Based on my experiences talking to some people on this theme, I found a general consensus that cleaning the house can improve ones mental health. It may be in the “ordering” of things. When the brain starts to dip in a depression or soar in anxiety or mania, order helps. I talked to a woman who described her mania as soldiers marching on a bridge. When it seems they were not breaking their steps enough, she trued cleaning with her steam cleaner. For her, it was better than medication. She told me she valued medication and would never disobey the doctor and stopped taking it. Nonetheless, she felt a marked calm in here mood and her focus when she engaged in a cleaning activity. To me, this assertion needs little scientific proof. I get very calm after a good clean and besides that, I get a clean house out of the therapeutic activity. How can you miss? How about you? Do you find that cleaning the house elevates your mood?