Self Care

Importance of Self Care

As parents, as women, we seem to have a lot of pressure placed on us.

We’ve to be the mother raising the children and we’ve also to go and work.

Nothing ever seems good enough.

Stay home mum – lazy, not teaching work ethic

Working mum – not interested in child.

Men don’t seem to have this same pressure. They have different pressures.

This pressure can cause a range of emotions and feelings. Anxiety, worry, stress, sadness, depression, anger, frustration

All these feelings can leave you, tired, irritable, teary, fidgety. Even effecting your immune system, meaning you are ill often.
This can affect your menstrual cycle too, meaning your periods become irregular.

So if we do not take care of ourselves then we can struggle with taking care of other things in life as our health can begin to suffer too.

Taking care of yourself helps you to manage the pressures easier. Not feeling guilty in doing so too. (I know it’s taken me a long time to learn it’s ok to take some time for me, I still struggle with actually doing this)

What to do for self care?
Watch TV.
Listen to music.
Spend a day in dressing gown.
Go for a walk/run.
Exercise.
Yoga/ Meditation.
Spend time with friends/loved ones.
Be on own for a short while.
Turn off phone.
Counselling.
Massage.

All of these can be therapeutic and good for short periods. If they become a lot of the time this may be an issue too.

Like a pan on the hob, if you keep the heat there eventually it’ll boil over or even longer all the water will boil away completely. Sometimes the pan just needs taking off the heat.

Give yourself a break. It’s deserved.

Pick something to do for YOU right now! Even reading this is something for you! Well done. What else can you do for Self Care this week?

“Have you told You lately that You love You?”

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