The importance of taking care

One lesson I am really learning is that taking care of myself, both physically and emotionally, is critical to healing and feeling better.  If I have a day where I don't eat right, don't sleep right, don't exercise, am too busy, take on too much, don't have time to just be me... then I notice I feel worse and have a much harder time coping.  It takes work, effort and a real commitment to always taking care.  One day of not being so good I seem to be able to handle ok-ish, but if I have 2 or 3 in a row then I really start to notice the depression creeping back in.