February 2022 Events - Love Yourself Week

Hello hello everyone!

Depression and anxiety support are super excited to be collaborating to celebrate love yourself week with all of you from February 14-18!

When we don’t love ourselves, we may feel inadequate, shameful, angry, lonely, guilty, and rejected. Often we may engage in negative self-talk that worsen these feelings and create depressive or anxious thoughts. Let’s learn about how we can change these habits and engage in more self-loving behaviour!

What does it mean to love yourself?

It’s important to note that self-love can look different for different people - we are all unique. Self-love will look and feel different for each and every one of us. Learning to love ourselves is not easy; it takes a lot of time, effort, and practice, but by acting in ways that are self-loving, we can slowly learn that we are worthy.

• Accepting yourself as you are for everything that you are

• Finding peace and being comfortable within ourselves

• Appreciating ourselves through actions that support our growth both mentally and physically

• Having a high regard for our own well-being and happiness

• Taking care of yourself and own needs

How can we learn to love ourselves?

• Try to be gentle with ourselves

• Allow ourselves and our experience to be as they are

• Talking to and about yourself with love: be self-compassionate and practice self-gratitude

• Putting yourself first

• Not judging yourself, especially over things you cannot control - focus on your strengths

• Trusting yourself

• Being true to and nice to yourself

• Creating healthy boundaries

• Forgiving yourself

• Becoming mindful

• Self-care

  • Taking breaks

  • Spending time doing activities we enjoy

  • Drinking water and eating healthy

  • Getting enough sleep

This week will be full of awesome forum discussions, icebreakers, and group support discussions in both the depression and anxiety support subcommunities! All text in blue is clickable. Here is our schedule:

• Depression Support forum posts (will be linked as they are posted):

  • What is at least one thing you can do to work towards loving yourself?

  • What are some of your favourite things to do for self-care?

  • Can you mention one thing you love about yourself, and tag someone else to continue?

  • Tell us your top 3 favorite things to do, and maybe you’ll find someone who shares the same interest with you!

  • What is something you feel insecure about?

• Anxiety Support forum posts (will be linked when they are posted):

  • I feel peaceful when…

  • What is something your past self would love about your current self?

  • What is something you are going to do that is nice for yourself today?

• Depression Support discussion schedule (all taking place in the depression support room):

  • Please join @WarmLightXO on February 14th at 10pm ET for a discussion on Coping Strategies (teens & ATLs)

  • Please join @EmmaE on February 15th at 3:30pm ET for a discussion on Thoughts and Feelings (teens & ATLs)

• Anxiety Support discussion schedule (all taking place in the anxiety support room):

  • Please join @bookworm274 and @WarmLightXO on February 18th at 2pm ET for a discussion on Loving Yourself (teens & ATLs)

• Interview:

  • Loving yourself with @EmmaE and @WarmLightXO

Feel free to share with us below:

What is one thing you love about yourself?

What is at least one way loving yourself might impact your life?

Please fill out THIS FORM to receive a seasonal badge for your participation!

Feel free to check out other events happening in February HERE!

_{If you’d like to join the depression support team, please check out THIS POST for more information.}

_{If you'd like to join the anxiety support team, please check out THIS POST for more information.}