Posted by ST on May 5, 2002, at 5:44:34
In reply to Re: How do you have a career when yr depressed?, posted by Sarahmarie on May 4, 2002, at 22:25:50
Oh tell me about it!
I'm an actress...for most of my 20s I was depressed and would run out of steam. I'd go through periods of being a real go-getter and then simply collapse from the exhaustion of it all and depression for months on end. Then I'd be up again and going for it full tilt...eventually I always became depressed again and would lose steam. In this business, constant drive and forward motion is what will get you where you want to go. Oh, yeah...and talent (although in LA it most often is not a requirement). But it was a pace that a depressed person (or me) simply could not keep up with. People who went to school with me or have workd with me would wonder aloud amongst themselves why someone "as talented" as me wasn't "more successful". This would just kill me!
I don't know what your career is, but it sounds like you need constant drive, ambition and a wealth of creativity at your disposal. Good luck-I know it can be done. Only now do I feel like I'm waking up from a dream and can balance my manic depression with my career AND my day job (massage therapy). I don't have that insane intensity I used to, but I also don't have the despairing crashes.
Good luck!
Sarah
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