Hedera
Participating in the writer's group being born here is tempting (us blockheads certainly seem to have taken over this humble spread-thread!), but I'm not going to.
The whole tarot-aeclectic thing is still pretty new to me, and I don't want the sense of frustration and hopelessness I feel regarding my writing at the moment bleeding into this place.
Ya'll start without me, I might join you at a later date!
In fact, after this post, I think I'm going to gently extract myself from this thread....
I think it's mainly the depression I'm suffering from that is causing the block. Life block indeed!
I've been having depressive periods all through my life, and usually I was able to get some living and writing done in between them, but this one is particularly nasty.
It interferes with everything I do and (used to) love. Having virtually no emotions is a big handicap; I usually do my best writing when I'm angry or dissatisfied about something, although the story that comes out of that might well be really happy and sweet! (well..... In the beginning, anyway... )
Also, this time the depression is playing havoc with my ability to concentrate. I lose my way in the middle of sentences, in the middle of words sometimes, both when listening/speaking and when writing/reading.
It's *incredibly* debilitating sometimes. It takes me twice as long (or longer) to type a paragraph. I find it almost impossible to read a decent book, because I just lose the plot, and I can't picture anything.
I feel like a painter who has suddenly gone blind.
Therapy and medication help with some day-to-day living, but so for have had no effect in this area.
But, so far every depression has passed, and so, I hope, will this one. I just hope I'll still have a braincel or two left when it does!
Yes, like many here I am a very verbal person, and now that tool has been taken away from me.
I'm not that visual, though; my imagination works more on my sense of touch and smell.
I think it might be time to stop trying to get a grip on my language skills for a while, and like Truthsayer and Firemaiden do some other creative things, more than I have done so far.
More hands-on stuff, I think. Not just drawing, that may be too close to writing, but maybe painting or sculpting.
It has been great to read all of your stories here, Red Emma, Truthsayer, Firemaiden.
It has given me some sense of companionship, and I feel more incouraged and inspired to try some new things.
Time to get out of my head and into my hands!
The whole tarot-aeclectic thing is still pretty new to me, and I don't want the sense of frustration and hopelessness I feel regarding my writing at the moment bleeding into this place.
Ya'll start without me, I might join you at a later date!
In fact, after this post, I think I'm going to gently extract myself from this thread....
I think it's mainly the depression I'm suffering from that is causing the block. Life block indeed!
I've been having depressive periods all through my life, and usually I was able to get some living and writing done in between them, but this one is particularly nasty.
It interferes with everything I do and (used to) love. Having virtually no emotions is a big handicap; I usually do my best writing when I'm angry or dissatisfied about something, although the story that comes out of that might well be really happy and sweet! (well..... In the beginning, anyway... )
Also, this time the depression is playing havoc with my ability to concentrate. I lose my way in the middle of sentences, in the middle of words sometimes, both when listening/speaking and when writing/reading.
It's *incredibly* debilitating sometimes. It takes me twice as long (or longer) to type a paragraph. I find it almost impossible to read a decent book, because I just lose the plot, and I can't picture anything.
I feel like a painter who has suddenly gone blind.
Therapy and medication help with some day-to-day living, but so for have had no effect in this area.
But, so far every depression has passed, and so, I hope, will this one. I just hope I'll still have a braincel or two left when it does!
Yes, like many here I am a very verbal person, and now that tool has been taken away from me.
I'm not that visual, though; my imagination works more on my sense of touch and smell.
I think it might be time to stop trying to get a grip on my language skills for a while, and like Truthsayer and Firemaiden do some other creative things, more than I have done so far.
More hands-on stuff, I think. Not just drawing, that may be too close to writing, but maybe painting or sculpting.
It has been great to read all of your stories here, Red Emma, Truthsayer, Firemaiden.
It has given me some sense of companionship, and I feel more incouraged and inspired to try some new things.
Time to get out of my head and into my hands!