New guide on self-care

New guide in the Communications section.

Topic:

Self-care and mindfulness to avoid:

• stress and distraction from notifications,
• the anxiety connected to continuous checking of email and social media accounts,
• burnout from online harassment

ToC

Recommendations to avoid:

• stress and distraction from notifications,
• the anxiety connected to continuous checking of email and social media accounts,
• burnout from online harassment

1. Stress and distraction from notifications:
   • Disable notifications
   • When checking emails and social media, ask yourself what your goal is
   • Set times for checking email, social media and group chats
   • don't install social media apps if possible - when to use apps in mobile devices, when to use desktop apps
   • practice mindfulness - reject automatic behaviors - remember that likes and feeling appreciated produces dopamine
   • practice self-care - link to https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/resources-wellbeing-stress-management and https://digitalfirstaid.org/self-care/
2. Social media anxiety
   • sharing intimate information boosts attention - do you need it? social media strategies - link to guide on identifying info - link to DFAK troubleshooter on doxxing
   • your profile should not be a mirror of yourself - create multiple profiles with specific goals and communications strategies
   • remember that if you're not paying for the product you are the product
3. Burnout from harassment
   • Netiquette rules
   • Remember that we are more empathetic when communicating with people who are in the same physical space
   • How to respond to harassment - link to: https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/respond/ - link to DFAK troubleshooters on online harassment and doxxing