What feels spacious depends partly on what you no longer need to hide.

Room is not only physical. A house where something has to be concealed, a habit, a difficulty, a part of who you are, is a house with less usable space in it, because part of your attention is permanently allocated to management. When the hiding stops, the same rooms feel bigger without a single wall moving.

If something is taking that kind of maintenance, consider telling one person you trust, at a pace that suits you rather than anyone else. There is no obligation and no timetable. The relief people describe afterwards is usually less about approval than about the effort that stops.