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Is it worth working on a project you're heavily invested in even if said project is fucking you up mentally (and you already have mental issues to begin with)?
Pyramid_Head- 01/07/2016 10:08 PM
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CloseDriving yourself to a load of anxiety and stress over a project is not a good idea. Gamedev (and any creative thing!) is always gonna be stressful at times, for sure - but if it gets to be too much, it's a good idea to step back, slow down and rest, and reform your battle plan.
I recommend highly against putting too much pressure on yourself - I've done it, and driven myself into a corner stressing over my projects. After stepping back, I've always found that a lot of those self-created pressures never really existed or mattered in the first place.
I recommend highly against putting too much pressure on yourself - I've done it, and driven myself into a corner stressing over my projects. After stepping back, I've always found that a lot of those self-created pressures never really existed or mattered in the first place.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
No. Avoid the sunk cost fallacy: no matter how you love it, no matter how invested you are, if it's hurting you, drop that shit straight in the trash. You can't do anything creative if you're too crazy. Take care of yourself first.
Yes. Closure and feeling of overcoming adversity and seeing yourself stick to and complete something will do wonders to your confidence and mental well-being.
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Maybe, I'd love to Sooz, but the writer in me desperately wants to tell this story. What I might do is, see how I feel about it when I start therapy and I'm back on my meds.
And Slash. It's not the pressure of getting it finished that's messing me up, it's the nature, and content of the story, the things I have to write, and the things I have to put the characters through. not going into detail, but it's bringing up a lot of shit I blotted out.
And Slash. It's not the pressure of getting it finished that's messing me up, it's the nature, and content of the story, the things I have to write, and the things I have to put the characters through. not going into detail, but it's bringing up a lot of shit I blotted out.
If your mentality can still do it... then yes.
If you can't... then... just put it in hiatus/in a trash bin.
If you can't... then... just put it in hiatus/in a trash bin.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
author=Pyramid_Head
Maybe, I'd love to Sooz, but the writer in me desperately wants to tell this story. What I might do is, see how I feel about it when I start therapy and I'm back on my meds.
Yeah, absolutely wait until you've been in treatment for a while. There is no work worth sacrificing your health for.
No, because the work you do while all fucked up due to health will probably be nowhere near as good as the work you can do on something that is not fucking you up. Speaking from Much Experience here. Even when I've managed to squeeze something out, I get the shame + guilt of recognizing all the ways the Being Fucked Up led to a vastly inferior work. Depending on the type of mental health business you're dealing with, it's a very likely outcome.
Do what makes you happy! Especially if you aren't doing it for a paycheck. You have the luxury to drop projects that stress you out too much.
Also, writing material that is, ah, personally sensitive can sometimes be good, and sometimes produce stuff that people find authentic and meaningful... but sometimes releasing your therapeutic writing into the world isn't a good idea. You expose yourself and are very vulnerable when you release anything public, and I have felt the sting of dealing with shit feedback about personally sensitive stuff. It's not pleasant! That is just a consideration, though.
Do what makes you happy! Especially if you aren't doing it for a paycheck. You have the luxury to drop projects that stress you out too much.
Also, writing material that is, ah, personally sensitive can sometimes be good, and sometimes produce stuff that people find authentic and meaningful... but sometimes releasing your therapeutic writing into the world isn't a good idea. You expose yourself and are very vulnerable when you release anything public, and I have felt the sting of dealing with shit feedback about personally sensitive stuff. It's not pleasant! That is just a consideration, though.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
author=PentagonBuddy
Also, writing material that is, ah, personally sensitive can sometimes be good, and sometimes produce stuff that people find authentic and meaningful... but sometimes releasing your therapeutic writing into the world isn't a good idea. You expose yourself and are very vulnerable when you release anything public, and I have felt the sting of dealing with shit feedback about personally sensitive stuff. It's not pleasant! That is just a consideration, though.
Yeah, this. There's plenty of value in producing personal stuff from a place of crazy/pain/etc.; but it's usually best to make it for you only. There's always the opportunity to come back when you're better and check it out and maybe revise for public consumption. (Though I am a big promonent of just having a pile of personal, self-important projects that never see the light of day.)
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