Self care Sunday

Greetings entities :wave:

#MHAM

As stated in my last post this month is Mental Health Awareness Month.

My last post covered Mental Health and how it can effect you, but how can you effect it?

While there are any things that can effect your mental health, for both better and worse, the most effective way to improve your mental health is through self care.

What is self care you ask?

Self care is the act of attending to one's physical or mental health, generally without medical or professional involvement.

Self care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness.

This can be accomplished in many ways, such as:

Drinking water

De-clutering your space

Collecting cool rocks

Regular sleep

An additional nap

Exercise

Healthy meals

Be creative

Eating a favourite food

Meditation

A long bath (possibly with a duck and/or bubbles)

PJ day

Go for a walk

Yoga

Writing in a journal

And many, many more things

Self care is different for every person as some prefer gardening and others prefer reading instead, but at its core self care is putting yourself first and taking some time to relax, destress and enjoy life for a while or even just a few minutes.

My task for you all is use this Sunday to practice some well earned self care.

For those of you who haven't done self care before, try to think of something you'd consider self care over the next week, then in next Sunday for Self Care Sunday.

Do you have any self care activities or routines you'd like to share? I'd love to hear about them in the comments below.

Bellow are some videos about self care to help give insight to possible self care methods, these are just possible examples, you don't need to do all the tips or even watch the videos.

Please note that there are 100s of videos to potentially watch, 1000s of websites/apps with tips and advice and 1000000s of potential self care activities to use. Take your time to find what works for you and always ensure you use safe and healthy self care activities.

The self care videos.

Psych2Go - 10 Easy self care tips for depression

Rhian HY - 5 Mental Health Hacks: Self Care

How to Adult - A Self-Care Action Plan

Jennifer Chiu - 10 Little Self Care Tips That Make A BIG Difference!

Rowena Tsai - 10 productivity & self-care tips I wish I knew 10 years ago