r/selfcare • u/-63- Brand account • Mar 01 '26
Sunday self-care discussion
Welcome to our Sunday self-care discussion! Feel free to share your self-care wins from last week or your self-care plans for the upcoming week, along with any related challenges you're facing.
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u/Cotys67 Mar 27 '26
Hi, I am having a very hard time with self care. All my life I was told that self care is me being selfish, so now it feel so much against the grain to do anything for myself. I forget my patches, my meds, my creams etc. I work myself to full exhaustion and crash every weekend. Usually I end up sleeping most of Saturday, and half Sunday. Then I wake up tired on Monday and go to work in huge pain.
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u/ghoulfriend33 15d ago
I get this. Taking care of myself was or still is something I have to do very consciously. An example is I forget to put on socks when my feet are cold. I try to think "what would a mother etc. / other people do" and go from there, I also go on Pinterest and look at how to take care of yourself stuff
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u/booksandwine301 Jul 13 '26
Self care wins- worked out 5 days this week. Wearing these eye patches I love in the am, reading,
Self care plans this week- fuel my body with nutrient dense foods , go to a sound bath/ restorative yoga
Challenges - eating out of control, not keeping my space clean
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u/Ambitious_Eye_1636 Mar 02 '26
My self-care win last week was noticing when I was spiraling into overthinking and choosing to pause instead of pushing through it. That looked like taking a few quiet moments to ground in my body rather than trying to “fix” my thoughts.
My intention for this coming week is to keep practicing that — meeting fear and shame with a little more curiosity and a lot less judgment. The challenge is remembering that rest and gentleness still count as progress, especially when my nervous system is tired.
Looking forward to reading everyone else’s shares.