Are You Susceptible to ‘Cleaning Dysmorphia’? This Aesthetic Hurdle Could Be Adding Hours to Your To-Do List for an Audience That Doesn’t Exist

Counselors say “Cleaning Dysmorphia” may be causing us to devote extra hours to tidying up for an imaginary audience. This phenomenon, described as an aesthetic hurdle, is prompting a reconsideration of how—and why—we clean as much as we do.

Are You Susceptible to ‘Cleaning Dysmorphia’? This Aesthetic Hurdle Could Be Adding Hours to Your To-Do List for an Audience That Doesn’t Exist