hey carol!!! ✨ how’s it going? recently my life’s been pretty Tough bc i’ve been really fearful of stupid things and i’m also really badly crushing on this girl that i’m really close friends with. i’m thinking (hoping) it’s gonna get better right abt now. i was wondering if you had any self care tips? i was (ironically) very hurtful to myself trying to keep others from hurting me (funny how that works huh). thnx, ily!! 💕
hi angel!! i’m sorry to hear that ur struggling lately :(( it’s good that u have come to this realisation though, bc now u can make steps towards taking better care of urself!! i’m proud of u and i hope u feel better soon. that being said, here are some self care tips (these are just v general but general self-care tips are a good foundation to start with)
get enough sleep - you don’t have to sleep eight hours every night, but make sure you sleep enough that u don’t feel all groggy and disorientated in the mornings. when you sleep well, u just feel better about the world + ur more ready to tackle things that u might not otherwise have the energy for. make sure u sleep well bc it’s important for ur wellbeing!!
eat + drink well!! this is suuuuper cliché but it’s advised a lot for a reason. i find that when i eat junk food/food that’s just not v nutritional, i tend to feel pretty gross and bad in general. ik it’s not always feasible, especially if ur a student bc it can be expensive but make sure ur not just surviving on instant ramen and crisps - eat fruit and vegetables and drink at least a litre of water a day. u can buy frozen veg + fruit for cheap and supermarkets like aldi and lidl are super cheap and have great quality produce, so make an effort to buy fresh fruit and veg and incorporate it into ur meals
make time for urself (/friends/family) - no one is too busy to set aside an hour, half an hour, or even just ten mins a day for themselves. sit down, relax, do something that makes u happy and that u want to do. go out if u want to, hang out with ur loved ones etc. make this a daily practise. it’s a great way of relieving stress and it works wonders to boost ur mood. my fave self care routine consists of having a hot shower, moisturising, doing a face mask + following it up with my skincare routine before settling down with a cup of tea, my journal and a tv show/music on in the background
be ur own biggest hype man!! i realise that this is difficult and it comes with practise (u can’t go from having super low self-esteem to being reasonably confident in urself overnight) but it’s important to start somewhere. praise urself daily, even if u have to force it, even if u don’t fully believe it, keep praising urself until u do. every time u think of something negative about urself, one up urself by thinking of something positive about urself. think about things that u like about urself and build upon them. they don’t have to be physical - personality traits are worthy of praise too!! eg. okay, maybe u don’t have the neatest hair or whatever, but u do have the prettiest eye colour! similarly, maybe ur not the best at x, but for what u lack in x u more than make up for in y. keep on finding things that u like about urself and keep on praising urself for the small victories - it goes a long way
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