Rec | CANCELLING THERAPY AS A FORM OF SELF-CARE

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cANCELLING THERAPY AS A FORM OF SELF-CARE

recognizing when staying in bed will be better for your mental state than forcing yourself to get up and pay an obscene amount of money to dig through the graveyard that is your brain sometimes you gotta go sometimes you can cancel!!! ty

@johanna

Nov 14, 2023

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ACKNOWLEDGING that the self care that works is not always the self care you want

It’s kind of annoying that the self care that I want: giving myself grace, taking off from work, and spending time relaxing on the couch, doesn’t make me feel less anxious and overwhelmed? But somehow a 7am shower and list of to-dos does? Absolutely infuriating knowing that all of the face masks, bath bombs, and “healthy” snacks mean nothing in the face of my brain panic; But tossing my entire bones and skin sack into the shower, even though the process makes me feel like a sad wet cat, does more for my brain chemistry after the fact than any of those things ever could. It’s very annoying that self care means taking care of your self’s most basic needs, not engaging in a little treat.

@kkolbrich

Aug 9, 2024

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Take the day off

i think that there’s a level to which this is possible physically (calling out sick or skipping class if you’re a student or whatever) but even if that’s not possible emotionally checking out + going through the motions and making space and time for your recovery afterwards is almost always how you beat a bad day for me if the vibes are atrocious beyond reason i’ll call out of work, clean my apartment, then go for a walk, go to the jewish deli and get an egg + pastrami hash on a kaiser roll and a coffee, then go home and either watch tv, play video games, and if i’m feeling up to it later do some kind of writing or reading or other enrichment activity (and sometimes enrichment just isn’t on the table at that’s cool too) whatever your comfort rituals / little treats are, pull out all the stops and really just stop for a second, take a breath, and let yourself just be, and it’s guaranteed to make getting through it easier by making the day less hard, or giving yourself something to look forward to afterwards