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[People share their self-care routines.]
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I need self-care because I can get overwhelmed pretty easily.
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I developed a self-care routine because I have depression.
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Earlier this year my grandfather passed away somewhat quickly and tragically.
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I've struggled with anxiety my whole life.
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I deal with clinical depression.
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When I read about a bunch of awful crap that happens, it just gets me in a really, really bad mood.
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If I don't just set aside time for, "Hey, I gotta take care of myself," I just destroy myself as a human being.
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[What is one of your ways of self-care?]
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My favorite type of self-care is yoga.
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When you're mentally stressed, it also affects your body physically, so it's really important to release that tension because it will also release your mental tension.
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My form of self-care is my journal.
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My thoughts and feelings will drive me insane if I don't get them out in some way, so I write them down.
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Going to the gym helps me stay sane.
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It allows me to turn off my thoughts for an hour.
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I find if I've had a shitty day at work, or just a shitty day in general, and I go to the gym I often feel better afterward.
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Meditation is one of my forms of self-care.
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It's just so nice to be able to take a minute to just chill.
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To be someone with anxiety and say that you can get back in control within 10 minutes is so wonderful.
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My form of self-care is playing video games.
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When you play a video game, you're focusing on one thing and it's just winning and beating the level.
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And it sounds dumb, but having those small accomplishments, it just makes you feel a little bit better about yourself.
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One of my biggest forms of self-care is art and drawing and illustrating, and really anything in the arts.
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Just to be able to put down on pen and paper, or paint, untainted by anyone else's opinions.
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It's really interesting because I typically create more when I'm sad or frustrated or angry.
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One of my self-care routines is reading, especially poems, especially something that can just get me out of my world.
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If I'm reading something that's about somewhere far away, it just removes me from my immediate situation and let me think about somebody or something else.
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[What's your advice to other people about self-care?]
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Finding the right self-care routine is not something that's instantaneous.
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It takes like. a lot of trial and error.
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It's good to find things that allow you to distract yourself.
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Keeping my illness from taking over my life requires a daily effort.
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Just take that time to do something for yourself.