A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind : How To Be Normal In Your Twenties with Anxiety and Depression

A blackly funny, deeply compassionate, & extremely practical book, A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind is all at once the author's personal account of what it's like to live with mental illness, a guide to dealing with and understanding it, & a companion to make the journey feel a little less lonely.

Self-care is anything that can make you feel good, or at least better, in an emotional or physical sense…I like to think of self-care as a means of reclaiming yourself & discovering your capacity for pleasure as well as basic acts of fulfillment. – Emily Reynolds 

Here is an abridged version of Emily Reynolds’ Self Care 101:

1. Open your curtains

2. Get some air

3. Have a shower or bath

4. Wash your face

5. Get dressed

6. Drink a glass of water

7. Stretch

8. Write a to-do list

9. Tidy your immediate surroundings

10. Fill a bag with rubbish

11. Smell something good

12. Eat something

13. Move

14. Talk to someone

15. Do some breathing exercises