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MESS CAN LEAD TO DISTRESS

For people who don’t regularly

sort through and purge their stuff,

excess belongings can build up and

disrupt wellbeing, suggests research

published in Current Psychology.

Social and emotional problems

caused by a cluttered home – feeling

overwhelmed, depression, family

tensions – tended to increase with

age. And among the older subjects,

these issues were associated with

reduced overall life satisfaction.

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EVER BEEN SO HUNGRY IT

MAKES YOU ANGRY?

If you’ve been ‘hangry’ – that is, so

hungry it makes you angry – you’ll

be happy to learn that scientists

have begun studying the causes

of this unpleasant condition and

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