I just dont like it anymore. It doesnt relax me and makes me stressed. Should i give my art stuff awaym it makes me very anxious
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Why does it make you anxious?
I hate the idea of having something i NEED to finish plus i never reallt like the end result its like i have wasted my time for nothing
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It took me fifteen years of daily practice before I started liking my own stuff. I was also a perfectionist. I’m trying to work on that, because it’s a life wrecker to be a perfectionist. Maybe some kind of craft would be better?
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I have stopped art too for the most part, I find it so hard and the end result doesn’t end up being what imagined in my head. Maybe pick up another hobby and take a break from it, video games, music instrument, whatever. I like video games, cause you can often enjoy them regardless of skill.
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Was you any good before schizophrenia?
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Was you any good before schizophrenia
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I used to be better before, yes.
Sounds like a challenge. Good time to double down and bust through that barrier.
Oh blah. Catching perfection would be boring because doing everything perfectly is like playing a video game in God mode. So dull. Chasing perfection and always having it just out of your grasp is the best thrill there is.
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My mum’s an artist and I used to hate it to the extent that I’d claw my finger nail scratches into her student oil paintings. Now I appreciate it and think art is a positive thing.
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Art is an incredible medicine for me. I don’t know why, but it eases me.
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I value art now.
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I spend my time and energy playing guitar and mandolin but I’m not closing the door on drawing. I like posting drawings on Facebook.
Trying to live up to impossible standards, especially religious standards, of people who I could never please, made my life hell. I was super critical of others too, which cost me friends. I was way too judgmental. Nothing was ever good enough. I’m sure within reason, some perfectionism is good, especially if were to become a pilot, or astronaut, but it can become toxic.
I wish I can love art again.
Oh, just ignore that crap.
Much of it is way too ingrained. My family is still in my life to a large degree.
Though I’m a lot less judgmental thanks to:
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