Awww! It'll be okay. I've had some really, really bad bouts, and I'm to the point where I'm better at recognizing them early and getting help. And also--this is so sad, but this is why I didn't finish grad school (besides the fact that if I had to write one more paper, I was going to throw up and die): I was afraid that I'd go into another tailspin, fail a class from not turning in the work, and we'd be out $1000 for no good reason. And it's why I've wanted to finish Black Ribbon without pitching it to a publisher and trying to get a contract first: I didn't want to have a deadline looming over me in case I got depressed again. Better to take as long as I need and try selling it when I'm done, I figured. So I've tried to minimize stress in my life where I could, even if it made me feel like a loser and a slacker, while I tried to sort all of it out and learn to deal with it better. The next few months may not be fun, but I think they'll come out all right in the wash; I've got a pretty good support system. : )
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Date: 2008-06-27 02:25 am (UTC)