The Basics of Self-Care

Cee R.
4 min readApr 11, 2021

(Warning: this post includes frank discussions of a variety of mental health problems, including references to suicidal thoughts, and self-harm.)

You’ve probably heard, at some point in the course of your internetage, the phrase ‘self-care.’

umbrella protecting the words ‘take care of yourself’ from the rain
Image: copyright free image via Pixabay

Hopefully, what you’ve heard has been positive. Unfortunately, you may have heard others mocking people who practice self-care, or calling it selfish.

Self-care is not selfish. Self-care is vital for everyone.

Just as everyone has both mental and physical health, though not necessarily mental or physical health *problems,* likewise everyone can (and should) practice self-care as a way of keeping yourself as happy and healthy as possible.

Disclaimer time: I am not a medical or mental health professional. I’m a blogger with personal experiences of mental health problems — OK? OK

So, what is self-care?

Well, definitions vary. The only constant seems to be ‘taking care of yourself’ — which, y’know, duh.

But that, at its heart, is what it is. It’s looking after yourself — no matter what that may entail.

As far as I’m concerned (and you can…

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Cee R.
Cee R.

Written by Cee R.

Writer, poet, (book) blogger @ dorareads.co.uk , Queer, weird, & a tad peculiar. Bookish rebel. Welsh as a tractor on the M4. Buy me a coffee @ ko-fi.com/ceearr