Stress Awareness Month 2023: Use Storage to Make Your Divorce Easier

February 20, 2026

Stress Awareness Month 2023: Use Storage to Make Your Divorce Easier

We’re not divorce specialists here at easyStorage, but it’s an old storage industry adage that the three D’s – divorce, death and disaster – are the things that send people scurrying for storage.

There’s no such thing as a happy divorce, but the good news is that the stress it comes with in the early stages has been shown by research to ease over time.

At easyStorage we are acutely aware that the things people store have an emotional value, and whilst more and more people are turning to storage as a lifestyle option to keep their lives organised and decluttered, many people are going through an emotionally stressful time when they come to us for our tiny piece of the equation.

man looking sad having moved house

So how can we at easyStorage make life easier for you during divorce?

  1. It’s very likely that either one or both of you, and any children of course, will be moving home. easyStorage can help by providing space for decluttering to help sell a home or by providing storage as part of moving arrangements. There’s an entire channel dedicated to tips for moving on our blog (Moving) and masses of information on how to pack properly here: Packing
  2. If one of you is moving out, storage offers somewhere to keep your belongings safe and dry, all in one place, while you look for somewhere new to live.
  3. In the heat of divorce, who takes what can cause conflict. Every item has not just a financial value but also a sentimental one. Trying to divide them fairly can cause upsets and create further bad feelings. Conflict is one of the things known to make a divorce more stressful. It’s sometimes easier to put things to one side, in storage, until the heat is off, or at least until the stress levels start to fall – and negotiating over a list of things is easier than having those things around you whilst you’re discussing them.

Woman looking stressed in an easyStorage moving box

It’s been well established by solid research that divorce stress increases when money is tight. easyStorage prices come in at around half the price of standard self-storage, and, at an already busy time even collects and returns your possessions taking a big job – looking for vans to borrow or hire – from your shoulders.

easyStorage can supply the boxes and packing materials, or even pack for you if needed.

And, as a bonus, if your move is a short distance, you may even find that easyStorage’s services form a cheaper, easier way to move.

You can get a quote for storage in your area via the easyStorage online calculator, or may prefer to discuss your options with one of our storage specialists on 0330 175 5108.

We are proud of our teams and know they’ll do their best to make things as ‘easy’ as possible – and there’s never an obligation. It cost nothing – literally – to ask.

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