It's been a really long time since i've been back at this site. not sure if the old faces i knew are still here, but i figure i'd still try to go fourth and try to get a discussion going for a problem i'm having.
I've been on hiatus for quite sometime after having to deal with a massive amount of writer's block due to anxiety and depression. It started with my experiences with my last job which caused me enough mental suffering that it killed practically all of my want to be creative, and i had seriously considered institutionalizing myself due to spiraling into suicidal depression.
I managed to quit that job, but I did it in such an impulsive way that i was left unemployed, poor, and living off the charity of my friends. Luckily for me I managed to find another job after 6 months and i've been finding some sembalance of my old self before depression, but at this point i wasn't intrested in writing as i wanted to focus on my job and get my life back together.
It's been a few months now, and now i'm starting to get the urge to try to be a writer again, but having been out of it for so long i've been trying to deal with a few issues i'm having. For one, i can't seem to sit myself down to start writing. It's such a struggle to sit down and convince myself to write because i get frustrated instantly and switch to something less productive, but that also stims from the fact that i have trouble getting the story started because i can never present my ideas in a very pleasing way.
I know that most of these problems are easily fixable, but i feel like i'm back at square one as a writer and i feel i could at least ask the forums what to do to get back on the flow of being a writer.
I've been on hiatus for quite sometime after having to deal with a massive amount of writer's block due to anxiety and depression. It started with my experiences with my last job which caused me enough mental suffering that it killed practically all of my want to be creative, and i had seriously considered institutionalizing myself due to spiraling into suicidal depression.
I managed to quit that job, but I did it in such an impulsive way that i was left unemployed, poor, and living off the charity of my friends. Luckily for me I managed to find another job after 6 months and i've been finding some sembalance of my old self before depression, but at this point i wasn't intrested in writing as i wanted to focus on my job and get my life back together.
It's been a few months now, and now i'm starting to get the urge to try to be a writer again, but having been out of it for so long i've been trying to deal with a few issues i'm having. For one, i can't seem to sit myself down to start writing. It's such a struggle to sit down and convince myself to write because i get frustrated instantly and switch to something less productive, but that also stims from the fact that i have trouble getting the story started because i can never present my ideas in a very pleasing way.
I know that most of these problems are easily fixable, but i feel like i'm back at square one as a writer and i feel i could at least ask the forums what to do to get back on the flow of being a writer.