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Creativity anxiety?

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I recently realized that whenever I start getting creative I get anxiety. Like if I come up with some ideas or plans or projects I want to do, at first I feel excited but after a short period I start feeling like my thoughts are racing and I feel panicky. This leads me to abandon any thing I thought up. I have noticed in the past I also have difficulty coping with feelings of excitement because they feel similar to anxiety. Anyone else experience this? Anyone have any ideas on how I could work this out? I appreciate any advice!

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Hmm just ran across this article about anxiety and creativity.

qz.com/quartzy/1438497/anxi...

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There’s also a whole booklet done by artists on how they combat creative anxiety

thecreativeindependent.com/...

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