One thing I have down in my own notes to talk about is that there wasn't much discussion of clinical depression on this panel -- I strongly suspect that's because there aren't as many depictions of clinical depression in speculative media because depression isn't "dynamic". That is, there's a common concept that depressives just lie around in bed all day and who wants to watch/read about that?
I suspect that the character in the WIP I have right now (if, uh, I can ever get over my extreme writing anxiety) has some flavor of a clinical depression, which in my own experience is far from solely "dull" or un-dynamic. (I don't think that's a word. Anyhow.) Of course, part of why I attended this panel is because I'm worried I'll get it wrong -- she may or may not be a seer, and part of the conflict hinges on the various perceptions people around her have of her mental state, and whether or not her abilities are "real". (I have no idea how this resolves. Hence, a big part of my fear of Getting It Wrong.)
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One thing I have down in my own notes to talk about is that there wasn't much discussion of clinical depression on this panel -- I strongly suspect that's because there aren't as many depictions of clinical depression in speculative media because depression isn't "dynamic". That is, there's a common concept that depressives just lie around in bed all day and who wants to watch/read about that?
I suspect that the character in the WIP I have right now (if, uh, I can ever get over my extreme writing anxiety) has some flavor of a clinical depression, which in my own experience is far from solely "dull" or un-dynamic. (I don't think that's a word. Anyhow.) Of course, part of why I attended this panel is because I'm worried I'll get it wrong -- she may or may not be a seer, and part of the conflict hinges on the various perceptions people around her have of her mental state, and whether or not her abilities are "real". (I have no idea how this resolves. Hence, a big part of my fear of Getting It Wrong.)