The Hidden Cost of Storage Units: When Organization Chaos Takes a Mental Toll
The garage door rattles open on a crisp December morning. Inside, towers of cardboard boxes loom like a paper skyline. Somewhere in this cardboard city lies a box containing the family's cherished holiday decorations – the handmade ornaments, the stockings grandmother knitted, the star that's topped the tree for three generations. The only problem? Nobody can remember which box they're in.
Welcome to what psychologists are starting to recognize as "storage anxiety" – the unique stress that comes from knowing you own something but having no idea where it is.
