My Art Isn't Doing the Trick - Part 1

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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My Art Isn't Doing the Trick - Part 1 - Ashley's therapist suggested she return to art as a way to help relieve her depression, but she's not satisfied with the results of the artwork or her mental state. - Dr. Laura: "The goal of art is joy, not perfection." - What tools do you use to help improve your mood? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm one 11 Ashley. Welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Leroy. Hi.
0:17.0	So I'll just give you a little background. I'm I've been dealing with depression often on for years and.
0:27.0	I'm really I would treatment. Are you I am I am I have always.
0:32.0	Strupped to get treatments.
0:35.0	Do they is there some understanding a diagnosis or.
0:40.0	It's major depressive disorder. I just have really low serotonin levels, so I just have to keep.
0:48.0	That's the last one I did, I just have.
0:58.0	On with the medication and updated with that and I recently started some therapy to help with that as well.
1:00.0	I'm sorry to help with what the Sarah with the medicine for the serotonin levels is not working.
1:09.0	And I think we figured it out with the medication side of things, but with the trying to get back into enjoying life side of things.
1:19.0	That's where my therapist has come in, but something she's kind of challenged me to do is to get back into art and not something I used to be really good at and enjoy doing and lately I've been trying to get back into it.
1:33.0	And every time I try to do artwork and I enjoy the moment of actually doing it when I'm actively doing it, but then as soon as I'm done with a piece, I rip it to shreds like figuratively, not literally, but I just I don't know how to stop being so over critical of what I'm doing.
1:52.0	Okay, when you finish something, look at it and say that is so not perfect. No, seriously, you look at it and say that is so not perfect. I had a good time making it, but it's just not perfect.
2:06.0	That's what I want you to do. Okay. You have something around you right now.
2:11.0	Yes, we'll go get it. Yeah. Okay. What is it? It's a ceramic plate I painted the other way. What did you painted to look like?
2:28.0	A dandelion. Okay. And what did you enjoy about painting dandelions on it? The moment I kind of liked that it was like kind of carefree and I didn't have to think about it too much. I just did it.
2:47.0	Great. Okay. Now, now look at it in great depth and point out all the things to me that make it imperfect. Come on.
2:56.0	Okay.
2:59.0	The lines are super straight.
3:03.0	It's kind of wobbly in some places. And things that I don't think are perfect.
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