Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “self-care”
I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but you deserve to be happy. You deserve to wake up and feel good. You deserve to be passionate, energetic, excited about life. For a very long time, I didn’t believe I could be happy. I didn’t even know what happiness was. I’ve gone between manic and depressive episodes, and I …
This week, I did something for me. I went back to therapy for the first time in over two years. I’d been considering it for awhile, and after experiencing a mental health crisis last month, I finally decided to just do it. I had two sessions this week: first with a psychiatrist to talk about medication management, second with a …
Let’s talk about toxic productivity. Last week, I had one of my best friends since childhood as a guest on the 1N5 of Us podcast. She’s a clinical psychology doctoral student, and she brought up the idea of toxic productivity. This concept is one I’d heard of before but hadn’t thought too deeply about. Essentially, toxic productivity is the concept …
CW: self-harm, suicidal thoughts Mental illness is so complex and volatile. One minute, you might feel great, and the next, you might feel like the world is crashing down around you. During my senior year of college, as many of you know, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. While that diagnosis terrified me, it finally gave a name to what …
Sometimes, life gets difficult and you just don’t have the energy to practice self-care the way you normally do. This week has been a rough week—one of the roughest I’ve had in a while—and I didn’t want to take time to practice self-care. For that reason, this week’s blog is going to represent my own self-care. I’ll be talking about …
It seems like everyone I know is so busy right now. School is ramping up again, in-person events are re-emerging, and people’s calendars are filling up. Looking at my calendar right now stresses me out. It seems like I have something going on every day for the foreseeable future. Having days that are jam-packed with work and events can be …
You don’t have to hide the way that you’re feeling, whether it’s good or not so good. Are you tired today? That’s okay, talk about it. Are you happy and energetic? Great! Spread your joy. Are you not at the top of your game? It happens, just let someone know. We are all human, and we all experience so many …
Letting people in isn’t easy for me. I’m the type of person who can be friendly with anyone. I can strike up conversation, joke around, and have fun even if I just met someone. I’m not the type of person to build and maintain friendships, though. I have a hard time keeping in contact with people, even if I truly …
This week, we went axe throwing as a staff. It was so much fun, and it also taught me something about myself. I’m a hesitater. I never realized how nervous I get when I’m trying something new, especially if I’ve already convinced myself I won’t be good at it. When our coach was teaching us how to throw the axes, …
It’s not always easy to confront your emotions and let yourself process them. For so long, mental illness has been stigmatized in our society, but as we learn more and continue talking about it, that stigma is starting to fade. Even in the past decade, I’ve noticed a decrease in the stigma around mental illness. When I was in high …
