My roommate and I both work creative jobs and we're always asking each other for feedback or just talking through ideas but it's becoming this weird competitive thing where we're stealing each other's creative energy without meaning to.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two creators are unconsciously competing for and depleting the same finite resource of creative attention.
“Where Are You with Attention as scarce resource?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.