When Self-Care Feels More Like a Burden
When self-care feels more like a chore than a pleasure, there’s something wrong.
Self-care is about taking care of yourself. Making your life easier. Sometimes it’s the hard stuff, like exercising when you don’t want to or doing laundry or getting your car fixed. Other times it’s the indulgent luxuries, like manicures and bubble baths. And sometimes it’s somewhere in between.
But sometimes self-care feels more like a burden than a blessing. Maybe you’ve never enjoyed what you’re doing or maybe something you’ve always enjoyed as self-care suddenly feels like a chore.
Sometimes it’s normal to not really enjoy a form of self-care. Personally, if it’s not yoga, I hate working out. I don’t want to do it, and I have to work hard to actually do it. But despite how much I hate it, I don’t feel it’s a burden. I’m resistant to it, yes, but I know the benefits and I know I need to do it. So I might whine and complain the whole time I’m doing it, but once I’m done, I’m happy I did it.
But when it truly feels like a burden, there’s something wrong. When it’s something you dread, and you resist it and hate that you did it when it’s done, you need to think about what’s going on.
