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How to Clean to Alleviate Anxiety and Not Do It Obsessively

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  We all know that cleaning alleviates stress and helps with anxiety. Since all of us got trapped in our homes since the pandemic began, we began to focus a lot more on keeping our surroundings clean. Why did this happen? The first reason for this was obviously the hygiene and sanitation perspective. Our safety was at risk and we had to be on guard at all times, sanitise and disinfect regularly, and focus on keeping a completely scot-free environment for us all. The pandemic made us focus on improving our regular hygiene and cleanliness habits, and we’re all grateful for that. The second reason for this was to make ourselves feel better. Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and countries went into lockdown one after another, there was a general sense of disconnect between us and the rest of the world. We all felt a little alienated and everything around us seemed bizarre and out of sorts. We didn’t understand what was happening because we knew barely anything about the virus, and t