Self-care in mental health

Self-care should be pleasurable and relaxing. For neurodivergents and specific professions, it is often a stressful necessity.

Meteoropathy is a real pathology.

We normally associate weather with Hot or Cold, though there’s a full range of related implications for our physical and emotional health.

It is still being tested whether hot or cold has the most beneficial impact in self-care.

When we talk of self-care these days, the first thought coming to mind is showering.

Back in the day, it used to be face-washing and combing hair.
Shaving for men.

For many people, dermatologists say that showering every two to three days is enough to stay clean while protecting the skin barrier. Not an option in hot-muggy Asia from May to October.

It is not relaxation for me.
Scrubbing daily in the shower for 30 minutes with antiseptic lotions drains me.

Self-care is WORK for me.

I find cold water more comfortable.
Speculation wants that a cold shower enhances dopamine for one hour, just what I need before collapsing in bed.

Don’t take anything for granted.

Even self-care is a gift.