I had just finished writing the rough draft of what would later become the chapbook In Conversations. I was also in the middle of a school project when it came. At first, it was just a headache and a fleeting sense of emptiness. But it progressed. Minutes later, I was rolling on the floor my hands on my face moaning about the wretchedness of life and how I would never be creative again. For me, this was business as usual. Many creative writers affirmed they felt this way after a good write period and others revered this down slide. They felt if you did not go down, you would never come up. The problem was, I was genetically prone to suicidal thoughts. My mother, cousin, extended family had this fear and bitter relationship with depression . It was not a good place for me. I had been feeling this way and did nothing but bear it but that day? I hit twitter. I typed my question and waited: How do you counter this feeling of emptiness and depression after you have worked on a big pr...
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