How Important is Self-Care to Your Health

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How Important is Self-Care to Your Health
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• The meaning of self-care is quite
  self-explanatory, which means, taking care of
  oneself. Anything that you do for the betterment
  of your health physically or mentally or even in
  a spiritual capacity, can be regarded as
  self-care. Therapies, like anxiety treatment,
  depression treatment, or even adolescent
  counseling, are also considered self-care.
  Self-care is ignored, whenever you find yourself
  in difficult and challenging situations, whereas
  you should always keep it on top of your mind.

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• Why is self-care important?
• In todays world, you are expected to work for
  longer hours, denoting the idea that it means a
  person is working more productively. These types
  of conditions can take away the opportunity for
  self-care without even you noticing.

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• However, contrarily, you can increase your
  productivity in a much more efficient way by
  engaging in different self-care routines. For
  example, marriage counseling or couples therapy
  kind of engagements deem to be very beneficial
  for everyone married or in a relationship.
• You may often hear the phrase burning that
  candle at both ends at workplaces, educational
  establishments, etc. However, having fewer
  sleeping hours on your schedule has significant
  consequences. Burnout, depression, and anxiety
  are a few amongst a whole lot of other bad
  implications.

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• Opting for anxiety therapy or depression
  counseling has clinically proved to be very
  beneficial for our mental as well as physical
  well-being. Anxiety counseling can reduce stress
  and in comparison boosts our concentration,
  happiness, and overall energy.
• Consequences of neglecting self-care
• Low energy, hopelessness, lower patience,
  headaches, sleep deprivation, unhealthy diet,
  lack of concentration, and reduced performance at
  work and overall these are some of the common
  symptoms and consequences of neglecting self-care.

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• Ignoring self-care routines can suppress your
  immune system as well. The stress hormones will
  begin to increase passively as you will keep on
  disregarding the idea of self-care. Which, in
  turn, will lead to mental health diseases, like
  anxiety or depression. If you keep on ignoring
  the idea of opting for that anxiety therapy or
  depression therapy that your friends told you
  about, you may find yourself getting sick more
  often.

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• Lack of self-care can also lead to a significant
  decline in your productivity. The general belief
  regarding self-care routines is that if we are
  spending our time attending anxiety therapy or
  depression counseling it means that we are not
  doing a lot of other things that need to be done.

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• More often than not, people who neglect self-care
  are over-stressed which can very negatively
  affect your health to a point that it could kill
  you. Having a higher stress rate can lead to a
  lot of health issues like high blood pressure and
  heart diseases, and cardiovascular diseases are
  the biggest reasons for deaths throughout the
  world.

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• Therapy can be helpful for self-care
• Therapy can be very beneficial in realizing the
  cause of negative emotions and assists in getting
  rid of unhealthy mental conditions. It will help
  you be more productive and active towards your
  professional as well as personal life. By
  focusing on the root of each problem, therapy
  improves mental health which in turn will
  positively influence your physical health as well.

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• You can opt for therapy at any age or stage of
  life marriage/couples therapy, teen therapy,
  adolescent therapy, etc. Anxiety therapy or
  depression therapy will assist you and provide
  you with the tools to overcome your anxiety or
  depression and focus on your self-care.
• It is very important to put your oxygen mask on
  first and fill up your cup. Its so important
  to take care of yourself at least as much as you
  care for others. Please schedule a time to speak
  at our locations in Woodbridge, Virginia,
  Fairfax, Virginia or our telehealth options.