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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Punteha van Terheyden

8 Psychology-Backed Tips to Calm Your Nervous System While Decluttering Successfully in 2026

Taupe kitchen cabinets with glass fronts, butler sink, brass fixtures, and paneled walls. There are amber glass jars and a cookbook in view.

If you've ever felt your mind go blank or your hands start to shake when anxious, nervous, or upset, that's your nervous system starting a cascade to 'protect' you from a perceived threat.

If that 'threat' is what happens when you try and fail to declutter, fret not.

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