Hello Everyone & Welcome to the RealPositiveGirl Podcast!
Today on the show I am talking about: What a Healthy Support System Looks Like
Do you have a few people in your life that offer support & care when you need it?
If you do, that's great! Listen in as I chat about what Support System categories those people in your life would fit into & evaluate if your support needs are fulfilled all around.
If not, let me share with you what to look for in the people you might have supporting you in the future!
Here are some notes from today's episode:
- Growing up, I didn’t really have a support system. Not even my parents or other family members or friends were really there to help me through things. It was because I didn’t ask.
- But I felt like I couldn’t ask. Because I was hiding so much pain, abuse & embarrassment & shame for everything that was happening to me & around me. And when you don’t ask for something, you typically don’t get it.
- And even in hindsight, I don’t think I would have asked for help or support if I had known better or understood how much better my mental health would have been if I at least had support from someone to share my situation with. Because I knew nothing really could have been done to physically help the problems I was dealing with.
- But still, having a support system is gold. It’s someone or many people to lean on & get help from when you need it. This could be emotional or practical advice and/or support.
- And you may already have this & not even realize it. If you have a great group of friends, some like-minded colleagues and close family members, you have what is considered a core group of people that make up a really great support system in your life.
- With a group made up of people within these 3 groups, you should be covered in receiving support within any of the 4 types of social support that are known when thinking about support: Emotional, Instrumental, Informational & Appraisal.
- Let’s quickly look at what each of these social support categories means for support:
- Emotional: This deals in empathy, love, trust & caring support.
- Instrumental: This is actual, physical aid & help
- Informational: This would be providing advice, information & suggestions to you.
- Appraisal: This is geared toward self-evaluation support.
- As humans, we need people to thrive & survive. Even if we are the most introverted of people, we need at least a few others in our lives that will be there as a positive influence on us, which can also help with overall higher levels of wellbeing & better coping skills.
- So let’s chat about what the ideal, healthy support system would look like:
- 1. Needs to be loving & accepting.
- 2. Pushes you to see from a different perspective & calls you out when you need it.
- 3. Will actively listen & be a sounding board.
- 4. Offers encouragement & celebrates your wins with you.
- 5. Available for advice when you ask for it.
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