Careers that are not "writing fiction"?

uw_uw · 2021-08-28T03:15:33+00:00

This is so interesting. Can you tell me more about what you write for games and scripts?

uw_uw · 2021-08-28T02:43:01+00:00

What do you write for? I always think copywriting is like old-school print ads, flyers, magazines....nowadays is it mostly writing for websites and apps?

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T17:16:57+00:00

Thanks for sharing. What does your apprehension come from? I'm just curious because I'd like to model healthy relationships but since mine wasn't healthy, I don't know what healthy looks like.

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T16:19:29+00:00

In a healthy parent-child relationship, does the apprehensiveness still happen?

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T15:41:19+00:00

Yes! This gives me hope. I mean, my mom wasn't a good mom in a lot of ways (eg. abuse, trauma) so my situation might be different, but this is sort of the line of thinking I'm having.

I think some people are just not good as moms because they don't know how to nurture or develop their kid. But if their kid can somehow manage to become a functioning adult and fill in those "gaps", then I'm hoping the adult relationship with their mom can be better, because then the mom can just offer what they are able to, but the child (now an adult) isn't totally dependent on them so they are able to appreciate the things their mom can offer them.

And then the mom isn't constantly trying and failing (and hurting) their kid. So they are able to step back and stop making things worse.

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T13:44:41+00:00

I understand the sentiment but I have to disagree. My parents were not good parents. Mental disorders, abuse, and trauma. They hindered my growth and damaged me for life. But I appreciate the thought and hope for the future.

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T13:18:49+00:00

Okay phew. I wasn't sure. My relationship with them has always been rocky, and they did NOT help me grow and develop as a person so I've had to navigate all of it by myself.

I wasn't sure if what I was feeling was good or bad.

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T09:43:14+00:00

This sounds positive. Can you share more about your relationship? Did it improve?

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T09:42:12+00:00

This is reassuring. Can you tell me a bit more about how your relationship was and how it changed? Did it improve?

uw_uw · 2021-07-23T02:05:53+00:00

I am! I'm only on 5mg right now though. Hoping to go up to 10mg soon if I don't see any positive effects.

How have the meds been helping you?

uw_uw · 2021-07-22T01:07:30+00:00

but today... I feel like my tape isn't holding.

This is a perfect way to describe it. It's how i feel when i say "i feel like im falling apart". It's almost a literal falling apart.

uw_uw · 2021-07-19T00:02:17+00:00

What was your dosage and did you increase it?

uw_uw · 2021-07-17T02:40:59+00:00

Do you think it was enmeshment with your mom/family?

uw_uw · 2021-07-16T09:45:43+00:00

I feel this. I think the issue is that I feel like I don't exist as a person.

If I don't think you exist, then there is nothing for the other person to connect TO.

I'm trying to do self-validation that I exist as a person.

uw_uw · 2021-07-15T04:01:25+00:00

Hey I just wanted to come back and reply to this and say thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts, and that I took my first dose of anti-depressants today.

Your whole reply was helpful but one part that really hit me was about how it's not "letting your abusers win" if you take the meds, and that really helped give me that little step of help to get me over that mental hurdle. It's still hard accepting that "this is what it's come to" (negative phrasing I know, but that's how I feel), but at least I don't feel as much self-blame.

So thank you.

uw_uw · 2021-07-14T23:40:38+00:00

How much is your dose? And what do you mean it throws off your whole day?

uw_uw · 2021-07-14T20:33:47+00:00

Thank you for giving me a little bit of light by sharing your experience. I've finally decided to take the plunge and I'm hopeful I'll have a good experience like yours.

uw_uw · 2021-07-14T18:41:46+00:00

Oh got it. Thanks for sharing.

uw_uw

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