it seems like there are people out there on this site that deal with the same flavor of mental problems as i do. depression, anxiety, stuff like that. i just wish i could get the courage to ask /someone/ how they keep going with their art. because right after i got my last batch of trades and commissions finished, i fell into an awful depressive state, and am still in it. i have awful mood swings that keep me from knowing whether i'll be ok or seriously not ok day-to-day. and worst of all, i feel no motivation to work on art. the last couple things i've sketched, i haven't finished. but the desire to work on art is there, and my queue keeps getting larger. i just wish there was something i could do to help me want to draw. most of the time, if i try to draw while depressed, the quality is awful compared to when i'm feeling alright. that winds up making me feel worse, so i give up. i find it difficult, if not impossible, to "just work through it".

not whining. not throwing a pity party. just wishing i could find advice for my problems, because i want desperately for them to not be problems anymore.