so we all know that self care is hard at the best of times- so pick an option from this poll to describe what best inspires you to do self care???

I'm between option 6 (it's a part of life), and option 8 (other)
I've been around people that smell, people that don't look after themselves, and it's a pet pieve of mine- so I don't want to end up like that.

I answered "Mixture of all" after initially choosing "have to be somewhere and want to look nice".

[fern46]

I'm also on the mixture of all train. I only style my hair and put makeup on when I'm going out to some type of event. I roll natural to run errands and hang around the house.

I shower every day. I don't like feeling grimey. I exercise most days and I would smell otherwise.

Depends if I am depressed or not, often. If depressed – unless I absolutely must, I won’t. I know it sounds disgusting and I guess it is, but self-care is just nonexistent when I am depressed. Otherwise showering/bathing, brushing teeth etc. only happens when I have to leave the house for something, like work, or (it’s a toss-up) grocery shopping. Put it this way, I hadn’t had a hair cut in 7 months because I didn’t want to leave the house and ONLY got it cut because I had a job interview. I’m a disgusting slob. haha

[TheSadGirl]

It is a part of life. I would be content living feral in a forest, but life did not lead me that way. 😂

Originally Posted by MarcusAurelius

Depends if I am depressed or not, often. If depressed – unless I absolutely must, I won’t. I know it sounds disgusting and I guess it is, but self-care is just nonexistent when I am depressed. Otherwise showering/bathing, brushing teeth etc. only happens when I have to leave the house for something, like work, or (it’s a toss-up) grocery shopping. Put it this way, I hadn’t had a hair cut in 7 months because I didn’t want to leave the house and ONLY got it cut because I had a job interview. I’m a disgusting slob. haha

I need to get my hair cut too.

but.... for me I don't like scissors. try to avoid them

Originally Posted by TheSadGirl

It is a part of life. I would be content living feral in a forest, but life did not lead me that way. 😂

I could live that lifestyle too

though I think my only issue would be no internet access

I rely a lot on the internet

[*Beth*]

I chose "other", but I think I should have chosen #1. If I don't take care of myself I fear just crawling into my bed and never leaving it, like a character in an Edgar Allen Poe story.