Tending Creativity

015 ✿ Creativity and Depression ✿ Solo Episode

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Episode 15: Creativity and Depression, Solo Episode

For this episode I talk about my experience with depression and anxiety and how that has affected my creative expression.

Topics discussed:

  • The “tortured artist” trope
  • You don’t have to be sad to make great art
  • My personal history with depression and anxiety
  • The ebb and flow of depression
  • Learning skills to deal with mental health disorders
  • Anxiety developing as I’ve gotten older
  • The importance of understanding my experience with mental health disorders
  • Changing my mindset to be more compassionate to myself
  • The importance of prioritizing wellness over productivity
  • Patterns I recognize that affect my ability to make art when I’m experiencing depression
  • Increased self doubt and self criticism when depressed
  • Not letting myself pursue creative ideas
  • Growing through attempting “bad” creative ideas
  • Being harsh on myself and ideas or work
  • Lack of motivation for creative work when depressed
  • Motivation is not always needed to create
  • Feeling a lack of care for things I usually care about
  • Shifting the focus from worrying about being productive to wanting to heal
  • Lack of stamina and focus for creative work when depressed
  • Being frustrated when I’m unable to focus or work as hard as usual
  • Trying to force myself to operate at a level I’m unable to
  • Learning to accept a reduced ability to work on art or creative projects
  • The conditioning to hyper-focus on productivity
  • Unlinking my self-worth from my productivity and achievement
  • Focusing on opportunities to care for myself
  • Prioritizing well being and mental health over creativity
  • Your mental health is more important than trying to always create or make art

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