One Step Forward | Two Steps Back

Sometimes my mental health issues really get to me. For instance, I’m suffering the consequences of shifting from a depressive period to a hypomanic one right now. How?

I made the mistake of actually doing something after a few months of radio silence. I decided today that I was going to get off my ass and do something for my writing career.

So, I logged into Facebook for the first time in months. I set up my Facebook author page. I connected it to Creator Collabs so I can start building an audience since I released Homecoming. I started busily sharing other authors’ boosts so I could build my own reach, right? It makes sense to do that in light of trying to get my career to take off.

Apparently, Facebook security disagreed. They kicked me off and took EVERYTHING I did down. Not only that, but they also demanded that I send them a clear picture of my face for them to review before they will consider letting me back into my account.

Side note: WHAT THE HELL, FACEBOOK?! Way to throw up a roadblock and make my anxiety a thousand times worse than it already was in my manic state.

So, my career launch is effectively hamstrung until Facebook security takes the time to look at that stupid picture I had to upload. So, I kind of have to just sit here and twiddle my freaking thumbs until they deign to do their job and decide whether or not this indie author who was just trying to do her JOB (after months of struggling with depression) deserves to have her Facebook account and author page back.

So, if you’ve read and/or enjoyed any of my work, or you simply support indie authors doing everything they can to try to make it, please consider posting something with this hashtag: #bringbackclarissa.

Love you guys! I’ll update you further as I receive news.

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