Hey,
I haven't written anything REAL in a while so now that I have a few moments, I thought I would.
I finished up my Incomplete work for school as best as I could. I didn't get everything done, but I got one class done and I actually enjoy drawing, sculpting and animating again. Hurrah! It doesn't hurt emotionally anymore. But I know I will fall into those feelings every once in a while. However, I now know that I can overcome and that these things ebb and flow. This isn't to say that I won't freak out in the future, but I got through probably the worst bout of trouble I've ever had. On that note, I spoke with a psychiatrist and he said that he would call what I've been going through "major depression", so thankfully I know that I wasn't just making all of this up in my head, I was REALLY going through it. Suffering big time. He said he picked out a medication I could take while I continue psycho therapy but because of my reservations and the upswing in mood that we'd wait it out, which I really appreciated. So I see him again in 3 weeks and my normal school counsellor should be back soon. We'll see where I stand then. About finishing the work, I feel bad that I didn't get it all done. I even feel bad about how hard I tried, which is dumb because I should feel good about it, but...I just feel like a failure. However, that has come and gone, what has happened has happened and I must move on.
Projects for the now: Make a video about tea for a $15,000 scholarship and post to youtube by Aug. 2nd. Hopefully that will turn out well, if I got that money I'd be square. Oh, I also need to call loan companies and work on my character design/storyboard/animatic for my senior film and really nail down just what sort of animation I want to do for it.
So, we'll see what happens. I'll keep posting. Weeeeeee!