Maybe it’s Not Really Self-Care

It’s way more than just bubble baths

Deidre Delpino Dykes
Nov 1 · 2 min read
Photo by Karla Alexander on Unsplash

I think self care gets a bad rap. A lot of people look at it from the outside and assume it’s all just bubble baths and treat yo’self mani-pedi days. There’s a large-scale misunderstanding of what self care is and what it really does, and it hinges on the difference between two similar ideas. There’s self care and then there’s self soothing; I…

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Deidre Delpino Dykes

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Maryland Birdmancer, queer, speculative fiction author/editor, TTRPG player/GM, actually just three birds in a trench coat.

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