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

 

[NiicheKey]

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.

I strongly relate to these statements. I'm not calling myself smart, sometimes I think I'm more of an idiot, but once someone said to me: "The pain you harbour in life comes from your intelligence and the deep, unique understanding of this world. And that's the problem YOU can only bear, because no one will see it as you do."

Since I was a kid, I always liked to draw. It started with pictures of my favourite cartoon characters, and when I became a teenager, I started to create my own art - drawings and paintings, occasionally fanart.

My creations were always, and still are, strongly associated with emotions, since I never was really "expressive" and have large issues with them - suppressing my feelings, them being always misunderstood/too complex/too dangerous, concerning and constantly fighting in emotional sphere.

Currently, I explore artists, that had/have their creations focused on suffering/emotional taboo and I strive (as long I exist) to be one of them.
I want my art to make someone think "This captures my suffering so well, I relate to this, I feel understood and not judged", just like I think whenever seeing my favourite artists' postings. I want to create more complex pieces focused on suicide/suicidology topics and motives, but:
1. My skills and art expression are not good enough yet.
2. Adding into consideration my mental pain, suicidality -> lack of energy to create something more than ordinary sketch...

Sometimes I catch myself thinking "Maybe ART could be your reason to live?", but when having mental illness, it doesn't work that way; the yearning to die overpowers even something so important to me.

 

[myquest]

i want to be a chemist. I'm 23 and i'm trying to make SN. afterwards i'll either use it to CTB or for some other reaction. i was the best in my general chemistry college course and see myself being good with it. i like fungi and biochem especially. but i think it's a bit late. i can't stand seeing everyone i know moving on while i stay stuck. i wasted 6 years trying to become a computer scientist only to completely burn out 2 semesters away from finishing. I don't think i'm dedicated enough to make a difference and can't help but feel like trying to catch up and be the person i thought i was supposed to be is pointless. i want to mean something desperately, the world says no and so i want to throw away its "gift". due to recent events i found that i can no longer trust that my friends will be there for me. mostly just hoping that after i finally make something for myself that i'll be able to bring myself over the edge.

 

[restingplace]

I've always had this fantasy of being a performance artist, writing music, acting and drawing from my life and experience and then having my final act be my suicide. Call it cringe but I find it quite meaningful and beautifully macabre

 

[farawaystara]

I've always had this fantasy of being a performance artist, writing music, acting and drawing from my life and experience and then having my final act be my suicide. Call it cringe but I find it quite meaningful and beautifully macabre

Not cringe at all. I get it. Making your death part of your art. That's not crazy. That's just wanting your pain to mean something before you go.

i want to be a chemist. I'm 23 and i'm trying to make SN. afterwards i'll either use it to CTB or for some other reaction. i was the best in my general chemistry college course and see myself being good with it. i like fungi and biochem especially. but i think it's a bit late. i can't stand seeing everyone i know moving on while i stay stuck. i wasted 6 years trying to become a computer scientist only to completely burn out 2 semesters away from finishing. I don't think i'm dedicated enough to make a difference and can't help but feel like trying to catch up and be the person i thought i was supposed to be is pointless. i want to mean something desperately, the world says no and so i want to throw away its "gift". due to recent events i found that i can no longer trust that my friends will be there for me. mostly just hoping that after i finally make something for myself that i'll be able to bring myself over the edge.

i hear you. that burnout is real. and feeling left behind while everyone moves forward.. its crushing.

but youre 23. and you were top of your class. that means you have the ability. the question is whether you have the will after all this exhaustion.

i cant tell you what to do with the sn. but maybe.. just sit with it first. hold it. and then decide.
i feel you. art as a reason to live makes sense on paper but when the darkness is that loud it drowns everything out even the brush in your hand. but the fact that you still want to create means something. it means you still want to be seen and understood. that alone is a thread worth holding even if it feels thin. you dont have to make complex pieces right now. just sketch. just exist in it. no pressure. no masterpiece needed. just you and the page. thats enough for now.

 

[Scythe]

I'm a game dev / artist, I use the piece of shit engine known as RPG maker (love hate relationship). Don't have any finished games but I got a big prototype. That I problly can't finish before I die but I can chuck the documentation and files somewhere maybe.

Also have side projects used to appease my ADHD but those are not important as they are never meant to be finished.

And two story ideas I have, both are meant to be interactive fiction.

1. A young time deity that trapped a few people in a time loop, because they are not quite used to the short lives of humans yet. So they created a time loop/pocket dimension where there's an identical copy of a town with a bunch of "NPCs" and a few of their friends that are real living people. But the time deity is not strong enough to maintain the dimension forever, and the friends are starting to realize they're stuck in a time loop. The time deity wants their friends to be stuck in their dimension until it eventually collpases causing everyone to die. The main plot is basically player deciding to help maintain the loop or not, convincing other NPCs to help and stuff.

2. Second one's probably going to sound cliche, maybe. It's complicated toxic relationship. MC is in a relationship with a prefect partner, and also trying to find friends on the side because the lover is MC's only offline connection currently.
The lover is prefect until MC stops spending time with them or otherwise upsets them. Then the lover will start gaslighting/manipulating MC into staying, trying to convince MC that no one else will accept them. Which in a way is true, the game will show all other NPCs rejecting/leaving MC due to various reasons. MC will be given options to leave, but will recieve an unhappy ending. There will also be a NPC that somwhat accepts MC, this NPC's ending will be mediocre, MC ends up in a roommate suituation but their interactions were not as deep and personal as MC would like.
It would be possible to go the entire game without realizing the lover is actually possessive or a toxic partner in any way. The only endings where MC is truly happy would also be with the lover.
There would also be endings where MC stays with the original lover but is unhappy or feel that there's something missing.

 

[Mirelight]

Expressing creativity requires effort, I can barely get by my day without just giving up. I guess the quote is more referring to people with mental illness who still have a lot of will to live.

 

[noname223]

Look at my post history. Lol.

 

[sireb_b]

Actually I've been working on a few things this past week. I'm finally starting to learn my first full song on guitar (bought the thing months ago but barely had any time to practice) and I've also kinda gotten back into drawing. Tho my most recent project is this crochet Zorua plushie I made for my friend's birthday. He literally looks so silly.

 

[FoxSauce]

Actually I've been working on a few things this past week. I'm finally starting to learn my first full song on guitar (bought the thing months ago but barely had any time to practice) and I've also kinda gotten back into drawing. Tho my most recent project is this crochet Zorua plushie I made for my friend's birthday. He literally looks so silly.

This looks like a cool Pokémon

(Maybe its not but its so cute!)

 

[SASU-KE]

Actually I've been working on a few things this past week. I'm finally starting to learn my first full song on guitar (bought the thing months ago but barely had any time to practice) and I've also kinda gotten back into drawing. Tho my most recent project is this crochet Zorua plushie I made for my friend's birthday. He literally looks so silly.

That looks superb. You have real talent.

Edit: You may want to blur out your friend's name on the plushie. I only found it because I was admiring the detail with a zoom