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Self-Care

Former MemberFormer Member Living the Zen life 🧘🏼‍♀️Posts: 1,989 Extreme Poster
in Health & Wellbeing
Hey Everyone!

I wanted to start a thread of self-care techniques that we can all use during this unusual time and continue to use to support our own mental-health. To start of, I just want to explain what self-care is for those who may not be sure. 

What is self-care?
Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health.

I'm going to start this thread of by commenting my own list and I hope others can share their own techniques as well!


Eleanor <3 

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Living the Zen life 🧘🏼‍♀️ Posts: 1,989 Extreme Poster
    1. Take a walk 
    2. Learn yoga!
    3. Take a long bath 
    4. Journal
    5. Practice meditation 
    6. Connect with nature
    7. Turn your phone off!
    8. Stay away from social media 
    9. Take a break 
    10. Talk about how you feel
    11. Light a candle 
    12. Have some you-time 
    13. Tidy/organise 
    14. Give your body what it needs
    15. Try visualisation! 
    16. Play with a pet 
    17. Help yourself by helping others!
    18. Be kind and understanding to yourself!

  • Former MemberFormer Member Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 343 The Mix Regular
    Lovely idea! My biggest self care tip for those in school/uni, and those now working from home, is to separate your work and personal space! When you have to do any sort of work do it in a separate place from where you relax. It can help you relax easier and makes sure we keep boundaries between personal/work
  • Former MemberFormer Member Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 660 Incredible Poster
    This is a really awesome thread idea, thank you for sharing it!

    I'll list a few of my favourite self care methods here, keep up with a routine to uphold stability and control, colouring, start a new series on Netflix (or any other streaming service!), facetime/ skype friends, have a to do list every day even if it's just small things like "wake up", "have a shower" etc, learn something new, play video games, go for a walk or dance!.
  • SienaSiena Posts: 15,758 Skive's The Limit
    edited March 2020
    Hey mountain peak
    Thank you for sharing!
     do you have a self care box? Or a distraction or recovery box? 
    ~Probably dead now
  • Former MemberFormer Member Living the Zen life 🧘🏼‍♀️ Posts: 1,989 Extreme Poster
    Hey @Shaunie I don't, I will have to look those up!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 3,590 Community Veteran
    recently got a book/journal '365 days of self care' and its honestly the best, some I don't understand like lemons? how is that self care :lol: but the majority of it is good :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Living the Zen life 🧘🏼‍♀️ Posts: 1,989 Extreme Poster
    edited September 2024
    @Past User Lemons? 😂
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 3,590 Community Veteran
    @MountainPeak apparently so haha, my comment for that day was 'when life gives you lemons, throw them at people you hate' I mean, it counts as self care right? :lol:
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