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Mental Health Support

libodem

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7. Being sensitive has it's down side

Reply to Neoma (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:20 PM

Apr 2013

It can deplete your energy rather than build it. Sometimes I have to be alone to recharge. Sometimes I need to be around good people. Put a little light of protection around yourself to guard against emotional and mental "vampires" that drain you rather than recharge you. Get a good nights rest and maybe it won't seem so bleak in the morning.

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When I'm depressed, the first thing that goes is my creativity. [View all] Neoma Apr 2013 OP

Sucks it out of you libodem Apr 2013 #1

Hope you feel better soon libodem Apr 2013 #2

Being bipolar has a direct link to creativity from what I can tell. Neoma Apr 2013 #5

Being sensitive has it's down side libodem Apr 2013 #7

I hear you, Neoma LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #3

Do you feel blocked like you're repeating the same work ? olddots Apr 2013 #4

Over time my drawings took hours to do. Neoma Apr 2013 #6

For me what goes is drive. I can still think up lots of creative ideas but... Locut0s May 2013 #8