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Colonel Prashant Rawal

Emotional Self-care: You Are Your Own Doctor

Updated: Jul 23, 2023


The symptoms

When you fail to build your emotional, psychological, and physiological resilience and are poorly equipped to deal with stressful situations and life crises, the following occurs frequently:

  1. Get tired very fast

  2. A feeling of sluggishness

  3. Inadequate physical activity or poor sleep quality

  4. Not feeling relaxed even after rest

  5. Working hard or hardly

  6. Chronic illness

  7. Diminished appetite.

  8. Feelings of emptiness, isolation, loneliness, low self-esteem and confidence.

  9. Anxiety, stress, and even depression

  10. Not being assertive  

The prognosis

The foregoing symptoms imply that you have not adequately addressed and cared for your own emotional needs and wants. You’ve neglected your emotional well-being. You have not done everything possible to look after and improve your emotional health and well-being. As a result, you are not fully prepared to deal with difficult situations in life. It shows that your emotional, psychological, and physiological resilience has been compromised.

Recognizing emotional self-care

Emotional self-care entails remaining self-aware and connected to oneself. It is not only important to understand how to maintain excellent physical health, but it is also important to take responsibility for your own mental and emotional health. Self-care can include dealing with chronic mental illness or depression for certain people.

There is a need to understand that ignoring ourselves can have a negative impact on our health and well-being. Physical health-promoting habits are also beneficial to mental health. For example, increasing physical activity or maintaining or adhering to a better diet.  Others may find it important to strike a healthy work-life balance and adopt positive behaviors that have been shown to boost motivation and well-being. As a result, self-care should be a natural aspect of life. In addition to the above the following developed as ongoing self-care practices are of help:

  1. Prioritizing morning and evening walks

  2. Taking time to write in a journal each day

  3. Making time to indulge in your hobbies

  4. Getting into the habit of meditating

  5. Devoting certain hours of the day to relaxing and contemplate

  6. Trying new things and doing things differently

An advisory

Part of self-care is to realize what works and what doesn’t in different situations. you should create and establish routines and habits to protect and improve your mental health as you do for your physical health normally.

You are the only person on the planet with whom you have a lifelong relationship. Thus, self-care displays a conviction in one’s own inherent worth. It’s about treating yourself with the same consideration and care that you do for those you love. Self-care allows you to be aware of how you feel and what you require without becoming unduly attached.

Afterthought

Emotional self-care starts with the thought that your emotional well-being is worth taking care of. This also means accepting yourself and your feelings for what they are. When you apply the self-care practices in your life very soon you will find yourself to be more forgiving and compassionate. Interestingly you will be complimenting yourself for the “springiness” in your body and thoughts. You will be proud of yourself and all the progress you’ve made by being aware of just how amazing you really are.







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