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When creativity becomes both escape and authentic expression

My therapist says I use creativity to avoid dealing with my actual problems but making things is the only time I feel like myself

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are caught between others' interpretations of your creative practice and your own lived experience of what it provides.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dreams and creativity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.