Diary of Being a Writer; Week 192

Writers Block is just having to have a life outside of writing.

I’m kind of a fan of the idea that there is no such thing as ‘writer’s block’. I feel like you can always push yourself to write something, anything, even if you have to jump chapters or mooch around editing some bits and bobs. Or even just write something else, like a blog about writing. It is more like “Writers Stuck”.
But I also believe there are times when you just can’t write. Times when work, family, stress or health can interfere.
Personally, I get a lot of headaches. Sometimes they are hormonal, and sometimes they are from stress and sometimes they are for no good reason at all.
Not being able to write when my brain is a seething mass of radioactive snakes is not writer’s block.
And the last couple of weeks, it has been tough to write. I had some stress in my personal life that turned my brain to mush. That isn’t writer’s block. That is having everything pushed aside by stress and my reaction to it. A mushy snake-filled brain that just doesn’t work so well. Unfortunately, my mental health is fragile because of my past. I work hard to keep everything as healthy as it can be. I look after myself, and I set boundaries; about how much sleep I need(lots more), how much alcohol I can consume(not much) and how much stress I can handle(bugger all).
So I haven’t been writing much…