Self-Care: True or False
True or False: The only self-care activities are when you pamper yourself in the bath or with sweet treats.
False: Self-care is not only about pampering ourselves. It's to help us address our needs, and is not always an activity we want to do.
True or False: Compassion is just another word for being nice.
False: Compassion is about showing kindness, understanding, and forgiveness to others and also to ourselves, through the good times AND the bad.
True or False: Taking medicine and brushing our teeth are examples of self-care
True: Sometimes self-care means doing things we find unpleasant to do, or find boring
True or false: Self-compassion means feeling good about EVERY part of ourselves ALL the time.
False. It's not realistic to love every part of ourselves all the time, but we can still be understanding of ourselves even when we feel bad about ourselves.
True or False: Self-care can ONLY be done by yourself and can't involve other people
False: You can engage in self-care activities alongside others, or get help with self-care from an adult
False: Practicing self-compassion is a very difficult, and admirable thing to do!
True or False: Practicing self-care is for people who only care about themselves and not others
False: By practicing self-care, we can be at our best for ourselves and for other people.
True or False: The following statement shows self-compassion: "I made a mistake and it's okay."
True. Self-compassion means that when we make mistakes, we understand that it doesn't define us.
True or False: Self-care can help us build resilience
True: By engaging in self-care, we practice our capacity to experience our every day emotions in healthy ways
True or False: Compassion is a skill that needs to be practiced.
True. We're not born with compassion, but anyone can learn how to be compassionate with practice.