February/Valentine’s Day <3 & Self Love:

This is such a lovely thread idea, thank you
I think one of my greatest/favourite strengths is that I feel (and have been told) I'm a really good listener. I try to make myself as available as possible to my friends and try to practice active listening and make sure I'm focusing my answers on them and their experiences, rather than regaling them with stories about myself as a form of empathy. This hopefully helps my friends to feel seen, known, loved, and heard - and hopefully encourages them not to bottle up their stress or worries

I think a lot of people may not have responded to this as it might feel wrong to air what strengths you have. But I'll try to get the ball rolling in case this encourages anyone else to recognise their strengths...So I like how interested in different subjects I am, and how detail orientated I can be. This helps me to be more thoughtful and caring towards people I suppose.

❤️ That's a really positive thing have to have recognised about yourself by others isn't it 🙂 We think it's brilliant that you have made the distinction between passive and active listening and that you make it a point to engage fully with what your friends are saying. Sometimes it's okay to empathise by relaying our own experiences but it is also really important to allow people the space to talk about how they are feeling too, so really well done for feeling able to open up that space for someone 🤗 it isn't always easy. We are sure that your friends definitely do feel seen, heard and loved - we hope that you have that space for yourself as well 😊

Thank you! It is nice to hear that friends think I'm a good and attentive listener - and I'm lucky that I have lots of people who give me that same kinda space (thanks for asking about that!)

SELF LOVE







At Papyrus we are asking you the questions…



1. What are your favourite strengths about yourself?

2. How do these impact the way that you can care for yourself and others?