Monday, 23 July 2018

How do you give up hobbies?


I have a problem.My daughter is one. I'm having a lot of trouble coping with having to trade the majority of my interests and hobbies so that I can care for her.The issue is that I have struggled with depression for most of my life, and my primary coping mechanism was expression through either art or writing. Before I have birth I completed a novel. I also would deal with periods of extreme anxiety by either spinning and knitting yarn or by playing a game like Minecraft.Since she was born I have been struggling to find time for creative projects. Once she began to crawl, that all ended. I haven't been able to do any of my interests and hobbies for six months. I had a major crying episode today because I made a comment about books on Facebook and was reminded how much I want to get to work again.Complicating this is that my SO spends most of his free time playing video games or working on his own creative projects, which feels like it rubs salt in the wound. We tried to set it up so I would get a couple hours once a week during one of his off days but that did not work out.I am currently on an antidepressant but it isn't helping as much as it used to. I need a coping strategy to handle this for the next year or two until I can start being creative again. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Od8Vww

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