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Tag: Depression

  • On Writing

Back to Comedy

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

An excerpt from my next buddy cop comedy novel, Gunn & Balloo, as well as a perspective on why, when sad, I prefer to right funny rather than dive into melancholy.

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  • Essay

Save Yourself – The Dangers of the Depressive Hero Complex

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 31, 2018April 7, 2019

How Bojack and Doki Doki Literature Club show us the perils of trying to “save” someone with depression

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  • Short Story

Relinquish the Ashes

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 18, 2018January 18, 2018

Up concrete steps, chipping paint crackling under his feet. The latch on the gate creaks with…

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  • Essay

The End of the F***ing World Review – Unsurprisingly Bleak

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 9, 2018February 23, 2019

Full review of Netflix’s The End of the F***ing World, not for everyone but still recommended.

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  • Essay

The End of the F***ing World As I Know It (and I Feel like S***)

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 8, 2018

Netflix keeps up a strong track record of accurately and empathetically representing depression with The End of the F***ing World (so far).

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  • On Writing

The Chair

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 23, 2017March 27, 2019

Wherein I return to editing work in earnest and give the status of Drawful the Awful.

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  • On Writing

Welcome to Heartbreak

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 19, 2016March 27, 2019

Wherein I discuss how there’s always an easy path to coping with sadness, but there’s a better one than that to your art.

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  • On Writing

Build Your Shelter

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 25, 2016March 27, 2019

Wherein I discuss how and why depression is a reason to work rather than an impediment.

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  • On Writing

The Depressive Lens

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 24, 2016March 27, 2019

Wherein I discuss how depression and your mental/emotional state is a lens through which you understand the world for your art.

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