I think mental health and self care has been all over the social medias, and personally, I love that. Especially during the times we’re living now. I know we are all probably sick to the bones with the news, statistics and restrictions, but today I want to remind you to take care of yourself, and how you can do that safely, at home. Your mental health matters, you are important, and as much as I would want to tell you to take care of yourself because YOU matter, I am sure it wouldn’t hit you the way I’d hope it did.
Not to be selfish, but I feel like I have to address the fact, that you are not alone. Even for me, it has been hard, it has been challenging, and not gonna lie, I’ve been very out of myself recently (is that how you phrase it??), I just haven’t felt the best, I feel like I’m not ‘the main character’ in my life anymore, ya know? So I feel the responsibility to just share some tips I found all across the internet that may be even a little help to you, share my emotions and feelings I’ve felt and still feel, and just tell you that, hey, you are not alone, it is okay to not feel okay. We’re living in a pandemic, it is (and has always been) okay, not to feel okay.
One thing that has had a huge impact on my emotional stability (?? sounds weird when I put it like that haha) is social media, and limiting the time I spend scrolling on Instagram, espeeeecially Instagram. When was it? I guess after my birthday, I started shifting off of my social medias bit by bit. It feels great just because I don’t feel attached to it as much, even though it has been only a week of restricting Instagram on a daily basis. Don’t get me wrong, I still scroll through it quite a lot, but not sharing my life as much and just taking a break from engaging with the people that follow me has been sooo good. I now realized why a lot of more known content creators take breaks from social media from time time.
If that’s not ideal to you or it just doesn’t feel like a right thing to do, try unfollowing accounts, that don’t scream joy and happiness to you and rather than staying with negativity, try searching for more positivity-filled accounts. When you take in account the fact that technologies and internet is where we spend daily quite a lot of our time on, I think the only right thing to do is to enjoy it, charge ourselves with positive thoughts, happiness, hope, not negativity, hatred and sadness, right??
Also, another thing that has been quite life changing during the last few months is getting enough sleep. Right, online classes, chores, physical activity, I have a ton of things to do during the day and sometimes it honestly felt like 24 hours isn’t enough to do everything in time, but something switched and I started prioritizing my health. And thaaat’s when it all changed. That’s when I started managing my time (if any of you are interested, I would be more than happy to share my tips on time management, so let me know if that’s something you’d like to know!) like a pro and that’s when I (somehow) managed to fix my sleeping schedule and now I honestly can’t do anything once it’s my bed time. Sleep equals happy mindset to me, and during the lockdown that’s all that matters to me.
Besides all of that, taking breaks, chilling out, enjoying a great meal or a (safe) walk in the nature is so important to keep us sane. I can’t stress this enough, but quarantine isn’t the time for you to lose weight, it doesn’t mean you have to be productive all the time, it especially doesn’t mean that you have to do everything you see others doing on the internet. We live in a pandemic and the most important thing you can do is stay safe, take care of yourself and your mental health. This is a dark time, so reach out if you need to, because I know it can be hard. But we’ll get through it. The world needs you, so please please drink water, eat enough food, don’t forget to relax and wash your hands && wear a mask!!
We’ll get through this together!!
A big virtual hug,
Faustantica.x
Faustantica 