self-support
Providing for oneself
Self-support is the ability to maintain oneself financially or emotionally without depending on others.
The term emphasizes independence and self-reliance: After years of struggle, she finally achieved self-support.
In recovery contexts, self-support refers to organizations funding themselves through member contributions rather than outside donations.
Complete economic independence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
Self-starting without external input
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- earningsMoney gained from work
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
freelancer · income · savings · budgeting · subsistence · breadwinner
Increase in size
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- enablementAct of making possible
- agencyPower to act
assertiveness · determination · development · capability · strength · fortitude · advancement · upliftment
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
autarky
Complete economic independence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
bootstrapping
Self-starting without external input
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- earningsMoney gained from work
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
entrepreneurship · freelancer · income · savings · budgeting · subsistence · breadwinner
growth
Increase in size
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- enablementAct of making possible
agency · assertiveness · determination · development · capability · strength · fortitude · advancement · upliftment · perseverance
coping
Managing under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- solitudesolitude, alone, isolation, aloneness, seclusion
- inner dialogueinner voice, inner dialogue, inner monologue, mental chatter, subvocalization
self-supportdependence
State of needing another
dependency · reliance · dependance · parasitism · subsidization
self-supporthelplessness
Lacking ability to cope
impotence · inadequacy · weakness · incapacity · powerlessness
support, self, supporter, supported, selfless, supportive, supports, supporters, insupportable