Autistic self care

I hadn't really considered that there are more aspects to self care than the basic physical ones, washing everyday (hair every other), brushing teeth, making sure the clothes washing is done for clean clothes, (although I often wear a jumper and jeans for a few days). I don't often wear make up, I go through phases of trying to make an effort before giving up again. (I'll wear it if I'm going somewhere as it helps to hide how tired I look all the time from lack of sleep).

I've said before on here about how hard it is to get my hair cut, but I was very pleased that I had a trim at the start of the summer after 7 years (just trying to figure out when people normally go again, I think it's more frequent than annually). It's a relief that I'm not the only one amongst the mums at the school gate that doesn't dye my hair to cover greys. Is that more common in this community?

But the other aspects of self care are a real problem, I push everything else to the bottom of the pile and look after everyone else first. This is even more so when you have kids, it's very hard to make any time for yourself then, least of all self care!

I hadn't really considered that there are more aspects to self care than the basic physical ones, washing everyday (hair every other), brushing teeth, making sure the clothes washing is done for clean clothes, (although I often wear a jumper and jeans for a few days). I don't often wear make up, I go through phases of trying to make an effort before giving up again. (I'll wear it if I'm going somewhere as it helps to hide how tired I look all the time from lack of sleep).

I've said before on here about how hard it is to get my hair cut, but I was very pleased that I had a trim at the start of the summer after 7 years (just trying to figure out when people normally go again, I think it's more frequent than annually). It's a relief that I'm not the only one amongst the mums at the school gate that doesn't dye my hair to cover greys. Is that more common in this community?

But the other aspects of self care are a real problem, I push everything else to the bottom of the pile and look after everyone else first. This is even more so when you have kids, it's very hard to make any time for yourself then, least of all self care!

Usually people go for a trim every 6-8 weeks depending on the style and how fast it grows. I have a scruffy pixie cut and have it cut every 7-8 weeks to keep it in shape. If you have long straight hair then maybe you could stretch it to every 10 weeks? Having your hair trimmed regualrly keeps it looking healthy, the average hair growth rate is one quarter to half an inch a month, so if your hair is 1 foot long from root to tip, then the tips are probably about 2 years old. Hair will start to look tatty at the ends after a while, due to normal wear and tear, but when you add things like environmental polution and things like swimming pools, it will take a bit of a battering. 

Also longer hair will look better and longer when it's cut to a sharp line, its an optical illusion, you see the line as more defining than hair that sort of peters out.

I've never had my nails done, I can't stand the feel of having nail polish on and as for all these false nails, like talons, I think 'how do you manage to do normal life stuff, like washing up' I've never done all the waxing stuff many others do either. I did once try and use depilatory cream on my leg hairs which were quite thick and dark, only it didn't work and instead of getting rid of the hair, it turned them ginger, like real Prince Harry ginger, I never did that again!

I had a jacuzzi once, never again, I accidently sat on a jet and ended up clean inside and out!