Crawling in my crawl these crawls they will not crawl

[VibrantFox]

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okay is everyone who thought this was a joke topic gone??? yes? yes??? good.

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i don't know if i'm burnt out, uninspired or lazy oHo

like there's things that i want to do, have planned and wish to execute, whole sketches and wips plotted and everything but i just...can't. bring myself. to do it.

it's been an on again off again, i get a spurt of energy and do one thing, and then i can't do anything else after that for the rest of the day

i've forced myself to ignore the progress of my peers and whatever they've got going on so i don't kill myself with actively comparing myself at every turn but then the inner critic gets really loud

i'm have moment where i'm kinda sure i know whats wrong and then everything somehow proves that wrong and now i'm stuck.

i will admit there's some stuff i know for a fact that are undeniably playing into it which fall into that little H.A.L.T. acronym but one of those seems hard to solve even though the solution feels like it ought to be easy. the other is a combo problem which part of the solution hopefully comes today but the other....that ties into another problem

SO all that ranting-nes aside is anyone else feeling stuck or off or out of it or confused and who all have found solutions or coping mechanisms? what are they? TELL ME YOUR SECRETS! please

[ar-ninetysix]

All I saw was the topic and I thought monotone_ink posted this ngl

Anyways, my solution/ coping method. Seriously, take time away and do something else. The last thing you want is to get into this awful self-fulfilling cycle of burnout and forcibly inspiring yourself. Doing so is gonna make it so that none of the work you manage to make satisfies you whatsoever. And honestly, if you're constantly working on the same things over and over.. even if you love what you're doing, at some point, you're not gonna have the same drive as you did when you started. A burnout is kind of inevitable. So.. take a break and pace yourself next time you feel that urge to continue what you're doing~

Real talk, I've been stuck on rewrites for a while and tbh I love what I'm working on and I'm kinda sick of it at the same time, but I know when it's done it'll be exactly what I wanted. My motivation can't always match my desire to work on it, and that's fine! I think it's a reasonable response over time, but I know eventually that motivation's gonna pick up again, so it's all good So yeah.

"Just stop for a sec" is my secret lmao

[VibrantFox]

All I saw was the topic and I thought monotone_ink posted this ngl

that's where i was drawing my inspiration from ngl...just a little casual identity theft

[SurvivALIST]

You've got quite a similar problem when @sorible made a ranting thread except it was that heavy.

Just so you know, everyone gets that stuck feeling [or trapped feelings] and it will depend on what coping strategy works. When things go too fast for me, I'd like to think that it's an illusion even though its reality. "You can't keep up...you can't slow down": just walk at your own pace and give yourself permission to embrace what's real for you.

I'm not saying that you can just set aside reality just to believe in your delusions but it's important for you prioritize your escape from being stuck. Best of luck to you...

P.S. If you're stuck in your fantasies instead, then it's time for you to get back to reality. As a daydreamer, I struggle at this kind of stuck moment. I try slapping myself in the head just to wake up from that or let reality show me that I'm tripping over an ice box with the invisible phrase "karma was a real bitch to me". This is an unhealthy coping stuff so yeah I try different things... Healthy ways to get back.

[VibrantFox]

When things go too fast for me, I'd like to think that it's an illusion even though its reality. "You can't keep up...you can't slow down": just walk at your own pace and give yourself permission to embrace what's real for you.

this is why i can at least take comfort in knowing that time really is relative and that time is an illusion because no two people have the same perception of time~

[SurvivALIST]

Oh gosh! I always believed that I'm the only one suffering from this. It's great to know that this problem chronically affects others too. Fantasies have like slower time periods for me than reality does.

[VibrantFox]

i'm not professionally dx'd but i know that my adhd leads to certain levels of time blindness so it's absolutely okay

[SurvivALIST]

Oh. I may not be adhd but it's good to know that ranting about this unhealthy time blindness or stuckness is helpful for you. Best of luck to our great brains!

[sorible]

Definitely relatable to me like @SurvivALIST said .

all the days just blur together and I forget what day, month, year it is. usually I lose all memory of anything before yesterday or the day before.

sometimes I feel like a bacteria. not moving much, not doing much.

I have no good advice to offer but you have my support ◡̈⃝