Key points

Setbacks such as layoffs or illness can create unexpected opportunities.

Creative expression may provide a path to healing, a sense of purpose, and/or a new career direction.

Building confidence after loss or illness happens gradually and with support.

After five years of recovery, getting more adept at managing my anxiety and bipolar disorder , I had a nice, tidy job as a receptionist at a small graphic design company. But over the course of working there, my acting bug gnawed away. That’s when I started writing excerpts about my experience with mental illness, specifically psychosis .

I gave in. I scratched that creative itch. Writing wouldn’t derail me from my comfortable, albeit slightly boring , office job, right?

While still working as a marketing -assistan

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