Simple tasks like laundry and paying bills seem overwhelming.When you define yourself by what you do, it’s easy to put “normal life” on the back burner and lose yourself in a project for days, weeks, or months at a time until you wake up one morning and realize you’re a shell of the person you used to be. Mental health issues are unfortunately just part of the package for many creative people…including me. While being highly creative has its blessings, it also comes with its share of curses, not the least of which is that high levels of creativity have been linked to attention problems as well as increased levels of anxiety and depression 1.
I’ll bet if you’re reading this right now, you define yourself as a “creative.” What you do for a living is not just your job, it’s your identity.
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