Notes from a Writer with Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety

I want to go back in time when it was easier to finish projects.

I often can’t work if my phone and computer are around. The distraction of 24 hour news and social media is too much for my brain.

Will we have a luddite movement one day- come to our office where there are computers and coffee, but no internet!

I’m so distracted when depressed and anxious and it’s way too easy for me to go see what’s happening online in the world of people I don’t even know. It’s ridiculous and I will always fight this desire to loose myself in front of a screen.

Right now, as I write this, I have the internet turned off on the computer so I at least have to think before looking at social media.

Why is it so easy to look at hundreds of posts and videos instead of working? It’s avoidance of the pain of working when you don’t feel well and the result is feeling terrible when I go to bed and when I wake up.

There are goals I want to reach in life – goals that create a stable future. Social media scrolling will NEVER help me reach those goals.

I will post this once my regular work is done and the internet it back on!

Julie

 

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