They say mentally ill people are more creative. Let's prove it.

[farawaystara]

I keep hearing the same thing over and over that people with mental illness are more intelligent. More creative. More aware of the chaos than anyone else.

Maybe it's true. Maybe it's not. But I know one thing for sure: this forum is full of people who think deeply, feel deeply, and see the world differently.

So let's stop just suffering. Let's create.

I'm working on a novel about bipolar 2. Someone else here is writing about mania. Someone else has ideas they haven't even started yet.

What's your project? A book? A game? Music? Art? Just a concept in your head that you've never told anyone about?

Share it here. No judgment. No competition. Just a bunch of broken brains trying to build something real before we disappear.

 

[thefirstluminary]

of course they are hehe

 

[downthehole]

working on some project, might be an exibition best case scenario.
Contemporary/net art on how the internet can be used as a mirror for self-hate/destructive tendecies, an echo chamber for self depreciation. I've gathered info on lots of different communities/life paths broading from really individual practices to mass radicalization.

In a way i'm trying to tell my story cuz i've been one and off in some obsessive mind-states that always have been tied to my internet use. i hope it will come to fruition!

 

[Chocomel]

I do have a lot of unfinished projects. And all of them include creative thinking in some way or another. I plan to write a fanfic about my favorite character from Strinova, I plan to also draw said character, I plan to make a dating sim game combined with gambling. Its all is just a lot of planning though. I don't know when I want to start on them, but I am feeling kind of hopeful because I can always looks forward to this project more than anything else in my life. At least I am creating something, humanly made, which is rare in this age. Its sad to see all of my friends are declining in creativity by just asking AI literally every single thing. God sometimes I envy them because they must live a life of no suffering

 

[farawaystara]

wow that sounds genuinely important. not just a project.. like something that needed to exist.

the way the internet becomes a mirror for self-destruction.. yeah. i've felt that too. this place, sasu, is exactly that for a lot of people. an echo chamber for pain. but you turning that into art? that's powerful.

i'd love to hear more about it. what kind of format? video? installation? and how far along are you?

also.. if you ever want to share some of the communities or patterns you found, i'm really curious. sounds like you're onto something

working on some project, might be an exibition best case scenario.
Contemporary/net art on how the internet can be used as a mirror for self-hate/destructive tendecies, an echo chamber for self depreciation. I've gathered info on lots of different communities/life paths broading from really individual practices to mass radicalization.

In a way i'm trying to tell my story cuz i've been one and off in some obsessive mind-states that always have been tied to my internet use. i hope it will come to fruition!

real.

I do have a lot of unfinished projects. And all of them include creative thinking in some way or another. I plan to write a fanfic about my favorite character from Strinova, I plan to also draw said character, I plan to make a dating sim game combined with gambling. Its all is just a lot of planning though. I don't know when I want to start on them, but I am feeling kind of hopeful because I can always looks forward to this project more than anything else in my life. At least I am creating something, humanly made, which is rare in this age. Its sad to see all of my friends are declining in creativity by just asking AI literally every single thing. God sometimes I envy them because they must live a life of no suffering

ai cant make a broken heart sing. keep creating. your chaos is human. thats the whole point

 

[Lemon Ice Cube]

I have a personal project going on where I try to draw portraits of people around me. It helps that most of them are musicians so I get to draw them while they make music, I love capturing those moments

A bonus is showing the person what you made!! I always get really sweet reactions, but that's also because I just have really kind friends

 

[farawaystara]

I have a personal project going on where I try to draw portraits of people around me. It helps that most of them are musicians so I get to draw them while they make music, I love capturing those moments

A bonus is showing the person what you made!! I always get really sweet reactions, but that's also because I just have really kind friends

That's really sweet. You're lucky to have friends like that. And they're lucky to have you drawing them.

 

[Chocomel]

ai cant make a broken heart sing. keep creating. your chaos is human. thats the whole point

There is this one quote that always stick with me "The soul of a human that engage in creation, is the most beautiful soul there is" idk if its from a philosopher or just some rando YouTube comment I read

 

[farawaystara]

There is this one quote that always stick with me "The soul of a human that engage in creation, is the most beautiful soul there is" idk if its from a philosopher or just some rando YouTube comment I read

That's a beautiful quote. True too.

 

[troubled_puppet]

been writing since 2009, it changed a lot. in my mid twenties during 2011-2018, i censored myself a lot and i learned a lot of valuable lessons. i dont really remember having the same struggles at the time.

in 2023 i got back into writing fanfics again, and in 2024 i started a separate project where i vented out all my anger. it evolved into a container for my depression and ideations.

Spoiler: screenshot of my note count in my notes folder

early in the project, it was a lot of shounen anime style inspired battles with some ocs and canon villains in a certain fandom, lol, i dunno. my background was writing moody boring fics for the Arkham games. my project is not the same fandom, but yeah, i never broke away from that style.

it's about two characters learning who they are when they untangle themselves from codependency and each other.

one of my siblings was the only person i felt safe ever sharing my writings with. the thing ive been battling on and off for the last eight months is anxiety/perfectionism, and anhedonia / depression. it sucks.

i feel nervous saying so, but i never used ai for art, writing or emails, it's very poor at performing those things, imo. my writing started before gen ai became accessible the way it is now, and i never had a use for it in my writing at all.

cheers everyone, and good luck.

 

[farawaystara]

been writing since 2009, it changed a lot. in my mid twenties during 2011-2018, i censored myself a lot and i learned a lot of valuable lessons. i dont really remember having the same struggles at the time.

in 2023 i got back into writing fanfics again, and in 2024 i started a separate project where i vented out all my anger. it evolved into a container for my depression and ideations.

Spoiler: screenshot of my note count in my notes folder

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early in the project, it was a lot of shounen anime style inspired battles with some ocs and canon villains in a certain fandom, lol, i dunno. my background was writing moody boring fics for the Arkham games. my project is not the same fandom, but yeah, i never broke away from that style.

it's about two characters learning who they are when they untangle themselves from codependency and each other.

one of my siblings was the only person i felt safe ever sharing my writings with. the thing ive been battling on and off for the last eight months is anxiety/perfectionism, and anhedonia / depression. it sucks.

i feel nervous saying so, but i never used ai for art, writing or emails, it's very poor at performing those things, imo. my writing started before gen ai became accessible the way it is now, and i never had a use for it in my writing at all.

cheers everyone, and good luck.

Thanks for sharing this. It means a lot. I hope you keep going with it. Sounds like something worth finishing