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Treat Yourself: The Commodification and Misuse of Self-Care
Series: Essay
Word Count: 3000
Notes: This essay won the reader poll this month and was sponsored by the Patreon crew! And just so y’all know, I am not going to be discussing any modern self-care products in this essay. This is not the place to take potshots at jade rollers.
Last year, I found myself on a panel at Arisia called "Internalizing Creative Suppression" about impostor syndrome, self-sabotage, and how to deal with or overcome it. It was a great panel, and towards the end, when we were taking questions, a hand went up. When called on, the person said that they had the problem of, they were dealing with depression, and sometimes, they'd wake up and decide that self-care was staying in bed all day and watching Netflix. How, they asked, could they tell whether this was legit self-care or just depression?
( What self-care is, what the brand is, and how to tell the difference. )
Series: Essay
Word Count: 3000
Notes: This essay won the reader poll this month and was sponsored by the Patreon crew! And just so y’all know, I am not going to be discussing any modern self-care products in this essay. This is not the place to take potshots at jade rollers.
Last year, I found myself on a panel at Arisia called "Internalizing Creative Suppression" about impostor syndrome, self-sabotage, and how to deal with or overcome it. It was a great panel, and towards the end, when we were taking questions, a hand went up. When called on, the person said that they had the problem of, they were dealing with depression, and sometimes, they'd wake up and decide that self-care was staying in bed all day and watching Netflix. How, they asked, could they tell whether this was legit self-care or just depression?
( What self-care is, what the brand is, and how to tell the difference. )
