How can I maintain self-love?

[ashh_ley]

Recently, I've been appreciating and loving myself more. I feel a little more confident especially with a little weight gain. My question is how can I maintain that energy? Some days I feel like I'm not enough and tend to look for flaws in my physical appearance 😭it's hard with social apps and with females nowadays putting the "you gotta look this way or have this figure to be pretty" type of vibe.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Great questions. And some best tackled together with a professional psychologist.

Everyone's routine will be different. Find books whose lessons you enjoy, read those. Find activities that nourish your soul and make you happy, and do those. Make friends who help you feel good, and hang out with them.

I find it helpful to do gratitude journals (real simple "I'm thankful I have a balcony garden" or "my cat cuddled with me and I feel loved") and re-read them if I fall into a negative funk.

Especially for me, when my anxiety (diagnosed Generalized Anxiety Disorder) is high, these notes help me realize often my feelings are out of proportion to my reality. And it helps ground me.

[Texasgal95]

Girlfriend I have the same issues subjects were you just getting into a rut and you just have trouble loving your self. But on those days you have low energy just find something that you have enough energy to do that makes you happy and that takes care of yourself because you can’t help others if you’re not helping yourself first and filling up your cup so to speak there’s plenty of days where I just don’t feel beautiful when I just want to lay around and do nothing but cry

[ashh_ley]

Yess, when did it become so hard being a female in today's world. For me, I try to do stuff to keep my mind occupied but honestly, weed helps more lol

[Texasgal95]

I think the biggest and just be OK with saying though sometimes that’s something I have to work on something that’s happened in my life has made me feel like I have to be a people pleaser all the time. I don’t know

[ashh_ley]

I don't know either. It's just I want to be able to accept myself for who i am. I feel that when I do I won't have to look for that feeling in someone or something else.

[ivydavis]

Just tell yourself you’re the hottest bitch on earth. And truly believe it. Others will treat you how you treat yourself. Just turn off those bad thoughts queen.💖