1. Control
The world can be an unpredictable place. Because so much of what happens is outside of our control, sometimes a healthy coping mechanism is being able to control what we can. As long as this control does not veer into obsessive perfectionism or anxiety, it serves as a nice compensation.
While we simply can’t control everything that happens in the external world, at least we can control—in most cases—our immediate physical environment by minimising visual distress.