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How loving yourself effects your mental health?

Self-care practices enhancing mental health

By Rida SaqibPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Many psychological researches prove that self-love do have a strong impact on our mental health.

loving youself is a key to happy life. When you love all that you are unconditionally, life reflects that back to you. Give yourself some respect, make yourself your own priority, because ups and downs are the rule of this life, sometimes you lose but sometimes you win. In my opinion self respect should be your first proirity, keep your dignity intact whenever you interact with others.

Self-love decreases anxiety, depression, anger issues, loneliness, and also increasing support and encouragement for ourselves.

The importance of self-love is never emphasised enough. Although we often reassure others, we also have a tendency to be critical on our own behavior when it comes to situation that are out of our control

"owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do."

_Brene Brown.

Stress is the one thing that eats everybody mentally as well as physically. showing compassion and giving yourself a chance to do better will reduce your stress level shoot up.

Anxiety has no place in our mind when we feel good about ourselves. However, if you feel overwhelmed by anxiety and it's numbing effects, we recommended that you should enroll online Mental Health Counseling in order to feel better

"Self-love is not selfish, you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself."

_Unknown

The importance of self-love is never emphasised enough. Although we often reassure others, we also have a tendency to be critical on our own behavior when it comes to situation that are out of our control.

Don't let others control you mind.

when you value yourself highly, you are more likely to make decisions that promote your well being and are beneficial for you.

People who value themselves are more likely to be aware of their feeling, thoughts and desire. These people act out of necessity rather than desire. Whwn you meet your needs you will love youself more.

Who possess a high degree of self-love after themselves on daily basis by practicing healthy behaviors such as rest, healthy diet, physical activity and positive social interactions.

If you struggle with loving youself or practices self care. You could struggle to feel good about yourself unless someone else validates you, and you might suffer from low self esteem or low confidence.

The relationship between self-love, self-care and mental well being is intricate with several psychological principles.

  1. .Stress reduction
  2. .Building Resilience
  3. .Enhancing Emotional Regulation
  4. .Preventing Burnout
  5. .Promoting Self-Reflection
  6. .Cultivating a Positive Self-Image
  7. .Improving Relationships

Must work on your mental health to improve your physical health and your life seems more happier. There are many ways to work on your mental health.

  1. Mindfulness mediation
  2. Establish a sleep routine
  3. Engage with physical activities
  4. Healthy nutrition
  5. Setting boundries
  6. Cultivating hobbies
  7. Social connection.

Being with tiny, doable actions when establishing a self-love or self-care regimen, and then progressively add more practices.

Just make self-love your priority. When you feel anxious, tired, irritate, make sure to listen to your brain, your body, and do whatever you want at that time, do whatever makes you feel happy, calm and lively.

Everyone has their own ways to make themselves happy in anxious or depressed moment. Someone wants to sleep to calm themselves, someone wants to travel for relaxation, someone prefers to watch their favourite tv shows or Netflix.

Somehow everyone wants to escape from their depression or anxiety. Just try to make yourself happy for you own sake not for others.

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Rida Saqib

Welcome! I'm Rida saqib, a curious mind with a love for exploring new ideas and sharing them with the world. My goal is to engage readers by providing fresh perspectives, thought analysis and meaningful content.

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    Written by Rida Saqib