles’: Why Clearing the Clutter Can Feel Impossible

oldmom4896
Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:55:08 +0000

When my daughter was in elementary school, our apartment was a big mess. Most weekends we visited our aunt and uncle in another state and I remember how much calmer I felt walking into their house. It took several years of really good psychotherapy before I could (literally and figuratively) clean up my act. It feels so much better to live (and work most days!) in an environment that is not cluttered. Not perfect to be sure but much better than before!

And now as a psychotherapist myself, I frequently use my personal example to stress the importance (as a symptom and a solution) of an uncluttered place to go home to.