For the few weeks, I have been experiencing an intense case of writer’s block, one that I have never experienced before. For some reason, my creative juices are not flowing and I am unable to find things to write about, to discuss, and to engage myself in.

Writer’s block is such a frustrating state as sometimes there may be no straightforward remedy to its alleviation. I usually get writer’s block very frequently, but it has never been this severe. I have sought out ways to alleviate this state, but everything has failed. Full of frustration, I googled solutions to this problem. Most of the solutions usually helped in the past, but failed to work this time.

Each person has a different remedy that works for them, so it was essential that I find the remedy that would work for me.

As days passed and I grew more frustrated, I became desperate. I couldn’t find the perfect remedy for me. I had looked everywhere and could not find the proper remedy for this state. I tried listening to music, watching motivational videos, taking a walk outside, calling a loved one, and even closing my eyes for a bit, but none of these helped me. Overtime, I realized that only one thing truly worked for me: detachment.

After detaching myself from writing for about a week, my mind was able to clear, my level of frustration decreased, and my ability to write was born once again. Doing anything but writing actually cured the writer’s block. Without focusing on the one thing that was causing an overwhelming feeling in my mind, other things came at the forefront of my mind, thus granting my own mind a great sense of ease.

As much as you may love to do something or may be passionate about something, you may subconsciously fall into an unfortunate rut which can drastically decrease your levels of motivation. Your measures to fall out of the rut may immediately work, may take some time, or may require a complete shift of behavior, but it is definitely possible to successfully recover from such a state.

I am definitely not the only person who has experienced a rut, but different methods work for different people. It just so happens to be that detaching myself from what I love revitalized my ability to actually engage in it. I guess that my mind truly needed a break from writing and just needed to rejuvenate itself after a while.

Sometimes if something stresses you out or really stifles your creative flow, try detaching yourself from it for an extended period of time. That period of time could be a day, multiple days, weeks, or even months. The essential aspect of this remedy is just to free your mind of that thing and to allow your mind to restore and revitalize itself.

I am glad that I was able to successfully defeat the writer’s block that I was experiencing. Although it was very frustrating to experience and to fight, I definitely am thankful that it happened because I was just reminded why I love writing so much: my mind is able to truly voice itself.