Prioritising Self Care —
The No 1 Most Important Type Of Care
Hi All, it’s the end of ten days off work, and I won’t lie to you it was not at all what I planned. I was going to get more sleep, decompress, do lots more tarot and self-development work and look after myself more. In short, I planned on prioritising self care . That was the plan but what happened was that I had trouble sleeping, I did not eat healthily at all, if anything I got more stressed due to an unexpected drop in money coming in, and lastly Mike had two sessions booked to see if he has ADD, which he does.
I Care For Others, Not Myself
All of the above are more than good enough reasons why prioritising self care fell so spectacularly by the wayside over my time off work. However, another important element is that I am the carer. It’s who I am, what I do. Even though I have admitted to my therapist that it’s illogical and unbalanced I find it so hard to let others take care of me for long. The G word rears its ugly head — guilt!
Thinking rationally, I know that I need care, I need it from others and from myself. However, I always downplay my own needs in favour of looking after others. I am still trying to work through why that is. Do I feel I don’t deserve care? Are others more important than me? Or is it simply that I believe caring for…
