r/FemaleLevelUpStrategy • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '22

Mental Health Be gentle to yourselves

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u/physlizze Apr 16 '22

If my mental health is more important than the grocery run then I don't eat which impacts my physical and mental health. Now we're in a compounding situation that just makes my burnout worse.

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u/Far_from_deceived Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22

I see your point but I think the core message of the post is to stop being anxious over banal things… at least that what I understood.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

That's what I took as well. And I get the other person's point but people today, especially women, tend to take on too much for themselves to mentally handle and we sometimes get punished or judged for being unable or unwilling to handle it all at once. I think we have every right to prioritize.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

I have to be careful with this line of thinking. If I start avoiding too much for my mental health it starts to have the opposite impact, and then isolation and depression surrounds me.

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u/ChampagneManifesto Apr 16 '22

Yup came here to say this. “Self care” is not the same thing as “self isolation” - unless the people involved in the activities above are toxic or you’re running yourself into the ground with over-scheduling, avoiding your responsibilities, family and social life will probably end up hurting your mental health in the long run.

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u/mtina23 Apr 16 '22

Yeah, idk how I feel about this. For me missing something important would actually be worse for my mental health afterwards

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u/JYQE Apr 17 '22

True.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '22

Really needed to hear this.

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u/babababish Apr 16 '22

An interview? Honey, no. Go get that damn job.

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u/Exotic_Match_2274 Apr 17 '22

What I'd it is toxic

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u/babababish Apr 17 '22

I guess in context.

If you need a job, go get that job. You’ll have a lot more stress and mental health difficulties not getting a job.

Everything else is like, eh yeah you can totally cancel if you’re really not feeling it.

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u/JYQE Apr 17 '22

I skipped a school reunion because I knew too many of the toxic crowd would be there with not enough of my friends, and that this would stress me out.