what self-care looks like to me right now
Saturday, June 20, 2020
I didn't practice self-care until I had to. To be honest for most of my teenage years, I didn't even know what it was to care for yourself. I had a difficult, complicated upbringing which involved parental divorce and domestic abuse that spanned ten years and no real life role models. I found it hard to take care of my emotions because I was constantly living in fear. I found it hard to care for my body because someone else was hurting it. I found it hard to care for my mind because I had their voice in my ear telling me how disgusting I was.
Luckily the people in my life who did those things to me are no longer part of it - although they are still around - and it's not something I tolerate. I know my worth, after years of searching for it. I found it. I made it out. It took copious amounts of therapy and lifestyle changes but I learned how to love and care for myself along the way.
