Posted by CarolAnn on January 28, 2000, at 17:50:03
In reply to Re: artists and depression (discussion fodder), posted by Noa on January 28, 2000, at 5:10:37
Wow, Noa, you and I must be psychic (or maybe psycho) twins or something. Every time I read a post where you are describing some aspect of yourself, I think "boy that sounds just like me!". I have always used my imagination in exactly the same way you did, as an escape. And now I find myself unable to really reach the same depths of imagining that I used to. But that might be a good thing in a way. I have wasted an incredible amount of time in my "dream" worlds.
Sometimes, I think it is almost a curse to have a great imagination, at least for me, because I find it way too easy to focus my imaginings of how things *could* be, rather then actually trying to make good things out of the reality of my life. I mean, I find that even when something really great happens to me, I can always imagine how it could have been better, thus taking away most of the pleasure of what actually happened! How self defeating is that?CarolAnn
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