What Makes a good Stoic character good?

[Carnary Gurl]

I’m pretty much the same gist. You’re normal to me.

 

[A. E. Lowan]

I'm not sure I like being asked about my mental health in a public forum, especially with a reference to it being "obvious," and offering "dysphoria" without some kind of basis. But okay.

*hugs* Thank you. I know that this is some tender territory for a lot of people, and deciding to talk some about it is brave. "Brave," gets overused and often misapplied, but as someone who, for all my endless chatter, is an intensely private person, I have deep feels about it. But I also have deep feels about being a good influence and support and how important making these connections is, especially for our younger writers. I think it's important for them to see it's not just them. Yes, they are crazy, but we all are to a greater or lesser degree and I know so many writers who I went to school with and have known in passing who don't know this. And as someone who's nutty as a fruit bat, but did have a writer and a mentor in my early life - and no interwebs, just chat rooms and whatnot, while all around me other kids were barely treading water, I think knowing and grokking being a creative and part of the creator community saves lives.

So, thank you for being brave. It doesn't go unnoticed.