Dragon vs Depression, Round Two

[rowyn]

Me: "Muse ... it's 4AM. Why am I awake?"
Muse: *shrugs* "I dunno."
Me: "I finished The Moon Etherium yesterday. Let me sleep."
Depression: "It needs so much editing and you will never be able to fix everything that's wrong with it and it's terrible and why did you waste 200 hours of your life writing it and you are terrible."
Me: "Seriously?"
Depression: "And everything is terrible."
Me: "I'm going to lie here in the dark until you go away."
Depression: "Did I mention Donald Trump might be elected president?"
Me: "LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU."
Depression: "Mwahahah! Nothing quiet about that!"
Me: "DANGIT." *lies quietly*
Depression: *yammers about how terrible everything is until I finally fall back to sleep.*

*

9AM:
Me *asks Twitter* "So ... this 'depressed because I finished writing a book thing', how long does it last?"
Jeffe Kennedy and haikujaguar, in chorus: "Until you start the next one."
Me: "WHAT."
Depression: *cackles evilly*
Me: "Okay. NO."
Depression: "What do you mean 'no'?"
Me: "I mean I've never been depressed about finishing a book before and I'm not starting now."
Depression: "Yes you are.  You started yesterday. Right after you finished it."
Me: "FINE. Then I am STOPPING now. It's been, what, 16 hours?  That's long enough to mope. I wrote a book. I am going to be glad about that."
Depression: "You can't just will depression away!"
Me: "OH YEAH? Just WATCH ME, you hormone-faced neurological waste product. It's time to DRAGON UP."
Depression: "You can't angry your way into a good mood! Brains do not work that way!"
Me: "THEY DO NOW." *breathes fire all over Depression*
Depression: *incinerates to ash pile*
Me: "I'm gonna make some celebratory brownies and play some games and maybe make some editing notes and BE HAPPY.  What've you got to say about THAT, Depression?"
Depression: *smolders gently*
Me: "DARN STRAIGHT."

Comments

[wildcard-47.livejournal.com]

I love that approach! Will have to try this tactic next time I finish a story or book and my inner jerkbrain fires up.

[rowyn]

Dragons are always the answer. Yes.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[rowyn]

Can't have too many dragons! :)

[dree.livejournal.com]

Kick it Depression!
You reached a goal for yourself, your inner dragon has won, it's leading you in a new direction, to new things. Congrats, you've leveled up!

[rowyn]

DING! \o/

also: *giggles at your avatar*

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Anger energy isn't bad, it's just dangerous, like a big knife. And useful, like a big knife.

I'm glad it worked!

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

You know, depression and exhaustion have a lot in common. You may just have written so much so fast that your brain was _tired_. Be good to it. And to Dragon. Always to Dragon.

[rowyn]

This is a fair point. It is certainly true that my brain rebelled at the idea of "write an outline for a new book!" as the cure for depression. :) In any case, still doing fine now!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Rock on, you awesome rocker!

-TG

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

*cheers for celebratory brownies and book being finished* ^_^

That must have been why the depression. You did not have brownies. That was clearly the only reason!

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Maybe until you 'start the next thing', which doesn't have to be a book?

[medicmsh.livejournal.com]

I love everything about this post. Also, WOOT!!! Way to write!!!