Comments on: Blog Struggles: Blogger’s Depression

By: remotecontrolceo

remotecontrolceo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:13:57 +0000

It really is not the end of the world if you miss a few days or weeks even. I have been writing and blogging daily for 10 years now and I have found that it is typically a lack of vision, confusion, or preparation that causes me to cease writing.

Right now I have a number of family issues that are consuming most of my workday and am too tired most evenings to write.

I am gearing up a new blog soon to align more directly with my vision, interests, and changing focus toward B2B marketing.

Then there is the fact that I am collaborating on two new business books - one you can view at Gateway Blogging and the other project is growing into a series of eight books about small business.

So I am busy and gave myself permission to let the blog sit for awhile. I have been consolidating and reorganizing my blog, besides, there are 800 or so articles that visitors can read and will satisfy most people.

Thanks Lorelle, wish we could connect at SOBcon but I am busy that weekend helping family move.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:06:27 +0000

@ Ron Frazier:

I don’t do it for all my posts. I do it because the majority of my readers prefer it that way. I get very few requests, maybe 3-5 a year, to open up my feeds fully. I also do it because it keeps the content thieves from getting everything all the time.

I write on a variety of topics on WordPress and blogging, some of which are of no interest to many of my regular readers. This way, they can choose what they read instead of overwhelming their feeds.

And if you don’t click out of your feed reader, you are missing a lot of the web. There’s a whole world out there.

By: Ron Frazier

Ron Frazier — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:00:07 +0000

I enjoy your blog and have one of your books. However, I’ve noticed you frequently use the more tag in your posts to link to the rest of the story. I almost NEVER click out of my RSS reader. With over 1000 news items to catch up on, I don’t have the time. I’m wondering why you do that. Keep up the great work. As a new blogger, it’s a bit overwhelming trying to deal with the technical and security aspects of running a WordPress blog.

Sincerely,

Ron

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[...] out with all the cool kids but they let the kid stay anyway. Having a bad blog day it would seem. Lorelle wrote an article about bloggers depression and I think that explains it quite well. I do think that she actually meant more in context with [...]

By: Marisa Duma

Marisa Duma — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:04:16 +0000

I think it’s not entirely about blogging, I think it’s about not having the support. This too happened to writers, entrepeneurs, musicians, and all other activities that require determination to create over everything else.

I personally love writing with all the goods and the bads. It makes no difference whether I’m blogging or not, writing is still going to be hard. It can take over your life.

Nothing that is easy has a meaning, that’s what I believe.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:50:38 +0000

@davidlind:

Anything can cause someone to be depressed. It’s how they move from the depression to action that defines if the depression is “simple” and normal or clinical. Chronic or persistent depression is best handled by professionals, and blogging doesn’t cause that. It comes with the human package and baggage.

By: davidlind

davidlind — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:45:58 +0000

I have dealt with depression for the past forty years and know that it often requires medical intervention. A cure can be as simple as fixing a chemical imbalance between Seratonin for example and Dopamine. Elevate one or both. Is blogging depression just about blogging? This post confuses me a little because thinking depression will just pass doesn’t really help a lot of folks. We all have different ways of dealing with it. Some won’t go near meds. Others like therapy. But I didn’t know it could be caused by blogging mishaps.

By: Reyn

Reyn — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:36:48 +0000

This post is really helpful. Thanks Lorelle

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:44:25 +0000

@Andy:

There have been many many studies on where the “real” money comes from in blogging, and it ain’t from ads on your blog.

Either way, professional or not, many bloggers suffer from blogger’s depression because the blog needs feeding and there are a lot of expectations, assumptions, and myths around feeding your blog. Saying “don’t take it seriously” is easier said than done. Blogging is a habit, and when the habit consumes the person rather than the person controlling the habit, depression lurks.