This post is for all medical professionals here. Do you all consider yourself first before your family members? Not in terms of shopping, spending money, etc., but about your health.
Recently, one of my relatives shared that she has rheumatoid arthritis and is unable to walk because of it. She advised me to take care of my health. This triggered a question: Are we prioritizing ourselves before our family?
Nothing wrong in putting our health first. After all the struggle, we are responsible for our bodies. No one can share another’s illness. Better to focus on our own health so that we can be a role model and not a burden to others in the family.
Healthy diet, sports, workouts, mindfulness all these modalities have to be part of one’s life from the early years so they don’t repent in a later stage when they are prone to bed.
What’s your thought on being selfish about your health? Let’s discuss
Seeing your family follow unhealthy lifestyle and diet habits really makes me upset, and I make an effort to make them understand or make some healthy snacks, but still this drinking tea first thing in the morning and having biscuits and bhujia has become their habit, adapted over years. I do think sometimes we can help just by being a role model for them, instead of counseling.
In Indian families ,it becomes a little difficult to put yourself first . If someone can do it or can even maintain a balance between the two , deserves appreciation. It is not difficult but we tend to take our health for granted unless we are sick. Small changes like yoga , exercises , good eating habits can solve the problem to greater extent. We can’t change the habits of our parents, they have a certain belief system but we can definitely look for improvement in ours .
Healthy body plays an important factor in our lifestyle as all physical , emotional, professional activities are indirectly related to our health. It’s not about putting ourselves first it’s about maintaining basic routine like daily exercises, consumed protein rich diet, routine medical checkups, having quality time with family, friends and our closed ones which everyone should follow to maintain good health and we can atleast take out some time for ourselves to be free , stressed out which automatically uplifts mood and marks positive mark on our health.