#compulsive-cleanliness

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Social psychologists found that people who keep their living spaces immaculate aren't necessarily organized - many of them learned that a clean house was the only form of control available in a childhood where everything else was unpredictable - Silicon Canals

Compulsive cleanliness in some individuals is a trauma response linked to childhood adversity, not merely a sign of organization or virtue.
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