[ SECRET POST #2012 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2012 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04.
[Infinity Blade II, Chaos Ring]


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05.
[Kushiel's Legacy, Avengers, Harry Potter, Star Trek]


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06.
[America's next top Model]


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07.
[Common Law]


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08.
[MST3K ("Space Mutiny") and Final Fantasy VI]


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09.
[the bachelorette]


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10.
[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]


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11. [SPOILERS for Deus Ex: Human Revolution]



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12. [SPOILERS for Legend of Korra]



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13. [SPOILERS for Legend of Korra]



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14. [SPOILERS for Pandora Hearts]



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15. [SPOILERS for Merlin]



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16. [WARNING for suicide]

[Park Yong Ha]


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17. [WARNING for abuse]



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18. [WARNING for abuse]



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19. [WARNING for rape]



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20. [WARNING for incest]



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21. [WARNING for incest possibly (OP's request)]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #287.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This actually worries me quite a bit in general. Not for me, or even anyone I know, but for the state of art in general: great artists and novelists have often shown all the symptoms for depression, and it makes me sad to imagine what medication would have erased. Or what it's preventing. :/

/my priorities suck as well

[(Anonymous)]

Depression does lead many to art, but I assure you that plenty of not-depressed/other-negative-states-of-mind people totally do awesome art.

Consider that medication has probably helped many artists to not kill themselves, and probably helped careers be longer than they would otherwise have been by virtue of helping the artists to stop dying.

[(Anonymous)]

but I assure you that plenty of not-depressed/other-negative-states-of-mind people totally do awesome art

NAYRT, but do you actually have examples? Because while of course depression can be so debilitating that it's impossible to create at all, art, or at least the kind of art that relies on ideas rather than just craft, rarely, if ever, comes from a state of happiness and peace of mind.

[(Anonymous)]

It's mostly random people I've found at deviantART and tumblr, and even some classmates I've met.

[castorochiaro]

Honestly? I've felt I can create MORE with my depression under control. When I was so down on myself, I just couldn't create because nothing I did was good enough. Now I have the energy and the motivation to start drawing again.

[(Anonymous)]

Me too. :(
Depression made me stop doing anything creative.
And now it's really hard to get back into it.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I just can't understand how some creators can do more while they're depressed. When I hit my lows I hardly have the motivation to do anything let alone be creative. It's when my mood lifts that it's like... OMG, everything is good again and I can create all the things, watch me go! I mean, I'm still lazy sometimes during that and don't actually get that much done, but it's certainly more than the utter nothingness of when I'm depressed.

[(Anonymous)]

Same here. The only times that negative emotions actually helped me be creative were when I was furious at the world. Bam! Art all over the place. But it's not healthy and the quality isn't as good as the art I make when I'm happy. c:

[(Anonymous)]

In my case, I hit a holding pattern in which most of my motivation dropped off into the abyss, but I still had the drive to create in the hopes that it'd help me feel less empty and pointless. So I could spend all day writing, but I might not be bothered to shower or eat for several days at a time.

Of course, it didn't last, shit got worse, and now that I'm out of it I wouldn't want that back for the world, even if being out of the depressive spiral means I'm spending less time wrapped up entirely in my own head, and thus less time inventing new worlds. Especially since there's no guarantee I'd end up in the same headspace if my neurochemistry went off the rails again - not everyone suffers depressive episodes in the same way, and even the same person might not have the exact same symptoms twice.

[(Anonymous)]

When I'm badly depressed enough, I will destroy things I have created, because I find that I hate them and think they're not good enough. I also can't create anything new, because again, I think they're awful.

So instead of thinking of meds destroying art, think of all the stuff that wouldn't be created/wouldn't exist if it weren't for them.