Many people try to force creativity while in a dysregulated state, only to become frustrated or ashamed when the work does not come. The key is understanding how to work with your nervous system.
Wow. I spend a LOT (I mean a LOT) of time in hyoerarousal. I am often asking myself "if this is what you love why are you so angry?" I'm betting this has much to do with my scarcity mindset around time...as always, thank you for helping me find new insights to myself.
I always think of the scarcity mindset as squeezing me. It makes everything tight. It's difficult to shift out of it but I try to invite myself to create just a little bit more space. <3
“The key is not to force yourself to create from a place of disconnection, but to build conditions that welcome creative presence. ”
Thank you for this 🩵 I couldn’t write or finish anything for the longest time, I think because of hypoarousal—and because I felt I had to use writing to make up for all the ways I felt broken. (Not the best conditions for creativity)
I can also relate to what you said about sometimes envying the hyperfocus, even knowing that it’s just as uncomfortable. I think part of it is toxic productivity, this idea that hyperfocus is better because at least I would get more done.
Wow. I spend a LOT (I mean a LOT) of time in hyoerarousal. I am often asking myself "if this is what you love why are you so angry?" I'm betting this has much to do with my scarcity mindset around time...as always, thank you for helping me find new insights to myself.
I always think of the scarcity mindset as squeezing me. It makes everything tight. It's difficult to shift out of it but I try to invite myself to create just a little bit more space. <3
“The key is not to force yourself to create from a place of disconnection, but to build conditions that welcome creative presence. ”
Thank you for this 🩵 I couldn’t write or finish anything for the longest time, I think because of hypoarousal—and because I felt I had to use writing to make up for all the ways I felt broken. (Not the best conditions for creativity)
I can also relate to what you said about sometimes envying the hyperfocus, even knowing that it’s just as uncomfortable. I think part of it is toxic productivity, this idea that hyperfocus is better because at least I would get more done.
Yes it definitely is some of that toxic productivity. <3