Share your tips for self-care...
Your experience matters! Please share the valuable self-care tips that have helped you manage your condition. Your insights could make a significant difference in the lives of others facing similar challenges. #ASCommunitySelfCare
I practice self care more now a days.going to physical therapy, my drs appointments and counseling weekly. Reading article on reducing stress and anxiety.
Thank you for sharing. Is there an author or a magazine on reducing stress that you'd recommend to others? Warmly, Kathy (Team member)
Accept what is and what will never be. Accepting no cures, medications are temporary only and side effects are worse. Surround yourself with positive people. Give your disease to God, he gives us no more than we can bare. Have hope for tomorrow.
It’s true that while we can’t control everything, we can choose faith, hope, and the people we keep around us. Your words are a great reminder to focus on what lifts us up instead of what weighs us down. -Latoya (Team Member) This is good advice for anyone living with a chronic illness. One of our health leaders wrote about how being realistic can help when dealing with AxSpa. Thanks for joining in the conversation. Warmly, Kathy (Team member)
Talk to yourself & outloud & make it funny. Laugh out loud if you can. Verbalize what you think will work, out loud!!! Even if & especially if nobody is listening 💕
Laughter really is medicine! Thanks for the reminder to not take ourselves too seriously. -Latoya (Team Member) Laughter and a sense of humor really can help when you are dealing with a chronic illness like AxSpa. One of our health leaders wrote about laughter in keeping her from falling into despair. Thanks for sharing. Warmly, Kathy (Team member)
Hello,
This is a great topic of discussion! I constantly review and revise my self care plan and how to prioritise it over all the other activities I do. It can be challenging sometimes to find time to self care, so I guess I plan it by saving time for it, scheduling my self care routine in my timetable. I also try to stick to it no matter what, like my physiotherapy and hydrotherapy sessions are on Monday evening very week. Therefore I decline any other offers or invitation on that day, as for me attending these sessions is a must and non negotiable with anything else. I get so much out of these sessions! My daily stretching in bed, morning and evening are a priority too, even if my timing is tight to wake up and get ready. This routine is my way to start the day by waking up my body and feeling better physically when I leave the bed after hours of lying down. I also need regular breaks during the day when I am working, and I make sure I take those breaks. That means asking how long the meeting will be for, asking for a short break half way through, asking to delay a meeting if I have just been in a long meeting so I get a breather before joining another meeting. I have learnt all this along the way, to honour my self care plan and needs in order to function better and live better with AxSpa, and that includes asking others around me to adapt my timetable according to those needs.
Take care all,
Julie.
