Sharing – Sometimes ‘Let Me Know If You Need Anything’ Is The Worst Thing You Can Say
It doesn’t have to be that way, though. We can accept that we can’t change the situation and remind someone that they’re not alone.
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Something You Can Do For Your Mental Health – Something New
For many survivors, routine keeps us safe. That same familiarity means you never have to deal with the unexpected, but it can also leave you stuck. It’s hard to develop resilience without occasionally doing something new. There’s also the reality of missing the mental health benefits of new experiences. That’s a real thing. Luckily, the something new doesn’t have to be anything big. The article above has some ideas: small, everyday things you can do to practice doing something new.
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Sharing – Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall back’ an hour
If nothing else, the effects of sleep disruption can wreak havoc on us, and time changes absolutely do.
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Sharing – You Don’t Need a Reason
Joy is in short supply these days, and if there is an activity that creates it for you, that is the best self-care you can practice.
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Sharing – Why Lifelong Learning Feeds the Soul
That description of restlessness is familiar to me. That’s how I feel when I’m not engaged in learning something. That’s why I remain curious about the things I care about and why I share so much here and elsewhere online. It’s a motivation for me to continue learning, and that, in turn, helps my mental health.
It’s self-care for me.
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Sharing – You Can’t Breathe Through a Broken System
Like her, I am all for doing what you need to for self-care, whatever that looks like for you. But we cannot simply prescribe better self-care practices to people who need our society to stop harming them.
Until we recognize that and fight for those changes, we are falling short in advocating for better mental health for everyone.
