Interior design and Mental Health

The environment you lives in impact on the behavior , moods , emotions , personality as such things.Psychological subject area which studies how environment affect and how human behaviors impact on the environment is called Environmental Psychology.Eventhought this emerged in 1960s' this field of knowledge was used by ancient ancestors also.In different countries ,in different cultures they have used different ways to build buildings , build towns cities etc.

According to environmental psychology,  the environment where people belong into impacts on the way of behaving, making decisions, on the moods , emotions and simplyon the mental health of humans.Kurt Lewin was a German-American Psychologist who developed Field theory.

According to this theory behavior of a person is created or shaped by the person and the environment the person living in.

                                                    B=f (P,E)
            "Behavior is a function of a Person and his Environment "

Which means behaviors are shaped with the person's desires , needs, emotions ,wants ,personality attitudes as such things and the social environment ,physical environment ,natural environment he or she is interacting with.

Not only by this theory, but according to many other researches and findings it has found , environment where person lives in influence on that person.As discussed in previous article colour , light , space, object placement , nature all these alter human moods, emotions and many more things.

One instance is lighting directly affects on the circadian rhythm of a person.According to scientists and researchers day light consists of more blue light rays which is energetic and keeps mind awake.And in evening it consists of more red light which enhance the production of melatonin.Melatonin secretion facilitates the sleep.Because of that it feels drowsy at night and energetic in the day time and same mechanism appears to dim lights causing sleepy feeling or the drawsiness whereas bright light enhance the energy.

As accordingly these lightings alter the sleep wake cycle,moods, emotions and human behaviors Most imporantly these designing could influence on mental disorders as it directly affects on brain.As mentioned above not only lights but entire environment influence on a person.

However it would be very supportive if you have a well designed area to live.As home or the room is the place where we relieve our whole day stress, it's better to have a friendly healthy environment.

🖊️ Sri Parami Rajapaksha