Student Life | Issue 41

hard to feel my best. It can also be
difficult to interact with other people
when I haven’t cared for myself and
my appearance. One’s mental health
may be affected if you haven’t taken
the time to appreciate yourself and
your body. A lot of mental health
disorders can be caused by not
looking after yourself properly and
not educating yourself on how
powerful your bodies can be, which
can be quite incredible once you
realise all the things one’s body can
do and fight away.
If you are looking to begin loving
yourself and caring for yourself,
it’s important to keep in a positive
mind-set about self-love. You should
do whatever makes you feel happy
and keeps you well taken care of,
something that is a healthy habit and
makes you happy. It’s important to
appreciate your body and to realise
it’s limitations and its strength to
adapt through situations like child
birth and any illnesses you may be
struggling through without realising.
Many people practice self-love in
different ways, it doesn’t matter how
you practice this as long as you do
so healthily as it is such an important
practice.
There is a wide range of resources
you can research if you are looking
into self-love and care. YouTube has
a lot of videos you can watch which
include a wide range of tips and tricks
on mental health and self-care. There
is a wide range of websites which
touch on the topic and also ways to
love yourself.
To conclude, self-love to me is a very
personal kind of love, it is what you
make it. It can be scary sometimes,
yet it’s important to care for your
mind and your body and self-love is
the portal into it, it’s easy to enter and
is very enjoyable!
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