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16 years ago
New Jersey voters rejected the snake of an incumbent governor in order to elect another snake, who promises tax cuts without, as far as I can recall, promising spending cuts to balance the budget. It makes sense, though: Christie's a Republican.
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I am meanwhile going through some mental roller-coaster shit, which makes my lack of access to weapons a very fortunate thing. Anyone have any advice? (Apart from "seek professional help", already doing that)
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I do believe I am shit out of ideas, and also I wonder how one goes about commissioning artists. I can't do any art trades until I fulfill one that I abandoned YEARS ago due to a similarly sudden attack of I-can't-write-anymore.
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I am meanwhile going through some mental roller-coaster shit, which makes my lack of access to weapons a very fortunate thing. Anyone have any advice? (Apart from "seek professional help", already doing that)
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I do believe I am shit out of ideas, and also I wonder how one goes about commissioning artists. I can't do any art trades until I fulfill one that I abandoned YEARS ago due to a similarly sudden attack of I-can't-write-anymore.
Get laid.
If you cannot locate a willing human female (or male, if that's your thing) that is willing to help you do so without the exchange of currency, then I wholeheartedly endorse jerking off.
Jerk it like a British nanny with a newborn.
Jerk, jerk, jerk, jerkitty, jerk jerk jerk.
If you get blisters, then you're doing it too hard. Otherwise, you can't really do it wrong-- at least not without doing it REALLY wrong...
As for creativity, inspiration strikes in funny ways.
Kinda like a clown in roller skates with anger-management issues wielding a cricket bat with bumble-balls strapped to it.
Writing is not like mining; there is not a finite number of concepts that are hidden away and are waiting to be located by the most productive means possible.
It's more like farming; You can nurture the soil all you wish, but things will get around to growing whenever THEY choose to.
Just give it time, ideas will come to you when they damn well feel like it. For now, try looking at many different art and literature styles. Try to find something you've never seen before. Think about something that has never made sense to you before.
Talk to a total stranger (remember, getting maced in the face is just an elaborate method of saying "hello").
And above all else, never take ANYTHING too seriously.
Other than that, best advice I can offer is 1) care for yourself, and 2) ride it out. The mood swings and dark times get a little more tolerable, survivable, once you learn to trust that they will in fact end. More like tides, or weather, or old pain.
Care for yourself: little things like remembering to eat regularly, of real food, getting plenty of sleep, and doing things that soothe you (reading, walking, alone time, whatever works for you). Eventually add exercise and/or learn a relaxation skill, like meditation or deep breathing. It seems like too much trouble to plan self-maintenance, but it really does add up and make a difference over time; and it becomes easier with practice. The despair dark place starts to break up a little, it has thin spots, and becomes more of a well-traveled path instead of a maelstrom, amenable to navigation by an experienced voyager.
Artist wise... what do you have in mind?