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Why do I clean when I am upset?
When people feel like their life is out of control or they are struggling with some uncertainties, cleaning can be a way to assert some control in their life. Cleaning gives people a sense of mastery and control over their environment.
What to do when you get upset easily?
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- Think before you speak. In the heat of the moment, it’s easy to say something you’ll later regret.
- Once you’re calm, express your anger.
- Get some exercise.
- Take a timeout.
- Identify possible solutions.
- Stick with ‘I’ statements.
- Don’t hold a grudge.
- Use humor to release tension.
Why do I get the urge to clean?
Maintaining a clean and tidy home is usually a sign of good emotional health. When cleaning becomes obsessive, however, an underlying mental disorder may be the cause. Obsessive fears of contamination along with cleaning and sanitizing compulsions is one of many subtypes of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder).
How do I clean my anger?
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- Dust everything on your bookcase.
- Take on stubborn grout.
- Flip your mattress and make your bed.
- Scrub the walls and baseboards.
- Thoroughly sweep and mop the floors.
Why do I like cleaning at night?
Due to nervous energy, you might feel the need to stay up late cleaning — possibly for hours on end. “Instead of just sitting around with your anxious thoughts, you take all of your fidgety, anxious energy and clean and organize your apartment like nobody’s business,” Dr. Lee says.
Can you clean up after you’re done?
“Look, can you clean up after you’re done?” is a little bit more direct, but sometimes necessary. If you’re worried about a bad response, you can always be a little bit more careful about it – in a non-confrontational, indirect way -, that’s always a good way to do things.
What do you do when someone doesn’t clean up after themselves?
If someone doesn’t clean up after themselves, you should strive to make the situation better. The only way to make it worse is by not cleaning up after yourself. Don’t turn a small situation into a full-blown let’s-see-who’s-dirtier competition.
How do you ask someone to clean up their mess?
Remember that you don’t want to perform a monologue, you’re simply asking someone to clean up their mess. Be kind, be non-confrontational, and be brief. If you can keep your head cool when you ask, then it’s not necessary to prepare anything.
How do you stay calm in a difficult situation?
If staying calm is getting harder and harder, try to remove yourself from the situation for a while, breathe, and come back. Because you’ll have to deal with it sometime – and you’ll have to be calm and polite to do so. The second worst thing you can do is giving up and start to clean up after other people. There’s no reason for you to do that!