"Self Care"
Is this hugely important concept that gets treated like a joke. I think a large part of that is the way that's it's been coded to be "for women" and what happens to things "for women?" They get devalued and trivialized.
Some of the people in most desperate need of improved practices of self care are men.
I was trying to think of a more masculine coded name for self care ... "mental hygiene" sounds... creepy and probably gross/evil. Thoughts?
One big part of self care that I discovered this year when I broke my leg is asking for the help that you need. Asking for help can be really hard. But, NOT asking for help is failing to take care of yourself.
Help might mean help getting around, or help managing your emotions, or help figuring out what kind of help you need.
@futurebird @nia You’re absolutely right. It can be hard to ask for help, I found it kind of liberating to get past that even just for a while
