Self-care

emergency first response medical treatment

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routine processes in people's daily and weekly cycle

Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study, and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of teachers. Autodidacts are self-taught people who learn a subject through self-study. Autodidacticism may involve, complement, or be an alternative to formal education. Formal education itself may have a hidden curriculum that requires self-study for the uninitiated.

thumb|upright=1.3|A self-help group from Maharashtra, India, making a demonstration at a [[National Rural Livelihood Mission seminar held in Chandrapur]] Self-help or self-improvement is "a focus on self-guided, in contrast to professionally guided, efforts to cope with life problems" —economically, physically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis.

degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces, have control over their lives

Autosuggestion is a psychological technique related to the placebo effect, popularized internationally by pharmacist Émile Coué in the 1920s. It is a form of self-induced suggestion in which individuals guide their own thoughts, feelings, or behavior. The technique is often used in self-hypnosis. thumb|A French print of Dr. Herbert A. Parkyn's Auto Suggestion, What It Is and How to Use It for Health, Happiness and Success. The book was extremely popular in France, where it would have a big influence on Emile Coué.'' While Émile Coué created an autosuggestion craze in America in the 1920s, the

group where various types of help, usually nonprofessional and non-material, are provided for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic

term used in healthcare to refer to people's daily self care activities

Self-care is the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices, exercise, sleep, and hygiene. Self-care is not only a solo activity, as the community—a group that supports the person performing self-care—overall plays a role in access to, implementation of, and success of self-care activities.

provision of essential nutrients to humans

social movement advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace

set of practices around healthy sleeping

Self-preservation is a behavior or set of behaviors that ensures the survival of an organism. It is thought to be universal among all living organisms.

American nursing academic (1914–2007)

branch of medicine

Self-healing refers to the process of recovery (generally from psychological disturbances, trauma, etc.), motivated by and directed by the patient, guided often only by instinct. Such a process encounters mixed fortunes due to its amateur nature, although self-motivation is a major asset. The value of self-healing lies in its ability to be tailored to the unique experience and requirements of the individual. The process can be helped and accelerated with introspection techniques such as meditation.

aspect of the human body

self-care trend of spending large amounts of time in bed

abortion performed by the pregnant person themselves

Human body composition measurement method

gathering to improve cognitive or emotional wellbeing