Let’s talk about the word self-care today.
Self-care: Compound Noun
- care for oneself: Busy parents need to practice self-care to de-stress. Hiking regularly is an example of self-care because it maintains your physical vitality.
- specifically : health care provided by oneself often without the consultation of a doctor: Over-the-counter drugs (OTC) often replace prescription drugs in self-care of many people.
Self-care as an adjective:
Example sentences: Self-care practice is gaining more and more popularity because people are afraid of burnout.
Synonyms of self care:
Care given to oneself, especially to maintain one’s physical or psychological well-being: personal care, self-aid, self-help, care, maintenance, mental health care,
Time away from one’s life, work or schedule, especially to maintain one’s mental and physical well-being: me time, downtime, time alone, time away, time on one’s own, time to yourself, time off, time-out.
The act of approving, loving and treating oneself with kindness: self-acceptance, self-compassion, self-approval, self-kindness-self-love.
Antonyms of self-care: self-neglect, self-abuse.
- To practice self-care: People regularly practice self-care because they are more aware of the importance of me time.
- To develop a self-care practice/routine: As soon as she developed self-care routine and followed it regularly, she started to feel better.
- To be intentional/proactive about self-care: Having dealt with so many of her patients’ burnout, as well as her knowledge of psychology prompted her to be proactive about her self-care routine.
- To take care of yourself daily: Daily self-care is an important step towards developing well-being.
- Prioritize self-care: Since she had had the stroke, she started prioritizing self-care. She reduced stress and increased exercise. She also started to eat healthy food and avoided eating out.
