Emotional strain affecting my identity as a writer

Hey it's me...

I haven't been able to update my fics due to personal reasons and I want to apologize for that. Recently, things started to happen in my life. Things that I did not expect to happen. I'm going through a lot of emotional stress and I don't know what to do about it anymore. Talking to people close to me didn't help at all. Instead, I received negative outputs from them. right? Personally, I only have few friends to truly rely on. Most of them are busy because of work. I don't have anyone to talk to right now. And I'm getting tired from all of what's happening in my life...

At first I thought it was just the hormones that causes this emotional strain. But when I actually thought about my current situation, I realized I've been living a sad life after all. Writing fanfics has been my escape from reality and slowly I've began to lose inspiration to continue whatever I've written. Some people might say that I'm being like this just to get attention, but no. Having this kind of stress isn't something I should be proud of, it isn't something that I can easily talk about. 

Having a pet actually helps go through it. I've read somewhere that having pets reduces your stress and I can say that it's true. I'm thankful for having my little angel with me to help me go through everything like it's just normal. 

Some of you might think, I'm just overreacting. But that's not the case. I don't if it's the right term to use but I might have depression all along and I didn't know that it existed inside me... I probably thought that it's just normal for people like me to be this stressed.

Honestly, it's hard for me to talk about this since people will have different reactions regarding this topic. But I just want to share with you all that what I'm going through right now and I'm going through it alone.

Please don't get tired and impatient with me...

I will be back to writing soon, I promise.

With love,
dcottoncandy

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I have been in a similar situation. It can be frustrating when writing is your outlet and way to relieve stress and then one day you just don't have the energy for that either. I will say that I think that comes and goes. If you continue to value writing as a means of expression (maybe try writing a one shot or even just drabbles, maybe no one has to see it) I think it has huge rewards, especially if you feel like the people around you are listening to you but maybe not really "hearing" you or your struggles. Your feelings are valid and there is no such thing as overreacting or being too dramatic. I wish you a lot of luck and want to you to know that you are definitely not alone! ❤