Clutter and hoarding: open up to new beliefs and feelings
You can reduce clutter by reducing and releasing limiting beliefs and stagnant negative emotions. But what next? You can reduce these and be in a neutral state. That’s very good. But many disorderly have not even considered new and positive beliefs and feelings. Unfortunately, the prevailing culture did a great job in the past of imposing or promoting negative concepts as if the disorderly are permanently damaged. That is simply not true.
The clutter is driven by negative thought patterns in your subconscious mind. So adding more negativity won’t help and can make things worse.
Messy and hoarders are normal, nice and smart people
If you are a mess or hoarder, you may think that no one is like you and that you are very different. You may have thoughts that if someone knew what your home was like, they would not like it. However, an estimated 15% of the population is overcrowded and 2-3% are hoarders. This means that you are the same as millions of other people.
Messy people are usually very nice people. This is a known trait, plus messy people are very smart and creative with many interests.
So what do many people think after hearing this information? Often times, the following comment is derogatory, leading to negative thoughts and emotions. All of these thoughts and feelings can come from people who are cramming or not crowding. None of these negative thoughts help anyone. When you have negative and critical thinking, who feels the negative feeling? You are. It doesn’t matter who it is, messy or not messy.
How do you turn a negative into a positive?
First, see if you are thinking or feeling something negative. Then think of a positive thought that can replace it. Then repeat that to yourself as many times as you can. So a negative thought like “I am such a stupid person because I am so messy” could turn into “I am a kind, smart and smart person” or “I am a kind, thoughtful and smart person who currently has a messy house.”
