>>I need to remember this, because I think "drop" can be an experience I have, if I am going somewhere or doing something that is closely connected to therian feelings, and then I am less connected to those feelings for some time.<<
That makes sense.
>> For me it is definitely a disconnected feeling. It is lonely, but not like "lonely for company", more like "I feel alien in the world". <<
That's a version of it that can appear with any identity-related event. Happens with Pagans, SF fans, and queer folks that I've seen, just off the top of my head. Thing to do is get off the middle of the road in either direction: try to connect more with your otherself or with ordinary humanity. Different ways work for different folks.
>>I also feel there is a thing like "creative drop", when you spend a long time emotionally wrapped up in a project, and then it's finished and you feel empty and you don't know what to do with your self, you feel useless because you're not working on a big thing but you're too tired from the old project to start anything new, etc.<<
Yes, I almost always get that, but it's less of an emotional drop than an energy cycle. Bigger project, longer gap after it. So after a major project, I know to plan for a day or two of rest and then a road trip or something else unrelated. Usually within a week I'm back to my typical work.
>>I don't know about creative drop so much, but, for me, I think the letters could help for a therian drop, if I am doing it with a friend, I could say "let's write something at this moment to remember these experiences".<<
That's a good idea. For that matter, exploring therian drop would be helpful to write about -- probably a lot of people experience it but have no idea what to do. Some of the aftercare will be a little different than usual.
>> Or, if I can take something home from the event, for example if I go to a swan sanctuary, and I could bring back some literature or a plushie, or if I take photos and then I get to work on editing them for some days.<<
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Date: 2013-05-04 06:29 am (UTC)That makes sense.
>> For me it is definitely a disconnected feeling. It is lonely, but not like "lonely for company", more like "I feel alien in the world". <<
That's a version of it that can appear with any identity-related event. Happens with Pagans, SF fans, and queer folks that I've seen, just off the top of my head. Thing to do is get off the middle of the road in either direction: try to connect more with your otherself or with ordinary humanity. Different ways work for different folks.
>>I also feel there is a thing like "creative drop", when you spend a long time emotionally wrapped up in a project, and then it's finished and you feel empty and you don't know what to do with your self, you feel useless because you're not working on a big thing but you're too tired from the old project to start anything new, etc.<<
Yes, I almost always get that, but it's less of an emotional drop than an energy cycle. Bigger project, longer gap after it. So after a major project, I know to plan for a day or two of rest and then a road trip or something else unrelated. Usually within a week I'm back to my typical work.
>>I don't know about creative drop so much, but, for me, I think the letters could help for a therian drop, if I am doing it with a friend, I could say "let's write something at this moment to remember these experiences".<<
That's a good idea. For that matter, exploring therian drop would be helpful to write about -- probably a lot of people experience it but have no idea what to do. Some of the aftercare will be a little different than usual.
>> Or, if I can take something home from the event, for example if I go to a swan sanctuary, and I could bring back some literature or a plushie, or if I take photos and then I get to work on editing them for some days.<<
Those are also good ideas.