It’s been a while since I last blogged, or did much of anything really. While I wish I could say that I’ve been so busy with theatre, school, work or play, that I simply forgot about this blog, that is not what happened. Over the summer I experienced a major depressive episode (MDE), followed by a psychotic break and another MDE.
The impact has been nothing short of crippling. I had to leave school days before the beginning of term and move in with my parents a few hundred miles away. At first most of my friends and professors had no idea what had happened or where I had gone. Some of them still don’t know.
I’ve gone for nearly 9 years without any truly disruptive mental health problems so this was something I did not expect.Returning to this blog and sharing this part of my life with readers, I hope to start climbing out of the reclusive and dreary well I’ve been in for the past few months.
I’m excited to be back and I’ve got a slew of drafts to finish and publish over the next several days! Some of it is from before my episode and some of it is newer but either way look out for:
- Explanations
- Illness and the Artist
- Stigma and the Other C-Word
- Science of Creativity
- Exploring the Creative Impulse
- Harnessing Creativity
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