I need self-care because I can get overwhelmed pretty easily.

我需要自我療傷，因為我蠻容易被壓力擊垮的。

I developed a self-care routine because I have depression.

我因為有憂鬱症，所以發展了一套自我療傷的例行公事。

Earlier this year my grandfather passed away somewhat quickly and tragically.

有點突然且悲慘，在今年年初我的祖父去世了。

I've struggled with anxiety my whole life.

我此生都在跟焦慮症奮鬥。

I deal with clinical depression.

我需要應付我的重度憂鬱症。

When I read about a bunch of awful crap that happens, it just gets me in a really, really bad mood.

當我讀到一堆糟糕透頂的東西，它就會讓我心情變得非常非常差。

If I don't just set aside time for, "Hey, I gotta take care of myself," I just destroy myself as a human being.

如果我不特地為「嘿！自我照料的時間到了」這件事預留時間的話，我就只是在自我毀滅。

[What is one of your ways of self-care?]

[分享一個你自我療傷的方法]

My favorite type of self-care is yoga.

我最喜歡的自我療傷方法是瑜伽。

When you're mentally stressed, it also affects your body physically, so it's really important to release that tension because it will also release your mental tension.

當你內心感到壓抑時，它也會影響到你的身體。所以紓緩身體的緊繃感是很重要的，這會幫你釋放心中的不安。

My form of self-care is my journal.

我的自我療傷方法是日記。

My thoughts and feelings will drive me insane if I don't get them out in some way, so I write them down.

我的想法跟感受會讓我發瘋，所以我要想辦法釋放出來。因此，我會把它們寫下來。

Going to the gym helps me stay sane.

去健身房能讓我保持理智。

It allows me to turn off my thoughts for an hour.

這使我能夠將腦中的思緒關閉一個小時。

I find if I've had a shitty day at work, or just a shitty day in general, and I go to the gym I often feel better afterward.

我發現如果我上班過得很糟，或者整體就是很糟的一天，只要去了健身房，我通常就能感覺好一些。

Meditation is one of my forms of self-care.

冥想是我自我療傷的方法之一。

It's just so nice to be able to take a minute to just chill.

能有一分鐘的時間讓我冷靜一下感覺真的很好。

To be someone with anxiety and say that you can get back in control within 10 minutes is so wonderful.

對於有焦慮症的人來說，能夠在 10 分鐘內找回理智是很美好的一件事。

My form of self-care is playing video games.

我是靠打電玩來自我療傷的。

When you play a video game, you're focusing on one thing and it's just winning and beating the level.

當你在打電玩時，你只需要專注在一件事上，那就是破關獲勝。

And it sounds dumb, but having those small accomplishments, it just makes you feel a little bit better about yourself.

聽起來很蠢，但那些小小的成就，能讓你增加些微對自己的好感。

One of my biggest forms of self-care is art and drawing and illustrating, and really anything in the arts.

我其中一個最大的自我療傷方法就是藝術、畫畫和插圖，其實只要跟藝術有關的都行。

Just to be able to put down on pen and paper, or paint, untainted by anyone else's opinions.

能夠完全不受他人的想法左右，在紙上用筆寫下東西，或是畫點東西。

It's really interesting because I typically create more when I'm sad or frustrated or angry.

有趣的是我通常在難過、低落或者生氣的時候，能創造出更多東西。

One of my self-care routines is reading, especially poems, especially something that can just get me out of my world.

我其中一個自我療傷的例行公事就是閱讀，尤其是詩集，或是任何能讓我抽離我的世界的讀物。

If I'm reading something that's about somewhere far away, it just removes me from my immediate situation and let me think about somebody or something else.

當我在讀有關某個遙遠的地方的文章，它能使我抽離現況，讓我去想別的人事物。

[What's your advice to other people about self-care?]

[可以給其他人自我療傷方面的建議嗎？]

Finding the right self-care routine is not something that's instantaneous.

你無法馬上就找到對的自我療傷方法。

It takes like. a lot of trial and error.

這會花費很多努力和歷經很多錯誤。

It's good to find things that allow you to distract yourself.

能夠找出讓你分散注意力的事物是很好的。

Keeping my illness from taking over my life requires a daily effort.

要使我的病不再佔據我的生活，需要每天努力。

Just take that time to do something for yourself.

拿那些時間去為自己做點事吧！