{"id":364,"date":"2021-07-08T21:19:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asmymindunwinds.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2021-07-08T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:19:11","slug":"every-womans-struggle-self-care-or-self-medicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asmymindunwinds.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Every Woman\u2019s Struggle: Self Care or Self Medicate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

*original version posted at womendevotions.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you raised your eyebrows at the title, good\u2026 you should! Do we self care or self medicate?  It\u2019s a real issue that I refuse to ignore. However, I will say that I\u2019m referring to the socially acceptable ways to self medicate. Are those ways any better for us? I\u2019ll leave that up to you to decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact of life is women are crazy busy (not that men aren\u2019t, but I’m a woman so I’ll tackle us this time) and there are two things I know to be true:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. If you don\u2019t intentionally choose one, you will always default to the other<\/strong><\/li>
  2. Self care is SO much healthier (for you and everyone around you)!<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Women are busy. We\u2019re moms. We\u2019re wives.  We\u2019re homemakers. We\u2019re career women. We volunteer. The days are long and hard. Then, add in variables such as Aunt Flo\u2019s unannounced monthly visits (we always forget she\u2019s coming and she\u2019s the worst guest) or your son\u2019s generous sharing of the flu virus he picked up in 2nd grade, or your co-worker\u2019s endless personal drama and we can become a hot mess real fast.  That being said, everybody knows \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    if mama aint happy, aint nobody happy.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    That goes for all women regardless if you\u2019re actually a mama or not. The saying should honestly be, \u201cif yo homegirl aint happy, aint nobody happy\u201d. And\u2026as true as that may be, it wrenches our feminine hearts. Therefore, we set out to set the scales back in balance by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We Naturally Want to Self Medicate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When the stresses of life overwhelm us, we turn to the classics: overeating, working more, spending too much money, and almost <\/em>substance abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n