March 2025 - Do you have emotional clutter?

We're all familiar with clutter in the physical sense and how emotions can be tied to the things we own - such as sentimental items, memories and that sense of guilt, for example, when we have been given something we don't particularly like and are contemplating getting rid of it.

But have you considered emotions themselves as being clutter?

My philosophy on clutter is that it is anything getting in the way of what you want to do or be, so it is not that the emotions themselves are negative or wrong but if they are not considered and processed then they linger around and start to clutter us up.

You can then experience this as emotional outbursts, feeling more annoyed in a particular moment than seems rational, becoming upset over smaller things, feeling irritable, even depression and anxiety can be linked to emotions that are stuck or "cluttering" you up.

Of course we can all experience these moments when we are tired or perhaps under pressure but if you notice a pattern developing, or you are feeling a way that is not helping you more often than not then perhaps you have some emotional clutter to clear.

We are discussing emotional clutter in the Facebook group this month if you would like to join us.