I'm an artist, too.
A member of this forum, mercuryrising - gave me some great advice: especially as artists, our job is to stay vulnerable and to honor our imperfections.
In that spirit, I do still encourage you to keep up with the self-help. But - only as it helps your art. I use self-help to find ways to unleash my creativity.
Finding everlasting peace doesn't interest me. Either I find that peace through my art, or not at all. But I'm interested in learning how to tone down distractions in my mind, so my creativity can come out.
I'm NOT interested in changing my obsessive personality. My life path is to be an artist, not to be a self-help guru.
Try channeling your energy to other art forms. It works for me (music and music videos are my ultimate obsessions). |