How the Environment Affects Our Mood and Behavior

How do you feel today? Happy, vibrant, energetic, or low? Did you know that the environment you live in affects your mood and behavior? It does! "Environment" of your workplace and home covers many aspects including luminosity, sound, or noise and smell.

The environment doesn't only affect your mood and behavior; it also affects your overall health and well-being.

In addition to safety and security, the other factors that make your environment healthy include psychological comfort and physical comfort. Take, for instance; most workplaces tend to use beige and full colors so that workers don't get distracted. However, such colors are recipes for depression and low-energy.

To make the workplace and home a friendly place to work and live in, you should consider paintings, pictures, or potted plants.

Plants Can Reduce Air Pollution and Uplift Your Mood!

Interestingly, some plants can purify the air in your office or home. They are called air purifier plants. Having plants like Dracaenas, Areca palms in your room will absorb toxins like toluene and benzene.

In addition to purifying the air, plants also add color to your space. Thus, making the environment appealing and comfortable to be in. Also, looking at your plant grow gives a sense of satisfaction, and it uplifts your mood.

What Other Factors Affect How You React to Your Environment?

In addition to psychological and physical comfort, there are other factors that affect how you respond to the environment.

Here are some of them:

• Your Personality
• Artistic preferences
• Cultural background and influences

However, you should have it at the back of your mind that people react to their environment differently. So, the reason why you can't sleep in some bedrooms or feel depressed in certain areas differ from one person to person.

It may also interest you to know that the amount and type of light affect our concentration, mood, and even appetite. The million-dollar question is, how do we ensure a healthy environment when we are constantly exposed to noise, artificial light, and polluted air?

How does light affect your mood?

As you already know, light is also a part of the environment, whether internal or external environment. Continuous exposure to artificial light affects how your body responds to natural light stimuli during the day and darkness at night. How the body responds to natural light is called the circadian rhythm or cycle.

The circadian rhythm, which is also regarded as your biological clock, is affected by light reception. However, temperature and other environmental stimuli affect the process.

Understanding your circadian rhythm is essential for your well-being because it affects your sleep, mood, and wakefulness.

Research has also shown that exposure to light affects your mood and energy level. It was also found that poor lighting increases the risk of anxiety and depression.

Red Hues for Your Body and Mind at Night

You can start by using healthier and brighter lights during the day and dimmer lights at night. Color temperature also affects the environment. For instance, warm lights are more relaxing, while cooler light stimulates the body and keep you alert.

While blue lights (like the one from your computer and phone screen) can increase productivity and make you focused, they also make your sleep less restful because it reduces the secretion of the sleep hormone, melatonin.

Shield Against Noises

Noise can cause you headaches and lots of discomforts. It irritates your brain and often makes you lose focus. The world may be a busy place, but you can always prevent harmful sound from getting into your space — Sound Insulation.

Sound insulation helps to eliminate the noise from high car traffic and other persistent noise pollution. Thus, providing you with a peaceful and calm environment. Which is healthy your mind and also enhance your performance and productivity.

Or, you can opt to have white noise to cover the distracting background sounds. You can also try to have nature soundscapes and low frequency music to keep you in an alert but relaxed state.

Scent to Combat Sick Building Syndrome

Have you ever walked into a room and thought that the the room smelled sick? Now most of us spend a significant amount of time indoors, often in the same spaces at home and work. If these indoor living areas are full of harmful bacteria or mold, we could be susceptible to allergies, discomfort, mental disturbances and sickness.

Diffusing plant essential oils is an effective way that you can reap the benefit of plants in clearing the air of microbes. With the use of pure natural essential oils (not fragrance oils!), we can create a cleaner environment and create a positive ambience for everyone in the room. There are studies that have shown the efficacy of essential oils in purifying the air from microbes. 

In fact, our very own Antiviral Essential Oil Blend has proven its efficacy in killing 99.9% of tested microorganisms, as tested by an independent body (Hong Kong Standards and & Testing Center).

Aromeo Sense can Help You Relax, Focus, and Sleep Well

To help you cancel noise and make your room conducive with scents and relaxing music, try Aromeo sense.  Aromeo sense stimulates your sense of smell, sound, and sight to help you relax and focus.

Here Is Why 

Aromeo Sense is a superpower for Aromatherapy, Light, and Sound therapy. It calms your nerves with gradient light, scents from essential oils, themed music to help you relax, and light display to soothe your eyes and set the environment for better rest and enhanced focus depending on the module you set it to.

Check out more stunning features on the Aromeo sense website. Why not give it a try?