AuDHD Flourishing 11 Your Core Self-Care Need
Aug 18, 2023
Discover the key to feeling better by identifying your core self-care needs, which often simplify everything else in life. Learn to tune into your body's signals and explore how past experiences influence your needs. There's a caution against one-size-fits-all self-care advice, emphasizing that personal experiences shape what works best for you. Recognize how different needs can fluctuate, especially in varying contexts. Lastly, hear practical prompts to help you uncover what your unique self-care essentials are.
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Core Self-Care Needs Simplify Life
- People usually have one or two core self-care needs that, when met, make many other things easier.
- These needs can be broad (sleep, food, social time) or specific subtypes (non-sexual touch, sex).
Client Example: Social Time As Central
- Mattia describes a client whose core need was social time and how meeting it made everything else feel okay.
- This example shows that different people have different primary needs that radically change wellbeing.
Personal Bias Drives Self-Care Evangelism
- People often evangelize a single practice because it meets their own core need, not because it fits everyone.
- Beliefs about a practice (e.g., sleep) can shape how strongly a bad instance affects someone's functioning.
