Reclaiming Hobbies
So for the last year, almost 2 years, I’ve been dealing with a lot of shit. Weight loss, weight gain, a concussion, loss of a lot of friendships suddenly and through a shorty way, and going from high school to college. Which has both started and worsened my depression to the point that I go to a therapist.
Anyway, I used to draw all of the time. Usually people, flowers and shit. I’m not the best but I went into AP Art and right after I lost those friendships. After my AP Art class ended I didn’t want to draw at all. All of the fun had been taken away from drawing. So I haven’t sat down with the intent to draw things for almost a year.
However, today I decided to reclaim that old hobby and drew several things from Regulus Black, to a character from an original story.
It felt like I was reclaiming a little bit of myself that I let go due to my depression. Honestly I feel really good about it. It was something I did that took work and I didn’t have the mental energy to do it for a long time.
So to all of those people out there who maybe aren’t magically gifted artists and are struggling with the mental and physical lethargy that comes from depression. There is light at the end of the tunnel, take care of yourself and you might get back there one day.
