Good Hygiene

Overview
Good personal hygiene and keeping your home clean are important for maintaining good physical and mental health. Good hygiene can help prevent the spread of disease and infection, and it can also promote general well-being. This is particularly important if you are suffering from depression, as poor hygiene can have a negative impact on your mood and well-being. Our environment can have a strong influence on our mood. Therefore, it's a good idea to keep our environment clean and satisfying so that it can contribute positively to our mental well-being. Some of the benefits of good hygiene are listed below.
Improved mood
Good hygiene can help improve mood by reducing feelings of anxiety, stress and depression.
Increased energy
Good hygiene can help increase energy levels, as it can improve overall physical and mental health.
Improved self-esteem
Good hygiene can help improve self-esteem by making you feel more confident and positive about yourself.
Better sleep
Good hygiene can help improve the quality of your sleep by creating a clean and comfortable environment in which to sleep.
Reduced risk of infection
Good hygiene can help reduce the risk of infection by preventing the spread of disease and illness.
Studies and Videos References

Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity | Huberman Lab Podcast #57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2pc6NwsHQ&t=3165s&ab_channel=AndrewHuberman
Study on the Impact of Residential Outdoor Environments on Mood in the Elderly in Guangzhou, China
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3933
Personal Hygiene
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27297-9_3
Hidden heroes of the health revolution Sanitation and personal hygiene
https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(08)00740-2/fulltext
Importance of understanding the need of personal hygiene: A comprehensive review
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sayantan-Ghosh-8/publication/348445943_Importance_of_understanding_the_need_of_personal_hygiene_A_comprehensive_review/links/5fffd032299bf1408893db5e/Importance-of-understanding-the-need-of-personal-hygiene-A-comprehensive-review.pdf
Natural Sound Facilitates Mood Recovery
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/eco.2014.0028
Effects of enriched environment on animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969996108000910
Practitioners’ experiences of deteriorating personal hygiene standards in people living with depression in Australia: A qualitative study
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hsc.13491
Does low self-esteem predict depression and anxiety? A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-16517-001
Understanding the Link Between Low Self-Esteem and Depression
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963721413492763?journalCode=cdpa
The importance of greenspace for mental health
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-international/article/importance-of-greenspace-for-mental-health/EEFD7077B5E3823086FB187FABE535C2
PLANTS FOR A BETTER LIFE - PEOPLE-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS IN INDOOR WORK ENVIRONMENTS
https://www.actahort.org/books/881/881_138.htm
Effect of warm/cool white lights on visual perception and mood in warm/cool color environments
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481791/
Designing the Indoor Environment for People
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17452007.2005.9684583
